The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-07

tloh ana ~ me svSs,tIit IA StntGs n the
Monroe doctrine may force me unitsdi
states, however reluctantly. - ! nngr 7
fs Ella q 3e sHd OF an "iGnternaona police
power i,
In asserting tho Monroe Doctrine. IN
, taking such step. as We have taken AK ~, ~
in endeaworing 10 circumscribe the thea
tcr OF war IN the Far East. and to secure
! the open door III China, we have ac tts
IN our own interest rs well as III inc
however. cases in which, while our own
interests are not greatly involved. st lrel,i
appeal Is made 10 our sympathies. Orul-
,larily It Is very much wiser ana moro 1t,
useful for us TO concern ourselves WIZ
striving for our own moral and rnAtcflhl
bcttcrn1cnt here Mt homo than 70 con o.. :.
corn ourselves with trying 70 better tho l
I condition OF things in other nations. " 9
| hasc plenty of sins OF our own 70 Wa
stances We can do more Cor the general
uplifting Of humanity by striving with
heart and soul TO put stop to CIVIC cor
ruption, to brutal lawlessness ana Vlo!cnt
passing resolutions about wrongdoing else.
where. Nevertheless there arc OCCASIONAL
crimes committed on so vast O scale ana
OF such peculiar horror as to make US
to cndc,lvor at least to show our disnp-
prevail Of the deed and our sympathy
with those who have suffered by It. Tho
| cases must be extreme In which slch Il
! course is justifiable There must be no
effort made TO remove the. mote from our
brother S eye II We refuse to remove the
! beam from our own. But In extreme
cases action may be 3ustinable and prop
err. What form the action shall take must
depend upon, the circumstances OF the
case: that is. upon the degree OF tho
! atrocity and upon our power to remedy
1t. The cases in which we could interfere
by force Of arms as We 5interfered to put
a stop to intolerableN conditions In Cuba
TO be expected that a people like ours.
which in spite OF certain very obvious
shortcomings. nevertheless as whole
elbows by it's consistent practice Its belief
In tho principles OF dyl and religious lib
crty and Of orderly freedom, a people
among whom even the worst crime. like
the crime lynchinG Is never more than
sporadic, so that individuals and not
classes are molested In their fun n'l
rights-it is inevitable that such nation
TO its horror on an occasion ike that OF
the massacre Of tho Jews In Ktshcnef, Or
when II witnesses such systematic and
long-extended cruelty and oppression as
Arrnenians have been the victims. and
which have won for them tho ln n'1T mani
pity Of the civilized world.
| Rights Of American Citizens
Abroad.
Even where It is not possible to secure
in other nations tho observance OF me
/ principles which We accept as axoHlatlc,
tho rights OF our own citizens without
regard to their creed or race; without re-
/ gard TO whether they were born here or
born abroad. 1t has proved very oilhcuil
TO secure from Russia tho rigas: Tor our
Jewish fellow-citizens to receive pass
parts and travel through Russian terri
tory. Such conduct Is rot only unjust
and Irritating toward us. but ut 10 di1llcuit
TO see It's wisdom from .Russ'a a. ssa,,n-
plished by IT II an American jew or an
American Christian misbehayes hamself
in Russia. he can at once be driven sout,
but the ordinary American Jew, IKE the
ordinary American Christian would be-
have Just about MS he behaves here, that
is. behave as any good citizen ought to
behave: and where this Is the case It is
a wrong against which we are entitled to
protest to refuse him his passport without
regard to his conduct and character,
merely on racial and religious grounds.
IN Turkey our difficulties arise less from
the way in which our citizens are some
4 times treated than from the Indignation
I Inevitably excited III seeing such fearful
! miTue as has been witnessed both III
Armenia and Macedonia.
The Navy.
The strong arm of8tnc Governments ~
enforcing respect for Its Just rights III
international matters is tho Navy OF the
United States. Imost earnestly. recon-
mend that there be no halt IN the work
of upbu!lding the American Navy There
ncople than TO keep the Navy adequate to
the needs OF this country's position. We
have undertaken To build the AIstlminn
| Canal We have ,lndertalsen'to secure for
ourselves our Just share IN the trade or
-, N hn tundartHknn
tect our citizens from Improper treatment
L n foreign lands. We continue steadily
TO Insist on the application Of the Mon
roe Doctrine to the Western Hemisphere.
lar matters is to be a mere toastful sham
we can not afford to abandon our naval
programmes. Our voice Is now potent for
peace, and Is SO potent because wo arc
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