The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-06

effort to secure justice for others or JUS
tice for ourselves. save as conditioned
upon the attitude we are willing to take
toward our army. and especially toward
our navy. II is not merely unwise. II is
contemptible for a nation, as for an in
diyidual. 20 use high-sounding language
TO proclaim its purposes. or to take po-
sitions which are ridiculous II unsupport.
ed by potential force. and then 10 refuse
to provide this force II there is no in
tention Of providing and OF keeping the
force necessary to back up a strong atti-
tude, then it is far better not to assume
such an attitude.
The steady aim OF this nation. as Of ell
enlightened nations. should be to strive
to bring ever nearer the day when there
shall prevail throughout the world the
peace OF justice. There are kinds Of
peace which are highly undesirable.
which are IN the long run as destructive
as any war Tyrants and oppressors have
many times made a wilderness and called
it peace. The peace of tyrannous terror.
the peace Of craven weakness. the peace
Of injustice. all these should be Stunned
as we shun unrighteous war. The goal
to set before us as a nation the goal
which should be set before all mankind
Is the attainment Of the peace Of jus
tice. Of the peace which comes when
each nation Is not merely safe-guarded
in its own rights. but scrupulously rec
ognizes and performs its duty toward
others.
There is as yet no judicial way OF en-
forcing a right in international law.
When one nation wrongs another or
wrongs many others. there IS no tribu-
nal before which the wrongdoer can be
brought. Either it Is necessary supinely
to acquiesce in the wrong. and thus put
a premium upon brutality and aggres-
sion. or else it is necessary for the ag
grieved Aation valiantly to stand up foI
its rights. Until some method IS devised
by which there shall be a degree OF in
ternational control over offending ma
tions. it would be a wicked thing for
the most civilized powers. for those with
most sense of international obligations
and with keenest and most generous ap-
probation Of the difference between right
and wrong, TO dsarm. If the great civ
ilzed nations Of the present day should
completely disarm. the result would mean
an immediate recrudescence Of barbar-
ism in one form or another
Arbitration Treaties.
We are In every way endeavoring to
help on. with cordial good will every
movement which will tend to bring us
Of mankind. In pursuance of this policy
I shall shortly lay before the Senate
treaties OF arbitration with all powers
which are willing to enter into these
treaties with us. Furthermore. at the
request OF the Interparliamentary Union
an eminent body composed of practical
statesmen from all countries. have
asked the Powers to join with this gov
ernment in a second Hague conference.
at which 1t is hoped that the work al
ready 50 happily begun at The Hague
may be carried some steps further to-
ward completion This carries out the
desire expressed by the first Hague con-
ference Itself
Policy on Western Hemisphere.
It is not true that the United States
feels any land hunger or entertains any
projects as regards the other nations Of
the western hemisphere save such as are
for their welfare. All that this coun-
try desires is to see the neighboring
countries stable. orderly. and prosperous.
Any country whose people conduct them
selves well can count upon our hearty
4 friendship. If a nation shows that il
knows how to act with reasonable eff
| cheney and decency in social and political
matters. If 1t keeps order and pays its
obligations. it need fear no interference
/ from the United States. Chronic wrong
doing or an impotence which results in
a general loosening of the ties OF civil
ICED society. may in America. as else
where ultimately require intervention By
some civilized nation, and in the western
hemisphere the adhercnts Of the United
States to the Monroe doctrine may force
the United States. however reluctantly.
in fragrant cases of such wrongdoing or
Impotence. to the exercise Of an inter-
national police power
Our interests and those OF our south
ern neighbors are in reality identical.
| They have great natural riches. and if
within their borders the reign OF law and
| Justice obtains. prosperity is sure to come
10 them. While they thus obey the pri-
mary laws OF civilized society they may
rest assured that they viii be treated by
US in a spirit of cordial and helpful sym
pathy. We would interfere with them
/ only in the last resort. and then only
| il It became evident that their inabl..iy
or unwillingness to do justice at home
and abroad had violated the rights OF
| the United States or had invited foreign
| aggression to the detriment OF the en-
| tire body Of American nations.
In asserting the Monroe doctrine In
| taking such steps as we have taken In
regard to Cuba. Venezuela. and Panama.
md in endeavoring to circumscribe the
| theater of war in the far East and to
secure the open door in China. we have
scted in our own interest as well as in
the interest of humanity at large There
are however, cases in which. while our
| own interests are not greatly involved.
| strong appeal is made to our sympathies.
| There are occasional crimes committed
IN so vast a scale and of such peculiar
| horror as to make US doubt whether it is
/ not our manifest duty to endeavor at
| least to show our disapproval Of the decd
and our sympathy with those who have
suffered by it. The cases must be ex-
treme in which such a course is justi-
sable. But in extreme cases action may
| be justihable and proper. What form
the action shall take must depend upon
the circumstances Of the case: that is.
upon the degree OF the atrocity and upon
\ cur power to remedy it, The cases in
which we could interfere by force OF
arms as we interfered to put a stop "a
\ intolerable conditions in Cuba are neces-
sarily very few. Yet it is not to be ex-
nected that a people like ours, which in
| spite Of certain very obvious shortcom-
ings, nevertheless as whole shows py
its consistent practice its belief in the
principles OF civil and religious liberty
md OF orderly freedom. a people among
whom even the worst crime. like the
crime Of iynching. is never more than
| sporadic, so that individuals and not
| ,lasses are molested in their fundamental
ights-it is Inevitable that such a na
| ton should desire eagerly to give ex-
oression TO its horror on an occasion like
that OF the ms ssacre Of the Jews in