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Individual has now delegated this right
to the state, that is, to the representative
OF all the individuals, and it Is maxim
Of the law that for every wrong there 10 q
remedy. But in International law we have
not advanced by any means as far as we
have advanced in municipal law. There
IL as yet no judicial way of enforcing right
In International law When one nation
wrongs another or wrongs many others.
there is no tribunal before which the wrong
doer can be brought. Either 1t is necessary
supinely to acquiesce in the wrong, and
thus put premium upon brutality and
aggression, or else it Is necessary for the
aggrieved nation valiantly to stand up for
Its rights. Until some method Is devised
by which there shall be degree Of inter-
national control over offending nations,
1t would be a wicked thing for the most
civilized powers, for those with most sense
OF international obligations and with keen
est ana most generous appreciation of tho
difference between right and wrong. to dis
arm. If the great civilized nations of tho
present day should completely disarm, the
result would mean an immediate recru-
descence OF barbarism in one form or an
other. Under any circumstances a sum
cient armament would have to be kept up
to serve the purposes of International DO
lice; and until international cohesion and
the sense of International duties and rights
are far more advanced than at present, a
nation DESTROYS both of securing respect
for itself and of doing good to others must
have force adequate for the work witch
1t feels is allotted to 1t as it's part of the
general world duty. Therefore it follows
that self-respecting, Just and far-seeins
nation should on the one hand endeavo1
BY every means to aid in the development
of the various movements which tend to
provide substitutes for war; which tend ia
render nations in their actions toward one
another, and indeed toward their own poo
tn he
ment OF humane and civilized mankind:
and on the other hand, that 1t should keep
prepared, while scrupulously avoiding
wrongdoing itself, to repel any wrong, and
In exceptional cases to take action which
In more advanced stage Of international
relations would come unSer the head OF the
exercise Of the International police. A
great free people owes it to itself and to all
mankind not to sink into helplessness be-
fore the powers of evil.
Second Hague Conference.
We are in every way endeavoring to help
on, with cordial good will, every movement
which will tend to bring US into more friend,
ly relations with the rest of mankind. In
pursuance Of this policy shall shortly lay
before the senate treaties of arbitration
with all powers which are willing to enter
Into these treaties with us. It is not posi-
sible at this period of the worlds Develop
ment to agree to arbitrate all matters. but
eAcIS dIS ulduy IudlIeTS OIL pOSSlUle QlnoE1
ence between US and other nations which
can be thus arbitrated. Furthermore, at
the request of the Interparliamentary
union, an eminent body composed of praci
teal statesmen from all countries, have
asked the powers to join with this govern
ment in second Hague conference, at
which it is hoped that the work already sd
happily begun at The Hague may be car5
ried some steps further toward completions
This carries out the desire expressed By
the first Hague conference itself.
The Monroe Doctrine.
, In asserting the Monroe Doctrine, in tax.
Ing such steps as we have taken in regard to
Cuba, Venezuela and Panama. and in en-
deavoring to circumscribe the theater Of
war In the far east, and to secure the open
door In China we have acted in our own
I interest as well as In the interest Of humans
: ity at large. There are, however, cases in
which, while our own interests are not
greatly involved, strong appeal is made to
! our sympathies. Ordinarily 1t is very much
| wiser and more useful for US to concern
ourselves with striving for our own moral
and material betterment here at home than
to concern ourselves with trying to better
the condition of things in other nations.
we have plenty of sins Of our own to war
against, and under ordinary circumstances
we can do more for the general uplifting Of
humanity by striving with heart and soul
to put stop to civic corruption, to brutal
tawlessness and violent race prejudices
here at home than by passing resolutions
about wrongdoing elsewhere. Neverthe-
less there are occasional crimes committed
on SO vast scale and of such peculiar hor.