The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10

which you did me the honor to leave witt
me f on Saturday. and am, as ever, faith
MEMORANDUM.
., Inc president in his message of TIL
% or December, 1901, used the following
language:
h Monroe doctrine is a ]declaratio,
tHal lhere must be no territorial aggran
me expense of any American power OF
american soil. 1t is In no wise INTENDED
as hostile to any nation in the old world.
Ih president further said:
. This doctrine has nothing to do will
me commercial relations. of any American
power, save that it in truth allows eacl
o. mem to form such as it desires:
we do not guarantee any state agains
punishment If it misconducts itself, pro
Hlded that punishment does not take TIN
form of the acquisition of territory b!
any non-American power
Emperor's Assurances.
His excellency the German ambass,.
dor, on his recent return from Berlin, con
veyed personally to the president the as
surance of the German emperor that hi
ma5estys government had no intention tt
make even the smallest acquisition of ter
ritory, on the South American continent o:
me Islands adjacent. This voluntary ant
friendly declaration was afterward re
peated to the secretary of state, and wal
Of the United States. in the frank ant
cordial spirit In which 1t was offered. IL
the memorandum of the 18th of December
ms eXcellcncy the German ambassadoI
declare especially that under no circum
stances do we consider in our proceeding:
the acquisition or the permanent occupa
tlon OF Venezuelan territory
In this said memorandum of the It'll
OF december, the German governWent in
forms the United States that it has Ger
AIN Just claims for money and damages
Wrongful!y Withheld from German sub
1GCtS nv fha pnNarnr mont Of Nanpz11p1n
ana that 1t roposes to a TX certain co
erclve measures described in the memo
randum to enforce the payment of thes'
just claims.
The president, apreciating the c%ourtcs!
of the Gernan government in making
MIN acquainted with the state of affairs
referred to, and not regarding himself a:
called upon to enter into the consideration
or the claims in question, believes ina
no measures will be taken in this matte;
by the agents of the German government
known purpose, above set forth, of hi:
SIR MICHAEL HERBERT TO TIL
MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE.
nicated to Mr.. Hay this morning the sub
stance of your lordship's telegram Of TIN
18th instant.
His excellency stated in reply, that thu
United States government, although the!
regretted that European powers shoult
use force against Central and Soutl
american countries, could not object Il
their taking steps to obtain redress 70.
Vided that no acquisition Of territory wa!
contemplated
Powers Kept Faith.
Both powers assured US there was n,
intention to violate the Monroe doctrine
and this assurance was kept with goot
hostilfties was fraught with danger tina
it was our duty to ourselves and to hu
mainly to endeaVor to put an end t.
them. Accordingly, by an offer of on:
good services we secured a resumption o
peace-.the Contending parties agreeing
that matters they could not settle among
themselves should be referred to Tn
already been able to set an example t.
other nations by utilizing The Hague tri
bunal in a question between ourselve:
court.
The terms under which the isthnial
canal is to be built. and the events il
Venezuela, show not merely the CROWN!
western hemisphere, but also the pur
pose of the United States tina influence
shall rebound to the benefit of sister lie
publics: Our growth is beneficial to hu
man kind. We do not assume any posi-
ton which can give offense to our neigh
bors. Our adherence to the rule of RICH
is not merely profession. Our dealing
with Cuba shows we reduce it to perform
anCe.
The Monroe doctrine is not i]nternationa
law, and though / think one day it ma.
become such, this is not necessary as Ion
as it remains u cardinal feature of GU
foreign policy and as long as we posses
will and strength to enforce it. This las
point is all important, and is one we cal
never afford to forget. believe in tn
Monroe doctrine, l am convinced hat tn
immense majority of our felow-country
men believe in it; but / would prefer t
abandon 1t tina to put it forward AM
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the fighting strength which in the las
resort can alone make it respected.
If the American nation will speak softly
and yet build and keep a thoroughly CT
far.
The Growing Navy.
In the last two years we have take.
long strides as regards our navy. Th
last congress provided nine of those for
midable fighting ships upon which tn
real efficiency Of any navy depends. I
provided for necessary addition Of officer
and men. y
1t takes years to build. 1t is an abso
lutte impossibility to %improvise a navy a
any W. nations has lasted as long as |
takes to build a battleship; and it is jus
as impossible to improvise officers o
crews.
To lay up q battleship and only send i
afloat at the outset of a war, with a raw
crew and untried officers, would be 10
merely a folly but q crime, for it woul
invite both disaster and disgrace. TIL
navy which SO quickly decided in our ia
vor the war in 1898 had been built an,
made efficient during the preceding fifteel
years. All honor to the gallant officer
and gallant men who actually did tn
fighting; but remember, too, to honor tn
public men, the shipwrights and stee
workers, the owners of ]shipyards and ar
NOR, plants, TO whose foresight and exer
ton we owe it that in 1898 we had Graf
SO good, guns so excellent, and Americal
seamen Of so high a type in the connin;
towers, in the gun tuTrets and in the en-
gine rooms. We wish a powerful and eff
tlcient navy, not for war, out as tn
guaranty of peace. If we have such
nav we may rest assured there is bu
the smallest nance that trouble will eve
come; and that no power will quarrel witt
us about the Monroe doctrine