The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-12-06
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not advanced by any means as far as wS
have advanced in municipal law There
Is as yet no judicial way ofenfortfnr a riof
in international law when one na.iof
wrongs another or wrongs mary otftt
there is no tribunal before which the wrorg.
doer can be brought Either It is uecosear.
sapineiy TO acqulesce in The wrong and
thus put a premium upon brutalffy and
aggression. or else Il IS necessary f-r ~
aggfieved nation vaiianty TO stand up for
ITS rights Unti some method is devised
by which there shall be degree Of irtrr-
national control over offending nations
u would be a wicked thing for The rrssi
clviized powers for those with most sense
OF international obligations and with keen
est ana most generous appreciation of the
difference between rlsht and wrong ia die
arm II the great civilized nations Of he
present day should completely disarn ne
result would mean an immediate recr4i-
descence Of barbarism IN one form or an
other Under any circumstances "a sufi-
cient armament would have 70 be Rent mn
TO serve the purposes Of international po-
nee ana unth international cohesion and
the sense or International duties and riphfe
are far more advanced than at present u
nation dtsirous both Of securing respe.
lor Itself ana OF doing good TO others must
have force adequate for the work which
reels Is allotted to it as its part OF the
general world duty Therefore Il follows
that self-respecting, just and far seeing
a
by every means to aid IN the development
Of the various movements which tend tc
provide substitutes for war. which tend TO
render nations in their actions toward one
another. and indeed toward their own peo-
pies. more responsive 10 the general senti-
ment Of humane and civilized mankind:
and or the other hand, that IL should keep
prepared while scrupulously avoiding
wrongdoing itself to repel any wrong and
IN exceptional cases to take action which
a
relations would come under the head ofthe
exercise OF the International police.
great free pc r.e owes il TO itself and to al
mankind nor 20 sink into helplessness be-
fore The powers OF evil.
Second Hague Conference
We are IN every way endeavoring TO help
en-. with eordia, good Will every movement
which VIII tend to bring ns into more friend
ly relations with the rest OF mankind In
pursuance OF this policy shall shortly lay
before he senate treaties OF arbitration
with all powers which are willing to enter
into these treaties with us. IL is not pos
sibe at this period OF the worlds deyeIop-
ment to agree to Arbltrate all matters. but
there are many matters Of possible differ
ence between US and other nations which
can be thus arbitrated Furthermore. at
the request OF the Interparliamentary
union, an eminent body composed OF prac-
teal statesmen from all countries, | have
v
ment In second Hague conference. at
which It is hoped that the work already so
happily begun at The Hague may be car
ried some steps further toward completion.
This carries out the desire expressed by
the first Hague conference itself
The Monroe Doctrine.
In asserting the Monroe Doctrine. in TAX
Ing such steps as We have taken In regard to
Cuba. Venezuela and Panama and IN en-
deavoring TO circumscrihe the theater Of
war in the far east and 20 secure the open
door IN China we have acted IN our own
interest ~ well as IN the interest Of human
ity at large There are however cases IN
which. while our own Interests are not
greatly involved. strong appeal is made to
our sywpathies Ordinarily Il Is very much
wiser and more useful for US 20 concern
ourselves with striving for our own moral
and material betterment here at home thar
10 concern ourselves with trying 10 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
humanity by striving With heart and soul
10 put stop 70 civic corruption to brutal
iaWlesaness and violent race prejudices
here al 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 It is not
"AA manifest NAAa 70 tnAtAN0I at Atdet 10
show our disapproval Of the deed and our
sympathy with those who have suffered by
II, The cases must be extreme ia which
such course Is justihable There must be
no effoft made 10 remove the mote from
our brothers eye II We refuse 70 remove
the beam from our own But In extreme
cases action may be justifiabe and proper
What form the action shall take must de-
pend upon the circumstances OF the case.
that is. upon the degree Of the atFocity and
upon our power 10 remedy H. The cases
In which we could interfere by force Of
arms as we interfsrea 10 put a stop to in
tolerable conditions IN Cuba are neces-
sarily very few Yet II is not 20 be expected
that people like ours. which In spite OF
certain very obvious shortcomings never
theless as a whole shows by It's consistent
practice its belief IN the principles OF ClVil
and religious liberty and Of orderly free
dom, people among whom even the worst
crime like the crime OF lynching is never
more than sporadic. 80 that individuals and
not classes are molested In their funda-
mental rights-it Is Inevitable that sucA a
I nation should desire eagerly 10 give expires
! sion to It's horror on an occasion like that
Z Ot the massacre Of the Jews IN Kishinef. or
when Il witnesses such systematic and
/ long-extendcd cruelty and oppression as
! 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 aast year continuation OF
/ the steady progress which has obtained
1 ever since our troops definitely got the
upper hand Of the Insurgents The Phil
/ ippine people or 20 speak more accur-
I atelyi the many tribes and even races.
I suudered from one another more or less
/ sharply, who go 20 make up the people
/ OF the Philippine islands. contain many
/ elements OF good. and some elements
which We have "a right 90 hope stanL for
I progress. Al present they are utterly
Incapable OF existing IN Independence az
| an or OF building up a civilization OF
their own. ] firmly believe that We can
I help them 10 rise higher and higher In
| the scale OF civilization and Of capacity
/ for seif government. and I most ernest
I ~ hope that IN the end they will be able
| 10 stand n not entirely alone yet in
some such relation 20 the United States