The Glenwood post., 1904-12-10

, ehOrt TO secure justice lcf others tlS-
tice for ourselves. save as conditioned
upon the attitude are willing to take
toward our army, and especially toward
our navy. 1t ID not merely unwise, IL is
contemplate. for nation as for an in
dividual. to use high-sounding language
to proclaim its purposes. or to take po-
sitions which arc ridiculous if unsupport.
ed by potential force. and then to 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 all
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 destructive
as any war Tyrants and oppressors have
| many times made a wilderness and called
| 1t peace. The peace of tyrannous terror
| the peace of craven weakness. the peace
| of injustice. all these should be Stunned
ms we shun unrighteous war. The goal
| to set before us nation. the goal
which should be set before all mankind
| is the attainment of the peace of JUS
| tce. 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 wrongdocr can be
| brought. Either 1t is necessary supnely
to acquiesce in the wrong. and thus put
| a premium upon brutality and aggres-
| sion. or else it is necessary FOR the ag-
! grieved nation valiantly 20 stand up for
| its rights. Unti some method is devised
| by which there shall be degree of in
| ternational control over offending ma
! tions, 1t would bs "A wicked thing for
! the most civilized powers. for those with
most of international obligations
and with keenest and most generous ap-
| probation OF the difference between right
| and wrong. to dsarm. If the great civ
ilized nations OF the present day should
completely disarm, the result would mean
| an immediate recrudesccnce of barbar-
| ism in one form or another.
Arbitration Treaties.
| We are in every way enGcavorinC 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 Senate
treaties OF arbitration with all powers
which are willing to enter into these
treaties with us. Furthermore. at the
request of the Interparlamentary Union
| an eminent body composed of practical
statesmen from all countries, l 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 so 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.
1t is not true that the United States
/ feels land lIIupat. f,r ont {
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 nciEhloring
countries stable. orderly. and prosperous.
Any country whose people conduct them
selves well can count upon our hearty
friendship. II nation shows that it
knows how to act with reasonable efii-
cheney and decoucy in social and political
matters. If it keeps orGer and pays its
obligations, it need fear no interference
from the United States. Chronic wrong
doing. or an impotence which results in
a general looscning Of the ties of civil
lied society, may in America. as else
where, ultimately require Intervention by
some civilized nation. and in the western
hemisphere the adherents Of the United
States to the Monroe doctrine may force
the United States, however reluctantly
in flagrnnt cases of such wrongdong 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 II
| within their borders the reign of law and
| Justice obtains. prosperity is sure to come
to them. While they thus obey the prf-
mary laws of civilized society they may
rest assured that they will 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
| If it became evident that their inablnly
or unwillingncss 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
and in endeavoring TO circumsCribe the
theater of in the far East and to
secure the open door in China. we have
acted 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
on va-t a scale and Of such peculiar
horror as to make US doubt whether it is
| not our manifest duty to endCavor at
| least to show our disapproval OF the deed
and our sympathy with those who have
| suffered Sy IT. The cases must be eN-
| treme in which such a course is jusu-
| fable. But in extreme cases action may
| be justiiable 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
| our power to remedy it. The cases in
| which we could Interfere by force of
arms as we interfered to put n stop to
! intoerable conditions in Cuba are neces-
| sarily very few. Yet it is not to be OK
pected that people Ike ours. which in
! spite of certain very obvious shortcom-
| ings, nevertheless a whole shows by
its consistent practice its belief in the
| principles of civil and religious liberty
and Of orderly freedom, a people among
| whom even the worst crime. like the
| crime of lynching. is never more than
sporadic. so that individuals and not
| classes are molested in their fundamental
| rights-it is inevitable that such a ma
| tlon should desire eagerly to give ex-
| preston to its horror on an occasion like