Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07


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Tor ehanges IN tho present, system Of
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yns steady II almaa of this nation al of
all enlightened nations, should he q
strive to bring ever nearer the day
when there shall prevail throughout
the world the peace of Justice, but
there are kinds Of peace which are
highly undesirable, which are in the
long run as destructive as any war.
The goal to set before, us as nation,
the goal which should be set before all
mankind, IS the ttainments Of the
peace Of Justice, OF the peace which
comes when each nation is not merely
isafegnarded in its own rights, but
Iscrupulously recognizes and performs
its 3 duty toward. Others, Generally
peace tells for righteousness, but IT
there is conflict between the two then
ouraifealty isa-due first to the sca use of
right teousness. Unrig ghteous wars are
common and unrighteous peace Is rare
but both should be- <shunned.s r. The
right Of freedom and the responsibility
for the exercise of that right cannot be
divorced One OF our great poets has
wells and finely said that freedom is not
a gift that tarries long in the hands of
towards. Neither does it tarry 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.
It is our duty to remember that ma
ton has no more right to do injustice
to another nation. strong or weak, than
an Individual has to do injustice to an
other tndividual; that the same moral
!, law applies III 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
80 to do Until some method is devised
by which there shall be degree Of In
ternational control over offending ma
dons 1t would be wicked thing for
the most civilized powers, for those
with most sense Of international obli-
cations and with keenest. and most gen
esous appreciation Of the difference be-
tween right and wrong, to dtsarna. II
the great eiviliaed nations OF the pres
snt day should completely dtsarm, the
Fssust wosld mean m immediate re-
eFudAscence Of barbarian In one form
q another; Under any circumstances q
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-
vanced than at present nation destr-
ous both of securing respect for itself
and OF doing good to others must have
q force adequate for the work which It
feels IL allotted to It as It's part Of the
general world duty. Therefore It FOL-
lows that self respecting. just and
fareeeing, nation. nhould ON the, one
hand endeavor by every means to aid
In the Development Of the various
movements which tend to provide sub
stttutes fox war, which tend to render
nations in their actions toward one an
other ana indeed toward their own
peoples more responsive to the general
sentiment Of humane and civilized
mankind, and, on the other hand, that
Il should keep prepared, while scrupu-
oa,sly avoiding wrongdoing itself. to
repel any wrong and in exceptional
cases TO take action which in a more
advanced stage Of International rela-
ttonS would come under the head OF
the exercise Of the international police
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We are IN every way endeayorinx to
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 sen
ate treaties OF arbitration with all pow
ers which are willing to enter into these
treaties with us. It 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 na-
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 begun 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.