The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-05

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. now an assured fact; but most GER -
. tainly it is unwise to entrust the. car .
ryng t out OF SO pol
Z defeat the whole undertakins
Our foreign policy has been so con-
Quoted that while not one Of on: just
claims 3, has been sacrificed our relations
most peaceful kind; there is not cloud
on the horizon. The last cause of irri-
tation between us and any other NATION
Alaskan boundary.
In the Caribbean sea we have made
good our. promises of independence to
our mission in the island was one of JUS \
tice and not of self-aggrandizement; and
thereby no less than by our action in
that the Monroe doctrine is a living
reality, designed for the hurt of no ma
tion but for the protection of civilization
peace of the world. Our steady growth
In power has gone hand in hand witt,
WS qo to use hs
Of others. and for the cause Of interna-
tional justice and coed will.
We earnestly desire friendship with all
with them upon basis of reciprocal adj
vantage instead of hostility. We hold
aid and not hindrance to the prosperity
OF ether nations. We seek international
a an , for the same reasons that make
ders; and we. seek this peace not because
We are afraid or unready, but because
we think that peace is right as well as
rapidly grown. American enterprise has
laid cable across this. the greatest OF
oceans. We have. proved in effective
we'll and desire its integrity and inde-
pendence.
Our foothold in the Philippines greatly
ton for the trade Of the East; but we
terest of the Philippine people them
large share in their government. and our
PURPOSE is to increase this share as rap
idly as they, give evidence Of increasing
ea e hs the The s sTsat WSetey
Filipinos. We are now providing TOR a
step. to. be taken in the future: and it
would be eminently unwise to declare
what our next step will be until this frst
manifest To have haven sone faster shan aTe
constantly inereasine Measure sur 's of SELF
At the present moment to give political
independence to the islands would result
in the immediate loss Of civil rights. per-
sonal liberty and public order, as re-
CARDS the mass Of the F1lipinos, for the
majority of the islanders have been given
the by Is and only keep
y and guarantee them. a.
+ TO Withdraw our government from
= the islands at this time would mean .
g to the average native the loss Of his
= estab lished in the islands govern
ment by Americans assisted by Fill -
= pinos. We are steadily striving to =
transform this Into self-government
- cans. III 81. f NJ =
The principles which we uphold should
lions OF our country. Above all they
should give us strength with the mon and
women who are the spiritual heirs Of
those Who upheld the handsfof Abraham
I,ineoln; for we are striving to do our;
Mork N sths spirit With which Lincoln ap-3;
that have just passed there Is no duty Y
domestic or foreign. which we have
shirked; no necessary task which Ne.
have feared to. undertake. or which ne
have not performed with reaaonable
etfneienc J We have never pleaded impo-
criticism and complaint instead 81 action.
we face the future with our past and our.
present AZ ,RuarantOrs SOf our promises:
and We are content to stand or to fail by s
the tns =. Tscord which we have made and are