Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-12-09

amply ssfeguarted. but the interests OF
the government-that r.. the Interests
OF honest administration; that Is. the
interests OF the people-are not necng-
ninsd as they should 10.
tThe president discusses the progress
os the territories OF Alsska. Hawaii
and Porto Rie1. with Recommendations
for changes in the present system Of
government OF the first named. He de
slres 10 see a delegate from Alaska in
congress-
Foreign Policy.
The steauy aim OF this nation, as OF
all enlightened nations. should be TO
strive TO bring ever nearer the day
wien there snail prevail throughout
the world the peace Of justice. but
there are kinds Of peace which are
highly undesirable which are in the
long run as destructive as any war.
The goal To set before Us as n nation,
the goal which should be set before all
mankind. is tie attainment OF the
peace Of justice, OF the peace which
comes when each nation s. not merely
safeguarded IA its own rights, but
scrupuiously recognizes and performs
its duty toward Others. Generally
peace tells for righteousness, but II
there is conflict between the two then
our fealty is due first 10 the cause OF
righteousness Curghteous wars are
common and unrighteous peace is rare,
but both should be Stunned. The
right OF freedom and the responsibility
for the exercise OF that right cannot be
divorced. One of orr great poets has
/ well and finely said that freedom is not
| a gift that tlrries long In the hands OF
/ towards. Neither does II tarry long In
! the hands of those too slothful, too dis
( honest or too unintelllgent 10 exercise
It. The eternal vigilance which is the
price of liberty must be exercised
( sometimes 10 guard against outside
foes. although. OF course, far more Of
I ten to guard against oGr own selfish or
thoughtless Shortcomings.
/ 1t Is our duty to reneM. er that ma
ton has no more right TO do injustice
/ to another nation. strong or weak, than
| an individual has to do injustice TO an
other Individual: that the same moral
law applies In one case as in the other.
But we must also remember that II is
as much the duty OF the nation TO
guard Its own rights and its own inter
ests as Ii is the duty OF e individual
so 10 do. Until some method is devised
by which there shall be a degree of in
tetnational control over offending ma
tons 1t would be a wicked thing for
the most civilized powers, for those
with most sense Of international obli-
CATIONS and with keenest and most gen
erous appreciation Of the difference be
tween right and wrong, 10 diSarm. II
the great civilized nations of the pres
ent day should completely disarm, the
result would mean an immediate re-
crudescence of barbarism in one form
or another. Under any circumstances a
sufficient armament would have to be
kept up to serve the purposes Of inter
national police, and until international
; cohesion and the sense OF international
duties and rights are far more adj
vanced than at present a nation deslr-
Gus both OF securing respect for itself
and OF doing good to others must have
force adequate for the work which it
feels IL allotted TO 1t as its part Of the
general world duty. Therefore it fol-
lows that self respecting. just and
! farseeing nation should on the one
/ hand endeavor by every means to aid
In the development of the various
! movements which tend TO provide sub
| stitutes for war. which tend to render
nations In their actions toward one an
| other and indeed toward their own
/ peoples more responsive TO the general
/ sentiment of humane and civilized
/ mankind, and. on the other hand. that
/ It should keep prepared, while scrupu-
lousy avoiding wrongdoing itself. to
| repel any wrong and in exceptional
| cases TO take action which in more
| advanced stage OF international rela-
| lions would come under the head of
the exercise of the international police
Arbitration Treaties.
We are In every way endea voring to
help on. with cordial good will. every
movement which will tend 10 bring US
l into more friendly relations with the
rest Of mankind. In pursuance of this
policy shair shortly lay before the SEN
ate treaties Of arbitration with all pow
ers which are willing TO ente~ into these
treaties with us. 1t is not possible at
this period of the worlds development
| to agree to arbitrate all matters. but
there are many matters of possible
difference between US and other na-
lions which can be thus arb.rated.
Furthermore, at the request of the in.
terparlamentary union, an eminent
body composed Of practical statesmen
from all countries, | have asked the
powers to Join with this government
In second Hague conference, at which
1t is hoped that the work already so
happily begun at The Hague may be
carried some steps further to,rarl
completion. This carries out the de-
sire expressed by the first Hague con-
ference itself.
Policy Toward Other Nations of
Western Hemisphere.
1t Is not true that the United States
feels any land hunger or entertaius
any projects as regards the other ma
tons Of the western hemisphere save
such as are for their welfare. All that
this country desires Is to see the neigh
boring countries stable, orCcriy and
prosperous. Any country whose peon,e