Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-10

proved very difficult 70 secure from
Russia tho right for u Jewish fellow
citizen to receive passports and travel
through Russian territory. 1t is q
wrong against which we are entitled 70
protest to refuse him his passport
without regard to his conduct and CHAR
acter. merely ON racial and ~reIigiouz
grounds.
THE NAVY.
The strong arm OF the government
In enforcing respect for It's Just rights
In International matters IL the navy of
the United States. l most earnestly
recommend that there be no halt IN the
work of upbuildlng the American navy.
We have undertaken to build the 18TH
milan canal. We have undertaken 10
ecu for ourselves our just share I'm
the trade OF the orient. We have nm
dertaken to protect our citizens from
improper treatment in foreign landa~
We continue steadily to insist ON TIN
application OF the Monroe doctrine to
the western hemisphere. Unless our
attitude In those and all similar mat
tiers is to be a mere boastful sham wGs
cannot afford to abandon our navnla
programme. Our voice In now potent
for peace and IN 90 potent because wor
are not afraid OF war. But our prot
estations upon behalf OF peace woul0
neither receive nor deserve the slight
est attention II we were impotent T..
make them good.
THIN ARMY.
Within the last three years the Unit
ed States has set an example In dfn~
armament where disarmament wRp
proper. by law our army is liked 1t
a maximum Of 1905 and a minimurn
OF 10000 men. When there was insurA
rection In the Philippines we kept the
army at the maximum. Peace came In
the Philippines, and now our army
has been reduced to the minimum ak
which It is possible to keep 1t with due
regard to Its efficiency. We should b
able, In the event OF some suddsn
emergency, TO put into the field unn
first class army corps, which should b
as a whole, at least the equal OF any
body OF troops Of like number beIonEt
ing to any other nation.
Great progress has been made In pro-
tecting our COASTS by adequate foFfff1~
cations with sufficient guns. We
should. however, pay much more heo1v
than at present to the development ~
an extensive system of floating mineD
for use In all our more important hnr-
bors. These mines have been proves
to be a most formidable safeguard
against hostile fleets.
THE PHILIPPINES.
In the Philippine Islands there h.
been during the past year a confines
tion OF the steady progress which han
obtained ever since our troops defnite-
iy got tho upper hand Of the insur-
gents. The Philippine people. or, q.
speak moro accurately. the many
tribes and ever races sundered from,
n another more or less sharply who
20 to make u7 the people Of the phflip.
pine Islands. contain many clements
Of good. ai1 a,ss.se clements which Wo
have a riGht ~ Rope stand for proc
ress. ~ present they ARE utterly IN
capable OF e~s'nfia, In Independence nk
all or RI bvftlipg up II civilization Of
their cwn. I irmly believe that we
can help tf,em 70 rise higher mad high
er In the scale OF civilization and a.
capacity for self government, and
most earnestly hope that in tho en-
they will be able to stand. II not en-
tirely alone, yet In some such reiation
to the United States as Cuba ncW
stands. This end Is not yet in sight
and It may be indefinitely postpono0
q . %. ~.n.sto 80 pc-Itot .Ax- - k--s
the attention of the Fillpinos away
from the problems Of achieving mofRg
and material prosperity, OF workinx
for a stable, orderly and Just govoKn-
ment, and toward foolish and dangaxs4
Gus intrigues for a complete independ~
ence for which they are as yet totally
unfit.
On the other hand, our people murk
keep steadily before their minds IT,
fact that the justification for u sfny
In the Philippines must ultimately reeks
chiefly upon the good we are able H..
do in the islands. I do not overlook
the fact that In the development Of our
interests In the Pacific ocean aud{
along Its coasts the Philippines hava
played and will play an important park
and that our interests have been seEv~
ed In more than one way by the pon-
session Of the islands. But CHIEF.
reason for continuing to hold them
must be that we ought In good fnIth
to try to do our share of the worlds
work, and this particular piece Of work
has been imposed upon us by tina ror
suits Of the war with Spain. We arr
e~ndeavoring to develop the natives
themselves 50 that they shall take an
ever increasing share In their W Cow
ernment and, as far as Is prudent w.
are already admitting their represents
tives to a governmental equality with
u own. There ara commissioners
judges and governors in the islands
who arc Filipinos and who have exact
ly the same share Ia the governmenk
Of the islands as have their colleagues
who ara Americans, while I'd TIE IosvGEr