The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-12-08

assume in the world az large. IL IN absolute
N necessary 10 consider the Army aud the
Navy. and the Congress. through which the
thought 81 the Nation finds tts expression.
should keep ever wildly Ia mind the funda.
mental fact that IL Is Impossible 90 trcat
our foreign policy. whether this policy takes
shape In the effort Co secure Justice for
others or Justice for ourselves. save as con.
ditioned upon the attitude we are Willing
toward our Navy. Il IL not merely unwise.
" u contemptiblc. for a nation, as for an
Individual, To use high sounding language TO
proclaim It's, purposes, or to take positions
which are ridiculous n unsupported by po-
tential force. and then To refuse TO provide
this force. IL there IL no Intention of pro-
yiding and of keeping the force necessary
TO back M q strong attitude. then u Is far
better not TO assume such an altitude.
The steady aim OF this Nation. as OF all
enlightened nations. should be To strive TO
bring ever nearer the day when there shall
prevail throughout the world the peace ~
Justice. There are kinds 81 peace which
are highly undesirable. which are In the
long run ~ destructive as any war. Tyrants
aud opprcssors have many times made n
wilderness and called Il peace. Many times
peoples who WEIR slothfil or tlmid or short.
sighted. who had been encrvatcd 10y ease
or By luxury. or mlsied by false teachings,
have shrunk In nnnlnnly fashion from do.
Ing duty that was stern aud that needed
self sacrifice. and have sought 20 hide from
their own minds their shortcomings. their
ignoble motives. by calling them love or
peace. The peace OF ~tyannous terror. the
peace Of craven weakness. the peace " In.
justice. all these should be stunned as we
shun unrightcous war. The goal To set be.
foro M as a nation. the goal which should
be set before all mankind, IL the attain
ment of the peace Of justice. OF the peace
which comes when each nation IN not mere
~ safcguarded In Its own rights. but scrup-
ulously recognizes aud performs Its duty
toward others. Generally peace tells for
righteousness: but II there Il conflict be-
tween the two, then our fcalty Il due FIRST
10 the cause OF righteousness. Unrighteous
wars are common and unrighteous peace ls
rare; but both should be Stunned. IL In our
duty 20 remember that a nation has no more
right 10 do injustice 10 another nation.
strong or weak. than an individual has 60
do Injustice 10 another individual: that the
same moral law applies In one case ne In
the other. But we must also remember
that 10 Il as much the duty 81 the Nation
TO guard It's own rights and Its wi Inter.
10 do. within the Nation the individual
has now delegated this right Ca the State.
that L.. 10 the representative Of all the In.
dividuais. and it IL q maxim OF the Law
But In International law we have not nd.
vanced by any means as far as we have
advanced In municipal law. There IL Rs
yet no judicial way Of enforcing a right
In International law. When Que nation
wrongs another or wrongs many others,
there Is no tribunal before which the wrong.
docr can be brought. Either IL IL ncccs-
sarY .uplnely TO acquiesee In the wrong.
and thus put q premium upon brutality
and aggression, or else Il In necessary for
the aggrieyed nation yaliantly TO stand up
foe It's rights. Until some method 10 de.
yfscd by which there shall DO n degree OF
International control over offending nations.
II would be a wicked thing for the most
clvilizcd powers, for those with most sense
OF International obligations and with keen.
difference between right and wrong, TO dis.
arm. II the great ciyilized nations OF the
present day should completely disarm. the
result would mean an immediately recrud.
escencc OF barbarism In one form or an.
other. Under amy circumstances q sufficient
armament would have To be kept up 10
serve the purposes Of International police:
and until International cohesion aud the
sense Of international duties and rights nre
far more advanced than az present, a ma.
tlon DESTROYS both OF securing respect for
Itself and Of doing good TO others mus,
Il feels Is allotted to II as It's part OF the
general world duty. A great FREQ people
owes II 20 itself aud 20 all mankind not 10
sink into helpiessness before the powers Of
evil.
Second Hague Conference.
We are In every way endcavoring 20 help
on. with cordial good Will, every movement
which Will tend to bring Us Into more
Kind. In pursuance OF this policy I shall
shortly lay before the senate TREATIES OF
arbitration with all powers which are viii.
Ing TO enter into these treaties with us.
Furthermore, nj the request or the Inter
parliamentary Union. an eminent body com.
posed OF practical statesmen from all coun.
tries. l have asked the Powers 10 join with
this government In a second Hague con.
ference. ut which Il Is hoped that the work
already so happily begun ut The Hague may
DO carried some steps further toward com.
| pletion.
Policy Toward Other NATIONS Of West
ern Hemisphere.
n In mot frue that tla limited Etntea feels
any land hunger or cntcrtains any projects
as regards the other nations OF the West
ern hemisphere save such as are for their
| welfare. All that this country desires Is 10
see the nclghboring countries stable, or.
DERBY. and prosperous. IL q nation shows
that II knows how TO act with reasonable
efficiency aud dccency In social and political
matters. II IL keeps order aud pays Its oh
legations. IL need fear no Interference from
| the United states. Chronic wTong-d doing,
or an impotence which results In a general
loosening OF the ties 81 civilized society,
may Ia America. as elsewhere. ultimately
| require Intervention by some civilized ma.
ton, and la the Western hemisphere the
adherence OF the United States Ia the
Monroe doctrine may force the United
| states. however reluctantly. In fagrant
cases az such ~wropgdoing or Impotence. to
the exercise OF an International police
power.
In asserting the Monroe doctrine. In tax.
Ing such steps as we have taken In regard
to Cuba. Venezuela and Panama, and In
| cndeavoring 20 clrcumsceibc the thcntcr OF
war In the Ear East. aud TO secure the
\ open door In Chlna we have acted In our
own Interest as well as In the interest Of
| humanity nj large. There are, however.
cases In which. white our own interests are
not greatly Involved. strong appeal II
made 90 our sympathies. Ordinarily u In
very much wiser and more useful for Us
TO concern ourselves with striving for our
own moral and material bettcrment here
at home than 10 concern ourselves with
trying To better the condition OF things Ia
other nations. We have plenty of Gins %
our own TO war against. and under ordi.
nary circumstance we can do more for the
general uplifting OF humanity by striving
with heart and soul TO put a stop to civic
corruption, 10 brutal lawlcssncSs and yio-
lent race prejudlces here NJ home than 10y
/ passing resolutions about wrongdoing else.
where. Nevertheless there are occasional
crimes committed on 10 vast a scale and
Of such peculiar horror as 10 make Us
doubt whether II In not our manifest duty
10 endeayor at least To show our disap.
prevail OF the deed and our sympathy with
those who have suffered by IL. The eases
must be- extreme In which such a course Is
justihable. The cases la which We could
interfere by force OF arms as We interferrd
10 put q stop TO intolcrable conditions In
Cuba are necessarily very few. IL - In.
eyltabie that a people like ours. which In
spite Of certain very obvious shortcomings,
nevertheless as a whole shows 10y Its con.
4 alssant urneftce its belief iu the nFinCtulpa