The Yale expositor., 1904-08-05


each is to receive justice, no more and
no less. The problems with whieh we
have to deal in our modern industrial
and social life are manifold; but the
spirit in which it is necessary to zap
proach their solution is simply the
spirit of honesty, of courage, and OF
common sense.
Ever since this continent was dis
covered the need of an isthmian canal
to connect the Pacific and the Atlantic
has been recognized; and ever since
the birth Of our nation such canal
has been planned. At last the dream
has become a reality. The lsthmian
canal is now being built by the govern
ment of the United States. We con-
Quoted the negotiation for its con-
struction with the incest and most
scrupulous honor, and in a spirit of
the largest generosity toward those
through whose territory 1t was TO run.
Every sinister effort which could be
devised by the spirit Of faction or the
spirit of self-interest was made in or
der TO defeat the treaty with Panama
and thereby prevent the contamination
of this work. The construction OF the
canal is now an assured fact; but most
certainly it is unwise TO intrust the
carrying out Of so momentous policy
TO those who have endeavOred TO de-
feat the whole undertaking.
Foreign Policy.
"Our foreign policy has been so con-
Quoted that, while not one OF our just
claims has been sacrificed, our rela-
tions with all foreign nations are now
of the most peaceful kind; there is not
cloud on the horizon. The last cause
Of irritation between us and any other
nation was removed by the settlement
of the Alaskan boundary.
''In the Caribbean sea we have made
good our promises of independence t.
Cuba, and have proved our assertion
that our mission in the island was one
OF justice and not of self-aggrandize-
ment; and thereby no less than by
our action In Venezuela and Panama
we have shown that the Monroe doc
trine Is a living reality, designed for
the hurt of no nation, but for the pro-.
lection of civilization on the western
continent, and for the peace of the
world. Our steady growth In power
has gone hand in hand with strength
ening disposition TO use this power
with strict regard for the rights OF
others, and for the cause OF interna-
tional Justice and good Will.
1--WE earnestly desire friendship with
all the nations of the new and old
worlds; and we endeavor to place our
relations with them upon n basis OF
reciprocal advantage instead of hos
ho ~ Of
each nation Is an aid and not n him
drance to the prosperity Of other ma
tons. We seek international comfy
for the same reasons that make us
believe in peace within our own Dor
ders; and we seek this peace not be-
cause we are afraid or unready. but
because we-thnk that peace is right
as well as advantageous.
american interests in the Pacific
have rapidly grown American enter
prise has laid a cable across this, the
greatest of oceans. We have proved
in effective fashion that we wish the
Chinese empire well and desire its in
tegrity and independence.
The Philippines.
Our foothold in the Philippines
the competition for the trade of the
east; but we are governing the Philip
pines i'm the interest of the Philippine
people themselves. We have already
given them n large share in their gov
eminent. and our purpose Is TO in
crease this share as rapidly as they
give evidence of increasing fitness for
the task. The great majority of the
officials of the islands. whether elcc-
tive or appointive, are already native
Filipinos.
I'VE are now providing for legisla-
tive assembly. This is the first step to
be taken in the future; and it would
he eminently unwise to declare what
our next step will be until this first
step has been taken and the results
are manifest. To have gone faster than
we have already gone in giving the
ISLANDERS constantly increasing
measure of self-government would
have been disastrous. At the present
moment to give political independence
to the islands would result in the inn
mediate loss OF civil rights, personal
liberty and public order, as regards the
mass of the Filipinos, for the majority
of the islanders have been given these
great boons by us, and only keep them
because we vigilantly safeguard and
guarantee them. To withdraw our
government from the islands at this
time would mean TO the average ma
tive the loss of his barely-won civil
freedom. We have established In the
islands government by Americans as
sisted by Fillpinos. We are steadily
striving to transform this into self
government by the Filipinos assisted
by Americans.
''The principles which we uphold
should appeal to all our countrymen.
in all portions OF our country. Above
all they should give us strength with
the men and women who are the spir-
itual heirs of those who upheld the
hands of Abraham Lincoln; for we are
striving to do our work I'm the spirit
with which Lincoln approached his.
During the seven years that have just
passed there is no duty, domestic or
foreign, which we have shirked; no
necessary task which we have feared
10 undertake, or which we have not
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