Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-12-09

who has no money, and difficult Of en-
! forcement, even to the point OF some-
times securing immunity. as regards the
man who has money In criminal cases
the writ of the United States should .un
| throughout its borders. The wheels OF
justice should not be ciogged. as they
have been clcgged in The cases aecve
| mentioned where II has proved absolute
iy impossible to bring The accused TO the
! place appointed by the Constitution for
his trial.
Many suggc stions for the improve
ment OF conditions In Alaska are
| made among others the admission OF
| delegate from that territory to con-
gress.
Foreign Policy.
In treating OF our foreign policy and Of
| the attitude that this great nation should
assume In the world at large. 1t is abso-
| lutely necessary 10 consider the army and
| the navy. and the Congress. through
| which the thought OF the nation finds
! its expression should keep ever wildly
In mind the fundamental fact that 1t is
| impossible to treat our foreign policy.
whether this policy takes shape In the
effort TO secure Justice for others or JUS
| tice for ourselves. save as conditioned
! upon the attitude We are willing to take
toward our army. and especially toward
our navy II Is not merely unwfse. 1t Is
contemplate. for nation. as for an in
| divdual TO use high sounding language
| 10 proclaim its purposes to take po-
siticns which are ridiculous II unsupport-
| ed nv potential force and then to refuse
| to provide this force II there is no in
| tentIon of providing and OF keeping the
| force necessary to back up a strong atti-
tude tner It is far better not to assume
such an attitude.
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enlightened nations should be to strive
10 bring ever nearer the day when there
shall prevail throughout the world the
peace OF justice. There are kinds of
reace which highly undesirable.
which are in the long run destructive
as any war Tyrants and oppressors have
many times made wilderness and called
II peace The peace of tvrannous terror.
the peace OF craven weakness. the peace
OF Injustice. all these should be stunned
as We shun unrighteous war. The goal
TO set before US as nation. the goal
which should be set before all mankind.
IS the attainment OF the peace Of JUS
tice. OF the peace which comes when
each nation IS not merely safe-guarded
in its own rights. but scrupulously rec
cgnizes and performs its duty toward
others.
There is as yet no judicial way OF en-
forcing right In international law.
wrongs many others. there IS no tribu-
nal before which the wrongdoer can be
brought. Either 1t is necessary supinely
to acquiesce in the wrong and thus put
premium upon brutality and agrees
sion. or else 1t is necessary for the ag
grieved nation valiantly to stand up for
its rights. Until some method Is devised
by which there shall be a degree of in
ternational control over offending
tions. 1t would be a wicked thing for
the most civilized powers. for those with
most sense OF international obliga lions
and with keenest and most generous ap-
probation of the difference between right |
ilized nations of the present day should
completely disarm. the result would mean |
ar immediate recrudescence of berbar-
ism in one form or another.
Arbitration Treaties. J
We ere in every way erdeavoring :.
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 before the Senate |
treaties OF arbitration with all powers |
which are willing to enter into these |
treaties with us. Furthermore at the I
request of the Interparliamentary Union. |
an eminent body composed OF practical |
statesmen from all countries. have
asked the Powers to join with this gov
eminent in a second Hague conference.
at which II Is hoped that the work al
ready so happily begun at The Hague
may be carried some steps further to-
ward completion. This carries out the
desire expressed by the first Hague con-
ference Itself
Policy on Western Hemisphere.
II Is not true that the United States
feels any land hunger or entertans any
projects as regards the other nations of
the western hemisphere save such as are
for their welfare. All that this coun-
try desires is to see the neighboring
countries stable. orderly and prosperous
Any country whose people conduct them
selves well can count upon our hearty
friendship.
Our interests and those of our south
ern neighboIs In reality Identical.
They have great natural riches and IL
within their borders the reign OF law and
justice obtains prosperity IS sure to come
10 them While they thus obey the pri-
mary laws OF civilized society they may
rest assured that they will be treated oy
us in a spirit OF cordial ard helpful SYM
patty. Ne would Interfere with them
only in the last resort and then only
II II became evident that their inabI-,y
or unwIllingness 10 do Justice at home
and abroad had violated the rights of
the United States or mad invited foreign
aggression to the detriment 81 the en-
tire body OF American nations
In asserting the Monroe doctrine. In
taking sucn steps as have taken In
regard 10 Cuba. Venezuela and Panama.
and in endeavoring to crcumscribe the
theater OF war IN the far East and 10
secure the open door In China we have
acted IN our own interest as well as in
the interes. OF humanity al large. There
are. however. cases in which. while our
OWN interests are rot greatly involved.
strong appeal IS made TO our sympathies.
There are occasional crimes committed |
On SO vast scale and OF such peculiar {
horror as to make us doubt whether u IS :
Tot our manifest duty 10 endeavor at