The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-07

OF Cur great poets has well and fine
ly said that freedom is not a gift that
tarries long in the hands of towards.
Neither does il tarry long in the
honest, or too unintelligent 70 exer-
else It. The eternal vigilance which
is the price of liberty must be exer-
cised, sometimes to guard against
outside foes; although of course far
more often 10 guard against our own
selfish or thoughtless shortcomings.
II 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 TO remember that a nation has
no more right to do injustice to an.
other nation, strong or weak, than
an individual has to do injustice to
another individual; that the same
moral law applies in one case as in
the other. But we must also remem.
Der that il is as much the duty of
The nation to guard its own rights and
is own interests rs IL is the duty OF
he individual so 10 do. Within the
aation the individual has now dele
gated this right to the state, that Is,
% the representative of all the indi-
yiduals and ii is maximum of the
aw that for every wrong there is a
-emedy. But in international law we
AVE not advanced by any means as
ar as we have advanced in municipal
aw. There is as yet no judicial way
If enforcing a right in international
aw. When one nation wrongs an
lther or wrongs many others, there Is
10 tribunal before which the wrong
Ioer can be brought Either it is
necessary supinely TO acquiesce in
he wrong. and thus put a premium
lpon brutality and aggression, or else
is necessary for the aggrleved ma
ion yaliantly to stand up for its
lights. Until some method is devised
" which there shall be a degree Of
International control over offending
lations, it would be a wicked thing
or the most civilized powers, for
hose with most sense Of international
Obligations and with keenest and
most generous appreciation of the
Inference between right and wrong,
0 disarm. If the great civilized ma
ions of the present day should com
lletely disarm, the result would meaT
immediate recrudescence Of bar
,arism in one form or another Tn
Ter any circumstances a sufficient ar
nament would have to be kept up e
erve the purposes of international
,olice; and until international cohe
ion and the sense OF internationa
uties and rights are far more ad
anced than at present nation de
irous both Of securing respect fol
tself and OF doing good 10 Otheri
aust have a force adequate for the
;ork which It feels is allotted to ii
its part Of the general world duty
therefore, It follows that a self-ra
pecting, just, and farseeing nation
hould on the one hand endeavor b.
very means to aid In the develop
lent Of the various movements which
end 10 provide substitutes for wa
,hich tend to render nations in Their
.ctions toward one another, and In
eed toward their own peoples. more
Expensive 10 the general sentiment
humane and civilized mankind; an
the other hand that it should keen
repaired, while scrupulously avoiding
srongdoing itself. TO repel an!
yrong. and in exceptional cases TO
AXE action which In a more advanced
tage of international relations woula
ONE under the lead of the exercise
( the International police. A great
rec people owes It 10 itself and tc
II mankind not to sink into helpless s.
ess before the powers of evil
Arbitration Treaties.
We are in every way endeavorine
help on, with cordial good will, ev
ry movement which win tend t.
ring US into more friendly relation
nth the rest Of mankind In plrsu.
nee of this policy ! shall shortly lay
efore the senate treaties Of arbisra
ion with all powers which are will.
lg to enter into these treaties with
S. II is not possible at this period
4 the worlds development to agree
arbitrate all matters. but there are
many matters of possible difference
between us and other nations which
AN be thus arbitrated.
Second Hague Conference.
Furthermore. at the request Of the
nterparIiamentary union. an eminent
body composed OF practical statesmen
rom all countries, have asked the
,owers TO join with this government
n a second Hague conference. at
which it Is hoped that the work al.
'eady so happily begun at The Hague
nay be carried some steps further
oward completion. This carries out
he desire expressed by the first
Hague conference itself.
Policy Toward Other Nations Of
Western Hemisphere.
Il is not true that the United States
feels any land hunger or entertains
any projects as regards the other ma