The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-10

g towards. Neither does IL
hands 81, o. In the hands of those too
nry i1' foo dishonest or too unintel-
slothlu,, exercise it. The eternal vigil
HGent ,bich is the price or liberty must
ance ",srcjsed, sometimes to guard
be ct outside foes; altnougn OF
again for more often TO guard against
cou' own selfish or thoushtiess SNORT
rominfs'
seIf-Evident Truths.
~ these self-evident truths are Kept
II ,,s and only If the yare so kept
before ,s we shall have clear idea OF
before ~, foreign policy in its larger
what w. should be. 1t is our duty to
aspe.her that nation has no more
reIiei,t ~ do injustice to another nation,
rs"t or weak. than an lndlVlduaI mas
suonS iriustice to another lndlVldual;
TO ~ +bp same moral law applies in
ul"' .aee as in the other. but we must
one remember that 1t Is as mucn the
@S ,, of the nation to guard It's own
duiy Nd IFS own interests as it is the
rights an, Tho individual so to do. With
duty "a natjon the individual has now
in ue cd this right to the state, that
deIeH".,a representative of all the in
IS lis and it is maxim OF the law
DIV" tar every wrong there is remedy.
t'' intarnatiOnal law we have not
Bu' 80 nv any means as far as we
ad'4 "n5vanced in municipal law. There
nav, ,,a+ no judicial way OF enforcing
J. e" t+ in international law. When
o,tion wrongs another Or wrongs
one others. there is no tribunal be-
MANY hitch the wrongdOer can be
IWe Either it is necessary
bFous aIy TO acquiesce in the wrong.
SOg g Inns put premium upon brutality
@9 aggrpssion, or else 1T is necessary
aIr r+and I'D for its rights. Until some
.to5 10 devised by which there
MI ",1 no a degree of international con-
s sue" avon offending nations, it would be
uC ,ricked thing for the most civilized
rore for those with most sense of
Sensational obligations and with
,'ooroct and most generous apprec1a-
1'on Of the difference between right
Ia wrong. to disarm. If the great
aI,ii1ed nations of the present day
ohonld completely disarm, the result
r"onld mean an immediate recrudes-
conce of barbarism in one form or
opother Under any circumstances
sIfRcient armament would have TO be
,,art mn to serve the purposes of in
0ational cohesion and the sense of in
,ornotional duties and rights are far
rnorp advanced than at present,
nation desirous both of securing re-
snert for itself and of doing good to
otbors must have a force adequate for
tho work which it feels is allotted to it
&C ifs part of the general world duty.
therefore, it follows that a self-re-
snacting. lust and far-Seeing nation
yhould on the one hand endeavOr by
averv means to aid in the development
of the various movements which tend
IN provide substitutes for war, which
tend TO render nations in their actions
toward one another. and indeed to-
ward their own peoples, more respon-
siye TO the general sentiment Of
humane and civilized mankind; and on
the other hand that itshould keep pre-
pared while scrupulously avoiding
wrongdoing itself, to repel any wrong,
and in exceptional cases to take action
which in a more advanced stage of in
ternational relations would come
under the head of the exercise of the
international police. A great free peo-
pie owes it to itself and all mankind
not to sink into helplessness before the
powers Of evil.
Treaties of Arbitration.
We are in every way endeavoring
10 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 wiling to enter into
these treaties with US. 1t is not posi-
bic at this period of the worlds de-
veopment to agree toarbitrate all mat
tiers of possible difference between US
and other nations which can be thus
arbitrated. Furthermore, at the re-
quest of the Interparliamentary Union,
an eminent body composed of practi-
cal statesmen from all countries,
have asked the powers to join with this
government in second Hague confer
ence, at which it is hoped that the
work already so happily begun at The
hague may be carried some steps
further toward completion. This car
res out the desire expressed by the
"'st hague conference itself.
IL Is not true that the United States
Aeeis any land hunger or entertainS
psoJec's as regards the other nations
Vi Inc Western Hemisphere save such
as are for their welfare All that this
Eouilury desires is to see the neighbor-
ns ooultrles stable orderly and pros
ferrous Any country whose people
nolIuuct themselves we'll can count
0pon our heartily friendship. If q
t itt SHOWS that ii knows how to act
WIN reasonable efficiency and decency
eoolaI ana political matters, if 1t
u p" oTuer and pays it's obligations,
T,i1 eeu lear no Interference from the
~ wi"seu states. Chronic wrongdoing,
saw "m impotence which results in a
f zoa loosening of the ties of GILL
80 VIZ socletyI may in America, as else
hv Ultimately require Intervention
Wo.. one civilized nation, and in the
thn I'm hemisphere the adherence OF
MI oHlIed States to the Monroe doc
bn,I may force the Unietd States
If % reluctantly, in fragrant cases
tho 'urn Wrongdoing or impotence, to
now eAefClse of an International police
tho II every country washed by
r ure Caribbean Sea would show the
tion r vSs IN stable and just civiliza-
an ann. winch with the aid of the Plat
troor riuilent Cuba has shown since ou,
yn.nr deIt the island, and which sc
aro VI the republics in both Americas
an Instantly and brilliantly showing
question of interference by this
END win their affairs would be at ar
Eon+h ouT interests and those of oul
tical III, helghbors are in reality iden.
and % lhey have great natural riches
Of 'u within their borders the reigr
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