Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-12-08
Russian Folly.

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Russian Folly.
| 1t is necessary for us firmly to insist
upon the rights OF our own citizens with
| out regard TO their creed or race without
! regard TO whether they were born here or
| born abroad. 1t has proved very difficult to
| secure from Russia the right for our Jewish
| fellOw-citizens 10 receive passports and
| travel through Russian territory. Such
conduct is not only unjust and Irritating
toward us, but it is difficult TO see its wis
dom from Russias standpoint. No con
ceivable good is accomplished by ii. III an
| American jew an American Christian
| msbehayes himself in Russia he can at once
| be driven out but the ordinary American
jew. like the ordinary American Christian,
would behave just about as he behaves here,
| that is, behave 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 Iur-
key our difficulties arise less from the way
in which our citizens are sometimes treated
than from the indignation inevitably ex-
cited in seeing such fearful misrule as has
been witnessed both in Armenia and Mace
donna.
The NAVY.
The strong arm of the government in en-
forcing respect for it's just rights in inter
national matters is the navy of the United
States. | most earnestly recommend that
there be no matt III the WORK OF upDullulnS
the American navy. There is no more pa
triotic duty before us as people than TO
keep the navy adequate to the needs of this
countrys position. We have undertaken to
build the isthmian canal. We have under
taken to secure for ourselves our just share
in the trade of the orient. We have I'M
dertaken to protect our citIZens from I'M
proper treatment III foreign lands. We
continue steadily to insist on the applica-
ton of the Monroe doctrine to the western
hemisphere. Unless our attitude in these
boastful sham we can noe afford to aban-
don our naval program. our voice Is now
potent Tor peace, ana Is 50 potens pe rotaS
re are NOT aIralu OF war. pu. oui pa;thar
l"llCns upon oenal ~ pa h 80 a+tantion
receive nor aesetoe te sa tHo a. GOOD
II we were lmpoteht 10 MAKE theM soou
~ A. w.,
hessohs VI the wan
The war which now unfortunatelv RACES
in tho 70, cost hos amnboSizad IN SS+,.it,fi,,
fa sbion Tho now nossihiIitias ~ navai i,ar
fare ExDeriences of the war have shown
in conclusive fashion that while torDedo de-
stroyers are Indispensable. and fast, lightly
armed and armored cruisers usefuI vet thar
the main reliance in any navy must he fine
great battleships. heavily armored and
heavily gunned Nor a Russian or Janan-
ese battieshin has heen SINK nv q tornedo
boat or by gunfire. while among the less
nrotected shiDs cruiser after cruiser has
been DESTROYED whenever the hostile squad
rons have gotten within range of one an
others weapons Most of ali we need TO
continue building our fleet of battIeships. or
ships so powerfully armed that they can
infiict tbe maximum of damage upon our
onnonents and so we'll protected that they
can suffer severe hammering in return
without fatal Impairment of their ability
TO fght and maneuver OF course ample
means must be provided for enabling the
personneI of the navy TO be brought to the
highest point of efficiency Our great fight
inc shins and torpedo boats must be cease
lessIv trained and Unanswered in squadrons.
Ev law orr army iS fxod ~ q maximum,
of 100000 and a minimum of 90. 600 men.
When there was insurrection in the Philip
pines we kept the army at the maximum
Peace came in the Philippines. and now our
army has been reduced to the minimum.
The guns now mounted require % 600 men,
if the coast Notifications are to be ade-
Uuately manned Relatively to the nation.
it is not now so large as the police force
of New York or Chicago relatively to the
population of either city. We need more
officers; there are not enough to perform
tant thar the officers of the army should.
be accustomed to handle their men in
especially in connection with the regulars
For this reason we are to be congratulated
upon the success of the field maneuyers at
Manassas last fall maneuyers in which a
larger number of regulars and national
guard took part than was ever before as
senhlad toGether in limo Of naacp M
other civilized nation has relatively TO its
population. such diminutive army as
ours. and wnIte the army is so small we
are nor TO he excused if we fail to keep it
nj n very HIGH grade of proficiency
Great nrogress has hean made In ,ro+oo+
ing onr coasts nv adeouate for4 ;fnot;or
wirb sufficient quns W. Sbo,Id bna, erUms
nav much moro heed tban Of n,eso,it W ~,
deyelonmcnt Of an axtansivn srS+am Of
floating mines for use in ali our more i'm
nortant harbors these n,ines baya baan
nroved to he a most formidabIa safeo1,o,d
against hostile Aaats '
Tba pbitinniras
IN me tnlIlpplne islands there has been,
q con tlhuatl0h OF the steady progress which
nas obtained since our troons definitely got
m, me upper hand of the insurgents The
Ihinpplhe people. or, to speak more accur-
dteIF' the many tribes. who go to make up
the people OF the islands. contain many ele-
hlents OF goou, and some elements which
We nave right to hope stand for progress
N present they are utterly incapable of ex-
istlhg IN independence at all or of building
up civilization of their own. | firmly
neiieVe that we can help them to rise
h'Sher ana higher in the scale of cviliza-
tlon and OF capacity for self-government
ana most earnestly hope that in the end
lneN VIII be able TO stand If not entirely
alone' ger IN some such relation to the
tpItea states as cuba now stands. This
enc IS not yet IN sight and ii may be in
uei'hitelE postponed II our people are fool
Isn enough TO turn the attention of the