The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-10

n,ost c;vii,zed mowers. for those with most
sense of international obligations ah1 w. 20
keenest and most generous apprecI@tIH ~
the difference between right and wrong ~
Ndisarm.
If the great civilized nations Of the present
day should completely dtsarm' the resui :
would mean an immediate recruoesce4Ge % u
barbarism in one form or anotheF' Cu
any circumstances q sufficient arnAhHeH'
would have to be kept up to serve the puE-
poses of International police; and until inter
national cohesion and the sense or 1nterhs
tional duties and rights are Tar more Au
vaced than at present, nation deslrous ootn
of securing respect for itself and OF oolns
good to others must have force aoequate
for the work which 1t feels Is allotted 10 IL
as Its part of the general world duty. There
fore 1t follows that self-respectins' JUS
and far-seeing nation should on the one haiu
endeavor by every means to ala IN the ~
velopment Of the various movements Whlch
tend to provide substitutes Tor war, Wnlcn
tend to render nations in their actions toward
one another, and indeed toward their own
peoples, more responsive to the general sen
timent of humane and civilized mankino
and on the other hand that 1t should keep
prepared, while scrupulously avoiding wrong
doing Itself, to repel any wrong, ana IN ca
ceptional cases to take action when IN
more advanced stage of international rela-
lions would come under the head OF the
exercise of the international police. great
free people owes 1t to itself and to all man
kind not to sink into helplessness peIoFe IHe
powers of evil.
We are in every way endeavorinG to help
on, with cordial good will. every movement
which will tend TO
Arbitration Treaties. bring US into more
friendly relations with
the rest Of mankind. In pursuance OF this
policy I shall shortly lay before the Sem
ate treaties Of arbitration with all powers
which are willing to enter into these treaties
with us. 1t Is not possible at this period
of the worlds development to agree to ar
bitrate all matters. but there are many
hat
and other nations which can be thus arbi-
trated. Furthermore, at the request Of the
InterparlIamentary Union an eminent BODY
composed Of practical
saoorA ua.ua statesmen from all
countries. have
CONFERENCE asked the powers to
join with this Govern
ment in a second Hague conference. at which
1t Is hoped that the work already SO happily
begun at The Hague may be carried some
steps further toward completion. This car
ries out the desire expressed by the first
Hague Conference itself.
1t 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 well
fare. All that this
Policy Toward Other country desires is to
N.+,ov,s ~ xvasta-D see the neighboring
~ VA countries stable, or
hemisphere. derby, and prosperous.
Any country whose
people conduct themselves well count
upon our hearty friendship. If a nation
shows that it knows how to act with rea-
sonable efficiency and decency in social and
political matters, If it keeps order and pays
it's obligations. 1t need fear interference
from the United States. Chronic wrongdo-
ing or an impotence which results in a gen.
eral loosening of the ties of civilized So
ciety, may in America. as elsewhere, ulti-
mately require Intervention by civil
lied nation, and in the Western Hemisphere
the adherence 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 international police power
If every country washed by the Caribbean
Sea would show the progress in stable and
just civilization which with the aid of the
Plat amendment Cuba has shown since our
troops left the island. and which so many
of the republics in both Americas con-
stantly and brilliantly showing. all Ques-
ton of interference by this Nation with
their affairs would be at an end. Our in
terests and those Of our Southern neighbors
are in reality identical. They have great
natural riches. and II within their borders
the reign of law and justice obtains, pros
perity is sure to come to them. While they
thus obey the primary laws of civilized soci-
ETY. they may rest assured that they will be
treated by us in a spirit of cordial and
helpful sympathy. We would interfere with
them only in the last resort. and then only
II 1t became evident that their inability 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 entire body of Ameri-
can nations. 1t Is mere truism to say
that every nation whether in America or
anywhere else. which desires to maintain
its freedom its independence must ulti-
mately realize that the right Of such indie
pendence cannot be separated from the re-
sponSibility OF making good use of It,
In asserting the Monroe Doctrine In taxi
ing such steps as we have taken in regard
to Cuba. Venezuela. and Panama. and In
endeavoring to circumscribe the theater of
war In the Far East. and to secure the
open door in China. we have acted in our
own interest as we'll 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. Ordinarily 1t Is very
much wiser and more useful for US to con-
Germ ourselves with striving for our own
moral and material betterment here at home
than to concern ourselves with trying to bet
ter the condition of things In other nations
We have plenty of sins Of our own to war
against. and under ordinary circumstances
humanity by striving with heart and soul
to put a stop to civic corruption, to brutal
lawlessness and violent race prejudices here
at home than by passing resolutions about
Wrongdofng elsewhere. Nevertheless there
are occasional crimes committed on so vast
a scale and of such peculiar horror as to
make US doubt whether 1t Is not our mani
rest DUTY to endeavor at least to show our
n
with those who have suffered by il The
cases must be extreme in which such a
course Is justihable. There must be no ef~
fort made to remove the mote from orr
brothers eye If We refuse to remove the
beam from our own. But in extreme cases
action may be Justifable and proper. What
form the action shall take must depend upon
the circumstances OF the case; that is. unon
the degree of the atrocity and upon our
power to remedy it,
The cases in which we could interfera b,.
force of arms as interfered to put a ston
to intolerable conditions in Cuba are neces-
sarily very few. Yet it is not to be ex-
pected that people like ours, which In
spite OF certain very obvious SHORTCOMINGS
nevertheless as a whole shows by its con
sistent practice Its belief in the princinlea ~
civil and religious liberty and Of orderly
freedom, people among whom even the
worst crime. like the crime of lynchinv 4,
never more than sporadic, SO that indIvidn-
ais and not classes are molested In their
fundamental rights--it is inevitable the+
such Nation should desire eagerly tn riva
expression to its horror on an occasion T1re
that OF the massacre of the Jews in KIshInaf
or when 1t witnesses such systemstIc on5
long extended cruelty and oppression 90 ~
cruelty and oppression of which the A.
mentans have been the victims. and which
have won for them the indignant pitv ~ ~
civilized world. "a 'l4e
The strong arm of the Government in an
forcing respect for its just rights In irtar-
national matters is the Navy of the United
states. most earnestly recommend that
r W. there be no halt in the
ANo 1>S'J' work of upbuilding the