The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-09

continue steadily TO insist on the appli-
cation OF the Monroe doctrine to the
western hemisphere. Unless our attitude
in these and all similar matters is to be
a mere boastful sham we can not AFFORD
to abandon our naval programme. Our
voice is now potent for peace, and Is so
potent because we not afraid OF war
But our protestltions upon behalf OF
peace would neither receive nor deserve
the slightest attention II we were i'm
potent to make them good.
The Army.
Within the last three years the United
States has set an example in disarma-
ment where disarmament was proper.
BY law our army is fixed at maximum
Of one hundred thousand and a minimum
Of sixty thousand men. when there was
insurreCtion in the Philippines we kept
the army at the maximum. Peace came
in the Philippines. and now our army
has been reduced to the minimum at
which II is possible to keep it with due
regard to its efficiency. The guns now
mounted require twenty eight thousand
men. IL the coast fortifcations to be
adequately manned, Relatively to the
nation. 1t is not now so large the po-
lice force of New York or Chicago rela-
lively to the population of either city.
We need more officers: there are not
enough to perform the regular army
work. 1t is very important that the Off
GERS Of the army should be accustomed
to handle their men in masses, as 1t is
also important that the national guard
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Great progress has been made in pro-
tecting our coasts by adequate fortifi-
cations with sufficient guns. We should
however, pay much more heed than at
present TO the development of an exten-
sive system OF hoating mines for use In
all our more important harbors. These
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The Philippines.
In the Philippine Islands there has
been during the past year continuation
OF the steady progress which has OBJ
talned ever since our troops definitely
got the upper hand of the insurgents
me fhlllppine people, or. TO speak more
accurately, the many tribes, and even
races sundered from one another more
or less Sharply, VINO go To make up the
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many clements OF good. and some ele-
ments which we have II right to hope
stand Tor progress. At present they are
utterly incapable OF existing in inde-
| pendence at all or of building up civ
| ilizatlon OF their own. firmly believe
| that W" can help them to rise higher and
higher in the scale of civilization and
OF capacity Tor scf-govcrnment, ana l
most earnestly nope that IN the end they
Will be able to stand. If not entirely alone.
| yet in some Such relation 10 the United
States as Cuba now stands. This end
| Is not yet in sight, and 1t may be in
definitely postponed II our people are
| iooilsh enough TO turn the attention OF
! the fiipinos away from the problems OF
achieving moral and material prosperity,
OF WORKING Tor stable. orderly, ana just
| government, and toward foolish and dan
| Eerous intrigues Tor complete independ-
| ence Tor whlch they are as yet totally
| unht.
| On the other hand people must
keep steadily before their minds the fact
| that the justification for our stay in the
| Philippines must ultimately rest chiefly
upon the good we are able to do in the
| islands. do not overlook the fact that
! in the development of our interests in
the Pacific ocean and along it's coasts.
| the Philippines have played and will play
| an important part. and that our interests
| have been served in more than one way
| by the possession of the islands. But
| them must be that we ought in good
| faith to try to do our share of the
worlds work and this particular piece
| OF work has been imposed upon us by
| the results of the war with Spain. The
| problem presented to us in the Philip
pine islands is akin to. but not exactly
| like, the problems presented to the other
| great civilized powers which have pos
sessions in the Orient. More distinctly
| than any of the powers we are endeav-
| oring to develop the natives themselves
| so that they shall take an ever-increas-
ing share in their own government. and
as far as is prudent already ad-
hitting their representa- to gov
| ernmental equality with our own. There
are commissioners, judges. and governors
in the islands who are Filipinos and who
have exactly the same share in the gov
| ernmcnt of the Islands as have their col
| leagues who are Americans. while in the
| lower ranks. of course. the great ma jor-
| ity of the public servants are Fiipinos.
| Within two years We shall be trying the
experiment OF an elective lower house in
| the Philippine legislature.
Meanwhile our own people should re-
member that there is need for the high
| est standard OF conduct among the Amer
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