Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-08

that a seif-respecting, Just and far-sssono
nation should on the one hand endeavoE
by every means 70 aid In the developmeae
OF the various movements which tend -
provide substitutes for war. which tend -
render nations In their actions toward one
another. and indeed toward their own peo-
pies. more responsive TO the general sen1f-
ment Of humane and civilized mankin4s
and on the other hand. that II should keep
prepared. while scrupulously avoiding
| wrongdoing ITSELF to repel any wrong. an4
In exceptional cases to take action which
In a more advanced stage OF international
relations would come under the head OF the
exercise OF the international police. -
| great free people owes II to itself and to al
mankind not TO sink into helplessness be-
fore the powers OF evil. IN
Second Hague Conferences.
We are in every way sndeavoring to hslD
on, with cordial good will, every movement
! which will tend to bring Us Into moro friend-
| ly relations with the rest Of mankind. -
pursuance Of this policy shall shortly iay
before the senate treaties Of arbitration
with all powers which are willing to enter
| into these treaties with US. II 10 not poo-
| slble at this period OF the worlds develoD-
ment to agree to arbitrate all matters. bus
there are many matters Of possible di6er~
ence between US and other nations whicA
can be thus arbitrated. Furthermore. a
the request OF the Interparliamentex1
union, an eminent body composed Of prne-
teal statesmen from all countries. have
asked the powers to join with this govsrn-
ment In a second Hague conference. -
which II Is hoped that the work already -
| happily begun at The Hague may be c4rs
ried some steps further toward completion-
This carries out the desire expressed b.
the nrst Hague conference itself.
The Monroe Doctrine.
| In asserting the Monroe Doctrine, In taxi
| ing such steps as we have taken In regard -
Cuba, Venezuela and Panama. and In en-
deavoring to circumscribe the theater o.
war In the far east, and to secure the open
door In China, we haye acted In our OWE
interest as well as In the interest Of human
ity at large. There are however, cases IN
which. while our own interests are net
greatly involved. strong appeal Ii made To
| our sympathies. Ordinarily II Is very much
wiser and more useful for US to concern
ourselves with striving for our own moral
and material betterment here at home than
| to concern ourselves with trying to better
the condition Of things In other nations.
| We have plenty OF sins Of our own to war
against. and under ordinary circumstances
we can do more for the general uplifting OF
|
to put a stop to civic corruption. to brutal
lawlessness and violent race prejudice9
here at home than by passing resolutions
about wrongdoing elsewhere. Neverthe-
less there are occasional crimes committed
on SO vast scale and Of such peculiar hor-
ror as to make US doubt whether 1t Ii not
our manifest duty to endeavor at least 70
show our disapproval OF the deed and our
sympathy with those who have suffered b.
A~Na L.. ~ ~
such a course is justifable There must b
no effort made to remove the mote from
our brothers eye II 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 de-
pend upon the circumstances OF the case:
that Is. upon the degree Of the atrocity ana
upon our power to remedy II. The caseo
in which we could interfere by force or
arms as we interfered to put stop to In
tolerable conditions in Cuba are neces-
sarily very few. Yet It is not to be expected
that people like ours, which In spite Of
certain very obvious shortcomings. never
theless as q whole shows by Its consistent
practice Its belief In the principles OF civil
and religious liberty and Of orderly free
dom, people among whom even the WORSE
crime. like the crime Of lynching, Is never
more than sporadic. SO that individuals ana
not classes are molested In their funda-
mental rights-it is inevitable that such .
nation should desire eagerly to give express
sion to Its horror on an occasion like thae
Of the massacre Of the Jews In Kishineff, or
when 1t witnesses such systematic ana
| long-extended cruelty and oppression a.
the cruelty and oppression Of which the
Armenians have been the victims. and
which have won for them the indignant
pity Of the civilized world.
The Philippines.
In the Philippine Islands there has been
during the past year continuation Of
the steady progress which has obtained
ever since our troops definitely got tho
upper hand OF the insurgents. The Phil
ippine people. or, to speak more accur-
ately. the many tribes. and even races.
sundered from one another more or less
sharply who 60 to make up the people
OF the Philippine islands, contain many
elements OF good, and some elements
which we have a right to hope stand for
progress. At present they are utterly
incapable OF existing in independence 40
all or OF building up a civilization %
their own. I firmly believe that We can
help them to rise higher and higher In
the scale OF civilization and of capacity
for self-government. and most earnest@
ly hope that In the end they will be abba
to stand, II not entirely alone. yet In
some such relation to the United States
as Cuba now stands. This end Is not yee
in sight, and II may be indefinitely post
poned II our people are foolish enough to
turn the attention OF the Filipinos away
from the problems Of achieving mora1
and material prosperity. Of working foo
a stable, orderly and just government.
and toward foolish and dangerous In
trigues for a complete independence foo
which they are as yet totally unit.
On the other hand our people muse
keep steadily before their minds the face
that the Justification for our stay In tho
Philippines must ultimately rest chief1y
upon the good we are able 10 do In tho
islands. do not overlook the fact that
In the development Of our interests IN
the Pacific ocean and along its coasts.
the Philippines have played and will play
an important part, and that our interests
have been served In more than one way
by the possession OF the Islands. But ouR
chief reason for continuing to hold them
must be that we ought In good faith
to try to do our share OF the world'e
work, and this particular piece OF work
has been imposed upon US by the resultn.
OF the war with Spain.
For Elective Government
Within two years we shall be trying
the experiment of an elective lower
| houaa IN the Philinnines leRialnturo II