Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-06

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common and unriI!hteous peace Is rare.
but both should be Stunned. The
right Of freedom and the responsibility
for the exercise o. that right cannot be
divorced. One Of our great poets has
well and finely said that freedom Is not
gift that tarries long in the hands Of
towards. Neither does it tarry long In
the hands of thos,, too slothful, too dis
honest or too unintelligent to exercise
it. The eternal vigilance which is the
price Of liberty must be exercised
sometimes to guard against outside
foes, although, of course, far more Of
ten to guard against our own selfish or
thoughtless shorte omings.
1t is our duty tc remember that na-
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 it is
as much the duty of the nation to
guard it's own rights and its own inter-
ests as it is the duty of the individual
SO to do. Until some method, Is devised
by which there shall be degree of In
ternational control over offending ma
lions it would be a wicked thing for
the most civiliz I'd 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, to 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
| 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 ad-
vanced than ut present nation desir-
GUS both of securing respect for itself
and Of doing gond to others must have
| force adequate for the work which 1t
feels is allotted to 1t as its part Of the
| general world duty. Therefore 1t fol-
lows that a self respecting. just and
| farseeing nation should on the one
hand endeavor oy every means to aid
in the develop nent 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, tn 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 cone under the head Of
the exercise of The international police.
Arbitrs ton Treaties.
We are in every way endeavoring to
help on, with cordial good will, every
movement which will tend to bring us
into more friendly relations with the
rest of mankind. In pursuance Of this
policy shall shortly lay before the SEN
| ate treaties Of arbitration with all pow
ers which are W llling to enter into these
treaties with US. 1t is not possible at
this period Of the worlds development
to agree tS ar pirate all matters. but
there are na1y matters of possible
difference Hetv'een us and other ma
lions which can be thus arbitrated.
Furthermore, at the request of the in
terparliamenta1y union, an eminent
body composed Of practical statesmen
from all countries, have asked the
powers to joir with this government
in second Ha que conference, at which
1t is hoped that the work already 80
happily begun at The Hague may be
carried some steps further toward
completion. This carries out the de-
sire expressed by the first Hague con-
ference itself.
Policy Toward other Nations Of
Western Hemisphere.
It is not true that the United States
feels any lanl hunger or entertains
any projects as regards the other ma
lions of the western hemisphere save
such as are for their welfare. All that
this country dc sires is to see the neigh
boring countries stable, orderly and
prosperous. Any country whose people
conduct thems alves well can count upon
our hearty friendship. If nation
shows that it knows how to act with
reasonable efficiency and decency in So
cial and political matters, II 1t keeps
order and pays its obligations, It need
fear no interference from the United
States. Chroric wrongdoing or an i'm
potence which results in general loos-
ening Of the ties Of civilized society
may in Ame lea, as elsewhere, ulti-
mately require Intervention BY some
civilized nation. and in the western
hemisphere the adherence Of the Unit
ed States to the Monroe doctrine may
force the United States. however re-
luctantly, in fragrant cases Of such
wrongdoing or impotence, to the exer-
else Of an international police power.
Rights Of Am srican Citi.sns Abroad.
1t is necessary forus firmly toins up
on the rights OF our own citizens abroad
without regar1 to their creed or race;
without REGARD to whether they were
born here or born ABROAD. IL mas
proved very difficult to secure from
Russia the right for our Jewish fellow
citizen to receive passports and travel
through Rus sian territory. It II q
wrong agains': which we are entitled to
protest to refuse him his passport
| without rnpar1 IN his conduct and char.