The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-12-09


by every means to aid in the dsvslspmsat
OF the various movements which tend -
provide substitutes for war, which tend -
render nations In their actions toward enc
another. and indeed toward their own peo-
pies. more responsive to the general Donti-
ment Of humane and civilized wank1n1s
and on the other hand, that It sheuld kesD
prepared while scrupulously avoi4ino
wrongdoing itself, to repel any wrong. an1
In exceptional cases to take action which
In q more advanced stage Of internaftonn1
relations would come under the head OF tha
exercise OF the international polica
great free people owes 1t to itself aad to al
mankind not to sink into helpless1aog b.
fore the powers of evil
Second Hague Confrenco.
We are in every way endeavoring to hslp
on. with cordial good will. every movement
which will tend to bring US into more friend
ly relations with the rest Of mankind In
pursuance OF this policy 1 shall shortly lay
before the senate treaties Of arbitration
with all powers which are willing to enter
into these treaties with W. It u not pos
sible At this period Of the worlds develop
ment to agree to arbitrate all matters. but
/ there are many matters Of possible diner.
1 ence between and other nations which
| can be thus arbitrated- Furthermore, IT
the request Of the Interparliameutary
| union. an eminent body composed Of prac-
| teal statesmen from all countries, have
| asked the powers to join with this govern
| ment In q second Hague conferences, at
which 1t II hoped that the work already %
happily begun at The Hague may be ear 2
ried some steps further toward completion
This carries out the desire expressed b.
the nrst Hague conference itself
The Monroe Doctrine.
In asserting the Monroe Doctrine In TAX
Ing such steps az we have taken In regard t.
Cuba. Venezuela and Panama. and In en-
oeavo1ng 70 circumscr1oe the theafer o.
war in the far east and to secure the open
door in China We have acted in ouf own
interest as well as In the interest OF human
fty at large There are however, cases IN
which. while our own interests are mot
greatly involved, strong appeal II made to
our sympathies. Ordinarily 1t II very much
wiser and more useful for us to concern
ourselves with striving for our own moral
! and material betterment here 1t home than
TO concern ourselves with trying to better
the condition Of things in other naf1onn-
} We have plenty Of sins OF our own to var
against. and under ordinary Circumstances
we can do more for the general uplifting Of
humanity by striving with heart and soul
to put q stop to civic corruption, to brutal
. lawlessness and violent raee prejudices
. | here at home than by passing resolutions
| about wrongdoing elsewhere Nevertho-
| less there are occasional crimes ecmmift0d
| on 30 vast q scale and OF such peculiar hor-
| ror as to make u doubt whether Il II net
| our manifest duty to endeavor af least -
show our disapproval Of the deed ami our
| sympathy with those who have suffered by
it. The cases must be extreme IN Which
v such a course II 5ustinable- There must b
B Il NO effort made to remove the mote froD
. our brothers eye II we refuse to renew
al the beam from our own But IN oxtrems
: cases action may be justifabls ana pruper.
,. What form the action shall take must a.
e pend upon the circumstances Of the case:
r that 10. upon the degree Of the afrocity ana
q upon our power to remedy II Tho casan
G In which we could interfere By forco ox
arms as We interfered to put Z steD - IN
. tolerable conditions In Cuba are noeoo-
: sarily very few. Yet II II not to b expected
. that . people ike ours. which d spits e1
a theless a. . whole shows By IT. consistent
o practice its belief In the principles Of c1vn
= and religious liberty ana o1 orderly froo-
e dom, q people among whom even the vorse
: crime, like the crime Of lynching, u never
Q more than sporadic 20 that individuals and
not classes are molestsd in their fundA-
mental riEhts-it 10 inevitable that such .
II nation should desire eagerly to give expres-
e sion to its horror ON an occasien lilks that
q Of the massacre OF the Jews in Ktnh1no6. -
a when II witnesses such systemat1c and
4 long-extended cruelty and oppression ~
: the cruelty and oppression Of which the
. Armenians have been the Victims and
q which have won for them the Indignant
d pity Of the civilized world.
lo The Philippines.
:. In the Philippine Islands thers has ben
y during the past year q continuation Of
: the steady progress which has obtained
n ever since our troops definitely rot ths
=, upper hand OF the insurgents The Phil
,e ippins people. or. to speak more aecur-
ately. the many tribes. and even races,
. sundered from one another moro or le1s
sharply. who 20 to make up the people
Of the Philippine islands, contain many
y elements OF good. and some clements
which we have q right to hope stand fou
progress At present they are utterly
= incapable Of existing In independsnes a
u all or Of building up . civilization o1
n their own 1 firmly believe that ws caz
~ help them to rise higher and higher n
VI the scale Of civilization and Of capacity
- for seif-government and I most earnest
is ly hope that in the end they VIII b able
CT to stand II not entirely alone, yet II
ae some such relation to the United 0tatss
as Cuba now stands- This end u not pei
a in sight, and 1t may be indefnitsly pest
~ poned II our people are foolish enough II
40 turn the attention OF the F1liptno9 aWay
az from the problems of achieving moral
and material prosperity. Of working fol
a. stable. orderly and just govsrnmsnt
n1 and toward foolish and dangerous IN
es trigues for a complete Independents fol
90 which they yet totally unnt-
NJ On the other hand our people mus
&c keep steadily before their minds tia fac
that the justification for our stay in tn
IT. Philippines must ultimately rest ehio0s
re upon the good we are able to Dc In tn
81 islands do not overlook the fact tia
in the development Of our interests u
z the Pacific ocean and along it's coasts
~ the Philippines have played and VIII pln,
n an important part, and that our Interest,"
ur have been served In more than ene -
ia by the possession Of the islands- But on
"a chief reason for continuing to hold thsu
20 must be that We ought In good fA1f1
an to try to do our share Of the wor16
,er work. and this particular piece Of wor'
IL. has been imposed upon us By the result
~, of the war with Spain
Ity For Elective 0overnmsnt
nd Within two years We shall b tryinl
he the experiment OF an elective lowe
he house in the Philippine legislature. I
int may be that the F1lipinos VIII misus
I've this legislature, and they certainly vi
a persons here at home into starting Q,
we agitation for their own Independence .
we into any factious or Improper action- Il
ere such case they will do themse1vss n
hit good and win stop for the time bsinG q
on further effort to advance them and Civ
RS. them greater share In their own gov
,g- ernment- But IL they act with wisdom
ny and self-restraint II they show that the
nd are capable Of electing . leg1slatur
nd which In its turn Is capable Of taxing
he sane and efficient part In the actual wori
for Of government they can rest assure
'ed that q full and increasing measure o
er- recognition will be given them Abov
ost prime needs are moral and industrial no
Use political 1t Is q good thing to Try Ii
en- experiment OF giving them . Legislature
he but II Is q far better thing to give thsr
is schools. good roads. railroads which vi
he enable them to get their products to maR
he ket. honest courts, an honest and smcisa
ru- constabulary. and al that tsnds - PRO
an duce order. peace. fair dealing n bstWse
m man and man, and habits Of tntsaligou
up industry and thrift II they are safa
po- guarded against oppression and II their rse
md wants. material and spiritual. are studie