The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-12-08

I for changes in the present system of
| government Of the first named. He de-
sires to see Il delegate from Alaska in
congress.
FOreiK@ Policy.
The steady aim Of this nation, as of
all enlightened nations. should he to
strive to bring ever nearer the day
when there shall prevail throughout
the world the peace Of justice, but
there are kids Of peace which are
/ highly undesirable. which are in the
long run us destructive rs any war
The goal to set before Us as Il nation.
: the goal which should be set before all
mankind, is the attainment Of the
/ peace of Justice of the peac" which
| comes when each nation is not merely
safeguarded in its own rights, but
scrupulOuSly recognizes and performs
its duty toward others. Generally
! peace tells for righteousness but if
there is conflict between the TWO then
our fealty is due first 80 the cauSe Of
/ Righteousness. UnrighteOuS 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 bc
divorced. One of our great poets has
well and finely said that freedom is not
a gift that tarries long in the hands Of
towards. Neither does it larry long in
the hands of those 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 shortcomings.
1t is our duty to remember that Il ma
ton has 10 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 its 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 a degree of in
ternatiOnal control over offending ma
tons it 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. to disarm. If
the great civilized nations of the pres
ent day should completely dlsarm, the
rQcUlt would itY,ro intn
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 ad-
Tanced than at present n nation desir-
Gus both of securing respect for itself
and of doing good to others must have
a force adequate for the work which it
feels is allotted to it as its part of the
general world duty Therefore it fol-
lows that a 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-
tons would come under the head of
the exercise Of the international police
Arbitration Treaties.
We are in every way endeavorlng to
help on, with cordial good will, every
movement which will tend TO bring us
into more friendly relations with tire
rest of mankind. In pursuance of this
policy l shall shortly lay before the sen
ate treaties of arbitration with all pow
ers which are willing to enter 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 ma
tons which can be thus arbitrated
Furthermore, at the request of the in
terparliamentary union, an eminent
body composed of practical statesmen
from all countries, l have asked the
powers to join with this government
in a second Hague conference, at which
it is hoped that the work already so
happily legun 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.
1t is not true that the United States
feels any land hunger or entertains
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, orderly and
prosperous. Any country whose people
conduct themselves well can count upon
our hearty friendship. If Il nation
shows that it knows how to act with
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