Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-12-08

OF craven weakness. the peace OF in
r justice, all these should be shupnet
as we shun unrighteous war. The
goal to set before MS AS nation /,
not merely safe-guarded in its owr
. rights, but scrupuously recognizes
and performs its duty toward others
Generally peace tells for righteous
ness; but il there is conflict between
The two. then our fealty is due frs,
TO the cause of righteousness. I'm
righteous wars are common. and un
righteous peace is rare; but both
should be summed. The right of free.
dom and the responsibility for the
exercise of that right can not be di.
Vorced. One of our great poets has
well and finely said that freedom is
not gift that tarries long In the
hands of towards. Neither does II
ttarry long in the hands of those too
siothfnl, too dishonest. or too unin.
telligent to exercise it, The eternal
vigilance which is the price of lib
erty must be exercised. sometimes
TO guard against outside foes: al
though of course far more often to
guard against our own selfish or
thoughtless shortcomings
If these self-evident truths are kept
before us. and only II they are so
kept before us, we shall have a clear
idea of what our foreign policy in its
larger aspects should be. 1t is our
duty 10 remember that nation has
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other nation, strong or weak, than an
individual has to do injustice TO an.
other individual; that the same moral
law applies in one case as in the
other But we must also remember
that 1t is as much the duty of the ma
ton to guard its own rights and Its
| own interests as IT is the duty OF the
individual so to do. Within the Ma
| ton the individual has now delegated
| TINS right TO the State that Is, to the
representative OF all the individuals.
and 1t is maxim of the law that for
every wrong there is a remedy But in
International law we have not ad.
vanced by any means as far as we
have advanced in municipal law
There is yet no judicial way of enforc-
Ing right in international law When
one nation wrongs another or wrongs
many others, there is no tribunal be-
fore which the wrongdoer can be
brought. Either ii is necessary supine-
ly TO acquiesce in the wrong, and thus
put premium upon brutality and ag.
gression or else II is necessary for
the aggrieved nation valiantly to
stand up for its rights Until some
method is devised by which there
shall be a degree of international
control over offending nations. it
would be wicked thing for the most
CIVILIZED powers for those with
most sense of international obliga-
ton and with keenest and most gen
erous appreciation OF the difference
between right and wrong. to dsarm
If the great civilized nations of the
present day should completely disar-m
the result would mean an immediate
recrudescence of barbarism in one
form or another Under any circum-
stances sufficient armament would
have to be kept up to serve the pur-
poses of international police; and
until International cohesion and the
sense of international duties and
rights are far more advanced than
AT present. nation desirous both Of
securing respect for itself and of doing
good to others must have a force ade-
quate for the work which 1t feels ia
allotted to il as its part of the gem
eral world duty. Therefore It follows
that self-respecting, Just, and far
seeing nation should on the one hand
endeavor by every means to aid in
the development of the various move
ments which tend to provide substi-
tutes for war, which tend to render
nations in their actions towards one
another and indeed toward their own
peoples, more responsive to the gen
eral sentiment of humane and civili-
Zcd mankind; and on the other hand
that it should keep perpared, while
scrupulously avoiding wrongdoing It.
self to repel any wrong, and in ex-
ceptional cases to take action which
in more advanced stage Of internat.
ional relations would come under the
head of the exerices of the interna-
tional police, A great free people
owes 1t TO itself and to all mankind
not to sink into helplessness before
the powers of evil.
Arbitration Treaties-Seeond 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 friendly relations
with the rest of mankind. In pursuance
OF this policy | shall shortly lay be-
fore the Senate treaties Of arbitration
with all powers which are willing to
enter into these treaties with us. 1t
is not possible at this period of the
worlds development to agree to arbi-
trate all matters. but there are many
matters OF possible difference between
MS and other nations which can be
thus arbltrated. furthermore at the
request of the Interparliamentary
| Union. an eminent body composed of
practical statesmen from all coun-
tries, | have asked the Powers to join
with this Government in a second
Hague conference, at which 1t is hop
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