The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-09

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OF the various movements which t,st ~
provide substitutes for war v hitch t,rts,
render nations In their actions tO.afa .r.
another, and indeed toward their o-rt.
pies. more responsive 20 the genera. sr-,t
ment Of humane and civilized mart.. b.
and on the other hand, that 10 should ~.
prepared. while scrupulousiy atoar
wrongdoing itself 90 rcpcl any wrong a-s
Ia exceptional cases 10 take action wrlrh
IN a more advanced stage u infcruati0rsI
relations would come under the head offf.
exercise % the international police
great free people owes IL 10 Itself anl toa.
mankind not 10 sink into heipiessnoss H..
fore the powers OF evil
Second Hague Conference.
We are In every way endeavorirg 70 h.in
on. with cordia. good Will. every motcncrf
which viii tend TO bring as into more friend
ly relations with the rest Of mankind in
pursuance Of this policy I shall shorty .a.
before the senate treaties Of arbitration
with all powers which are willing 10 ertar
into these treaties with US II is not p.s
sible at this period Of the worlds dese NJ.
ment to agree 10 arbitrate al matters a.t
there are many matters Of possible diNfr-
ence between US and other nations which
can be thus arbitrated. Furthermore at
the request OF the Interpar.lamcntaty
union. an eminent body composed 81 pfa..
tical statesmen from all countries. ] have
asked the powers TO Join with this govern
ment In second Hague conference az
which IL is hoped that the work already 50
happily begun az The Hague may be ear.
ried some steps further toward comp'e .r
This carries out the desire expressed b.
the FIRST Hague conference Itself
The Monroe Doctrine.
In asserting the Monroe Doctrine. in tak
Ing such steps as we have taken in regarl is
Cuba Venezuela and Panama. and ln cr
ceavoring to circumscribe the thcater Z
war in the far east and 10 secure the or0n
door In China. we have acted In our own
interest as wei as IN the interest OF human
ity at large There are however cases Ia
which. while our own interests ere rot
greatly involved. strong appeal Is made t1
our sympathies Ordinarily IL Is very much
wiser and more useful for us 10 concern
ourselves with striving for our own moral
and material bettcrment here at home than
TO concern ourselves with trying 10 better
the condition OF things in other nations
We have plenty OF sins OF our own 10 war
against ard under ordinary Circumstance
We can Go more for the genera. uplifting W
humanity by striving with heart and sou.
20 put stop 20 civic corruption. 10 bruta.
lawiessness and violent race prejutices
here at home than by passing resolutions
about wrongtoing elsewhere. NevertAe-
less there are occasional crimes commute
on so vast a scale and OF such peculiar hor-
TOR as 10 make Us doubt whether IL Is not
our manifest duty 10 enteavor al least to
show our disapproval OF the deed and our
sympathy with those who have suffered BY
II. The cases must be extreme In which
such course is tustihab.e. There must be
no effort made to remove the mote from
our brothers eye II we refuse TO remove
the beam from our own. But In extreme
cases action may be justinable and proper
what form the action shall take must de-
pend upon the circumstances Of the case.
that is upon the degree Of the atrocity ana
upon our power 10 remedy IL. The cases
in which We could interfere by force Z
arms We interfered 10 pu, a stop 70 'r-
toierable conditions in Cuba are neces-
sarily very few Yet II Is not 10 be expected
that a people like ours which In spite q
certain very obvious shortcomings never
theless as a whole shows by its consistent
I practice It's belief in the principles OF citll
/ and religious liberty and OF orderly free
/ dom. a people among whom even the worst
\ crime. like the crime Of lynching. IS never
more than sporadic so that individuals and
not classes are molested In their fun1a-
/ mental rights-lt Is inevitable that such
nation should desire eagerly 10 give expres-
sion 10 Us horror on an occasion like az
I OF the massacre OF the Jews In kishinen "
when IL witnesses such systematic ard
/ long-extenced cruelty and oppression IS
( the cruelty and oppression OF which to
Armenians have been the victims ana
which have won for them the indignant
7 pity Of the civilized world
The Philippines.
In the Philippine Islands there has beer
during the past year a continuation Z
I the steady progress which has obtained
ever since our troops definitely got me
upper hand OF the insurgents. The IAa-
ippine people or TO speak more acrlr-
ately. the many tribes. and even races.
sundered from one another more or Jess
sharply who go TO make up the people
( OF the Philippine islands. contain many
elements OF good. and some elements
which we have a right TO hope stand i.r
/ progress. At present they are utterly
4 incapable OF existing In independence az
all or OF building up civilization ~
/ their own. / firmly believe that We cln
/ help them 10 rise higher and higher
I the scale OF civilization and OF capacity
for government and l most earnest
| ly hope that in the end they Will be abe
TO stand. ~ not entirely alone. yet ia
some such relation TO the United States
| as Cuba now stands. This end Is not yet
in sight. and II may be indefinitely post
| poned II our people are foolish enough -
turn the attention OF the FIliplnos away
| from the problems OF achieving moral
and material prosperity. OF working for
| a stable. orderly and just government
| and toward foolish and dangerous IN
trigues for a complete Independents for
which they are yet totally UNIT.
On the Otner mana our peOple uN9e
keep steadily before their minds the TACT
! that the Justification for our stay in TIE
/ Philippines must ultimately rest chiefly
upon the good we able TO do In the
islands. I do not overlook the fact that
In the development OF our interests In
| the Pacific ocean and along its coasts
the Philippines have played and viii Play
an important part. and that our Interests
have been served In more than one way
by the possession OF the Islands But our
chief reason for continuing 10 hold them
must be that we ought In good farm
to try TO do our share OF the worlc
work. and this particular piece Of woik
has been imposed upon US by the resulS
Of the war with Spain.
For Elective Government
Within two years we shall be uyins
the experiment of an elective lower
house In the Philippine legislature. ~
may be that the F1lipinos VIII misuse
this legislature. and they certainly VIZ
misuse II II they are misled by foolish
persons here at home into starting az
agitation for their own Independents pr
into any factious or improper action "a
such case they will do themselves ho
good and will stop for the time being IA