Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-12-15


peace of tyrannoua terror, the peace " ern.
ven weAkneeA, the peace Of Injustice all
these should be Stunned a. We shun unriGht-
eous war,
We are In every way endeaverlnE 10 help
on with cordial good VIII every movement
Arbitration TREATIES bring us into more
friendly relations with
the rest et mankind. In pursuance of this
policy I shall shortly lay before the sem
ate treaties OF arbitration with all powers
which are willing 60 enter into these treaties
with US II IL not peaaible AZ this period
ef the worlds development TO agree 20 ar
matters Of possible diaeFenos between ua
and other nations which can be thus aTbl.
trated Furthermore. a. the request Of the
lassrpaFlsamentary Union. an eminent body
COMPOSED OF practical
seoona Hague stateamen from all
e.s.-- countFtea l have
e~atsrenoe. asked the powers To
Join with this Govern
V Il hoped that the work already 90 happily
begun at The Hague may be carried some
steps further toward completion, Thia car
ries eae the desire expressed BY the hrnt
Hague Conferences itself,
The strong arm Of the Government ia en-
teteieg respect for ltn Just rights In later
national matters 10 the Navy OF the unlted
States. l most earnestly recommend that
there be no halt In the
The Navy. work of uphuilding the
American Navy. There
IL no more patriotic duty before Us as
people than 60 keep the Navy adequate TO
the needle % this country'a position, We have
undertaken 20 build the Iathmian Canal We
have undertaken TO secure Tor ourselves eur
Just share IN the trade of the Orient We
nave undertaken 20 protect our citizens from
Improper treatment In foreign lands We
continue steadily 70 insist on the application
ot the Monroe Doctrine 90 the WesteFn
Hemisphere Unless our attitude Ia thesa
and all similar matteFa IL 20 he a mere
haaattul sham We can not amerd 20 ahan-
dan cur naval programme, our voice Il now
potent for peace, and Ia 20 potent because We
are not afraid OF war bat our pfotesIationa
upon hehalf % peace would neither receive
nor deserve the slightest atlention II We
were impo,snt TO make them good,
within the last three years tho United
states has set an example In disarmament
where disarmament was pfapery Hy
law our Army Is nHed At a maximum %
The Army. mum Of $4,000 men.
when there was In.
suFrectioa In the Philippines We kept the
Army at the maximum. Peace came in the
Philippines and now ous Army has bees
reduced to th0 minimum at which IL IL pos
Albie 10 keep u with due regard 10 ita EN-.
cheney, The guns now mounted require as-
600 men. II tho coast rortiheAtisns are TO be
adequately manned Relatively 90 tho Ma
ton. u II not now 80 large a. the police
force ot New York or Chicago relatively To
the population of either city We necd more
NHANFHt NHeEe WfN Hnk Npnuhh 70 nrNogfh
the regular Army work. II IL very important
that the officers OF the Army should be ae-
onstomed 10 handle their men In masses.
- II ia also Important that ths National
Guard OF the nnVurEl AIatua should be Ae-
caHtomed to actual field maneuvering, ea-
peetally In connection with the resulara For
this reason We are to he congratulated upon
the success % the neId maneuyers At Man
hHAaA last Fall. maneuyers In which a iarg-
er number OF regulars aud National uuard
took part than was ever before assembled
together IN time OF peace No other elvtl-
iAed Nation has, relatively 10 its population.
such q dtmihutiVu Army ~ ours; and while
the Army ia 50 small We are not TO be ca
rusrd u we fail TO keep Il AT a very high
grade OF proficiency, IL must be necessarily
prartleedi the standard for the enlisted men
should be kept very high. while at tho same
time the service should be made as attraa-
tive aa posaiblci and the standard for the
onieere should be kept even hiKhor--whieh.
as regards the upper ranks can best be done
by Introducing some system OF selection and
rejection into tho promotions, Wa should DO
able. In Nhe event OF sotae sudden emeFg-
oney. TO put into the nald one first class
Army corps. which should be. as whole at
least the equal Ot any body of troopa OF like
number belonging 10 any other nation,
In the Philippine Islands there has been
during the past year continuation OF the
steady progress which has obtained ever
since our troops definitely got tho upper
hand Of the insurgents The Philippine pea-
pie, or. 10 speak more
The Philippines accurately. the many
tribes, and even rnceR,
sundered from one another more or less
shar ~. who 20 TO make up the people OF
the Philippine Islands contain many sis-
ments or good. and some elements which wo
have n right to hope stand Tor pfogroaA At
present they are utterly incapable OF exist
Ing In Independence At all or OF building
up n civilization of their UNh. nrmly be-
lieve that we can help them 70 rise higher
and higher In the scale Of eivlliKatou and Of
capacity for Self-gevernment. and I most
earnestly hope that In the end they will DO
able to stand. not entirely alone. yst In
some such relation to the United states as
Cuba now stands. This end Is not yet In
sight. and It may be indefinitely postponed
II eur people are foolish enough 20 turn the
attention OF the Filipinos away from the
problems of achieving moral and material
prosperity, Of working for q stable. orderly.
and just government, and toward foolish and
dangerous lntrigues for a complete inde-
pohdenco for which they are al yet totally
unht.
On the other hand our people must keen
steadily before their minds tho fact that the
justification for our stay In the Philippines
must ultimately rest chiefly upon the coed
we are able to do In the islands do not
overlook the fact that In the development OF
our interests In the Pacific Ocean and along
It's coasts. the Philippines have played and
will play an important part, and that our
interests have been served In more than one
way by the possession OF the islands Hut
our chief reason for continuing TO hold them
must be that We ought In good faith TO try to
do our share OF the worlds work. and this
particular piece OF work has been imposed
upon us by the results OF the war with spain,
The problem presented to us In the Philip
pine Islands IL akin to, but not exactly like.
the problems presented to the other great
civilized powers which have possessions in
the Orient. There are points OF resemblance
IN our work to the work which Ia being done
by the British in India ana Egypt, by the
French In Algiera, by the Dutch In Java, by
the Russians in TurkeBtan, by the Japanese
In Formosa; but more distinctly than amy OF
these powers we are endeavoring to develop
the natives themselves 80 that they ahaii
take an ever-increaslng share In their own
government, and as far as Is prudent we are
already admitting their representatives to q
governmental equality with our own.
, Meanwhile our own people should remem-
Der that there is need for the highest stand
ard of conduct among the Americans sent
TO the Philippine Islands, not only among the
public servants but among the private In
dividuals who go to them. IL is because I
feel this so deeply that In tho administra-
tion OF these islands have positively re-
fused TO permit any discrimination whatAo-
ever for political reasons. and 'hava insiatad