The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-12-09

Ruasia the right Tor oat aNAtee
citizen % receive passport nnl tfaffi
through Russian territory. ~ -
vvrong against which We are eutflesi i1
nrotest 20 refuse him bis passport
without regard % his conduct afl CHAR
acter merely on mcial and reiiE4oiis
grounds.
The Navy.
The strong arm % the government
In enforcing respect for o. iust rights
m international matters o. the uafg a.
the United States. most earnestly
recommend that there b. uo half iu tle
work Of upbuilding the American uaFg
We have undertaken o. build the 18th.
milan canal. We have undertaken o.
secure for ourselves our Just share ln
the trade OF the orient We have un
dertaken 20 protect our citEeus ffnn
Improper treatment in foreign iaufis
We continue steadily o. insist on tte
applicatiOn OF the Monroe doctrine o.
the western hemisphere. tuless ouf
attitude I'm these and all similar mat
ters Is 10 be a mere boastfui sham ue
cannot afford 90 abandon our naval
programme. Our voice a. nov potent
for peace and n 80 potent beuuse We
are not afraid Of war. but our pruf
estatiOns upon behalf % peace wuuid
neither receive nor deserve the siighf
est attention n we were imp0trut Oh
make them good.
The Army.
Within the last three years ne Tu't
..
armament where disarmament urs
proper. BY law our army a. nKet at
a maximum OF 10000 and a minimum
OF GO.OOO men. When there was Insrr.
rectIon I'm the PHILIPPINES SO KEPT fte
army at the maximum. Peare came in
the Philippines. and now orr army
has been reduced % the minimum 90
which Il + possible % keep 90 with due
regard to lts efficiency. We should 30
able. I'm the event ~ some suiden
emergency. 20 put into tie fc'd ana
first class army corps. which should hn
as n whole. at least the elual ~ any
body Of troops OF like number hel1ug
ing 10 any other nation.
Great progress has been mnfe in pr1.
tecting our coasts by adequate frrt ~
cations with sufficient guns We
should. however. pay much more hsed
than NJ present o. the development -
an extensive system - foatinE mines
for use I'm all our more important Der.
bOrs. These mines have hem proved
10 be a most formidable safeguard
against hostile fleets.
The Philippines.
In the Philippine Islands there hrs
been during the past year a confines
ton OF the steady progress which De
obtained ever since our troops Der Co..
" got the upper hand % 10 insrr-
gents. The Philippine people. or. 81
speak more accurately. tire maug
tribes and even Faces sundcrei from
one another more or less sharply uta
60 to make up the people % tte rims.
pine Islands. contain many elements
Of good. and some elements which So
have a right 20 hope sta "a for prs.
ress. At present they are utterly in.
capable Of existing On indenendenne af
all OF OF building mp a civilization -
their own. I firmly believe that we
can help them % rise higher and h,Eh.
er I'm the scale OF civilization and -
capacity for self government. ant
most earnestly hope that On tte en.ir.
tirely alone. yet I'm some such rei1flrn
TO the United States ~ cubs now
stands. This end o. not yet in sirhf
and Il may be indefinitely postponed
IL our people are foolish enough o. turn
the attention % the Fuipin1s away
from tie problems % achieving moral
and material prosperity. % w1rkIng
for a stable. orderly and Just govern
ment. and toward foolish AMI dangrr.
Gus intrigues for a complete inieuelid-
ence for which they are az yet totally
unfit
On the other hand. our peonic musf
keep steadily before their mIufs ffs
fact that tie publication Tor orr af1y
an the Philippines must ultimately re
chiefly upon the good we are able o.
do In the islands. DO not ovcrio1k
the fact that In the development 90 orr
interests I'm the Pacific orern and
along It's coasts the Philippine have
played and will play an important part
and that our interests have been serV-
ed In more than one way hy the Pc.
session OF the islands But our chef
reason for continuing 90 hold them
must be that we ought On good faith
TO try to do our share % The worifa
work, and THIS particular piece 81 wurk
has been imposed upon ~ By the o.
suits OF the war with spain. We ara
endeavoring 20 develop the natives
themselves 80 that they shall take en-
ever Increasing share IN their own gov
eminent, and. as far as n prudent Ne
are already admitting their rcnreseuta.
lives to a governmental equality with
our own. There are commissioner
judges and governors On the islands
who are FiiipinOs and who have exact.
" the same share in the government
OF the ISLANDS as have their colleagues
n A