Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-06

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II these se~lf.cyident truths are kept
before us, and only II they are 80 kept
before us, we shall have a clear Idea
OF what our foreign policy In It's larg.
or aspects should be. II " our duty
to remember that a nation has no
more right 10 do injustice 10 another
| nation, strong or weak, than an indi'
| vidual has 10 do injustice To another
individual; that the same moral law
applies IN one ease az In the other.
Bun we must also remember that II Is
as much the duty OF the nation TO
guard its own rights and its own In
terests as II Is the duty Of the individ-
uai so 10 do Within the nation the
individual has now delegated this
right 10 the state. that Ia. 10 tho rep.
resentative Of all the individuals, and
Il il a maxim Of the law that for
every wrong there Ia n remedy. hut
In international law We have not ad'
vanced by any means so far an we
have advanced In municipal law.
There IL yet no judicial way OF enforc.
Ing right In international
law. When one nation wrongs
another or wrongs many others.
there III no tribunal before
which the wrongdoer a be brought.
Either II Ii necessary suplncly to ac'
Q~uiescc In the wrong, and thus put a.
premium upon brutality and agrees
sion. or else II Ia necessary for the az
grieved nation valiantly 10 stand up
for its rights. Until some method Is
devised by which there shall be a de-
gree OF international control I'VE OF.
Tending nations. IL would DO a wicked
thing for the most civilized powers.
for those with most sense OF inter
national obligations and with keenest
and most generous appreciation Of the
difference between right and wrong.
10 disarm. n the great civilized ma.
lions Of the present day should com.
pletely dlsarm. the result would mean
an immediate recr,Niescence OF bar
barism in one form or another. I'm
der any circumstances a sufficient ar
mament would have IN be kept up TO
serve the purposes Of international
police; and until international cohe-
sion and the sense Of international
duties and rights are far a.
vanced than at present. a nation desir'
GUS both OF securing respect for Itself
and OF doing good to others must have
a force adequate for the work which
II feels IN allotted to II AZ It's part OF
the general world duty. Therefore It
follows that a selfrcspecting, just, and
~far.seeing nation should on the one
hand endeayor by every means to aid
In the development Of the various
movements which tend to provide sub.
stitutes for war. which tend 10 render
nations In their actions toward one
another, and indeed toward their own
peoples, more responsive TO the gener
al sentiment Of humane and civilized
mankind: and on the other hand that
II should keep prepared. while scrupu
lousy avoiding wrongdoing itself, t.
repel any wrong. and In exceptional
cases 10 take action which In a more
advanced stage OF international rela
tions would come under the head oI
the exercise OF the international po
lice. A great free people " It tc
itself and to all mankind not to sinh
into helplessness before the powers o.
evil.
Arbitration Treaties.
We are In every way e~ndeavoring Il
help on. with cordial good will. ever!
movement which will tend to brinl
w into more friendly relations Will
the rest of mankind. In pursunnc,
of this policy | shall shortly lay befor'
The senate treaties of arbitration witt
all powers which arc willing 10 ento'
into these treaties with us. II Is no
possible al this period or the world
development Ia agree to arbitrate al
matters. but there are many matters
Of possible difference between as ant
other nations which can be thus ar
bitrated, Furthermore. nj tho regnesI
of the intarparliamantary union. al
eminent body composed OF practica
statesmen from all countries, | have
asked the powers 10 Join with this
government In a second Hague ron
ference, at which II Ii hoped that The
work already so happily begun NJ rlt
Hague may be- carried some steps fur
Their toward completion, This carries
ont the desire expressed by the first
Hague conference Itself,
Policy Toward Other Nations Of West
ern Hemisphere.
II III not true that the United State;
feels any land hunger OF entertains
any projects as regards tho other ma
tions of the western hemisphere saw,
snch as are for their welfare. Al
that this country desires Is to see tbs
neighboring countries stable, orderly
and prosperous. Any country whose
people conduct themselves we'll car
count upon our hearty friendship. II
a nation shows that IL knows how tC
net with reasonable efficiency and de
cency In social and political matters
IL II keeps order and pays it's obliga
lions. II need fear no interference
from the United States. Chronic
wrongdoing, or an impotence which
results In a general ~loosening Of the
ties Of civilized society. may In Ameri
ca. as elsewhere, ultimately require
Intervention by some civilized nation
and In the western hemisphere the adj
herence Of the United States TO the
Monroe Doctrine may force the United
States. however reluctantly. In liza,
grant cases Of such %wrongdoing OF
impotence. 10 the exercise of an inter
national police power. II every conn
try washed by the Caribbean Sea
would show the progress In stable and
Just civilization which with the aid
of the plat amendment Cuba has