The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-12-10
Presidents Message

our great poets has well and finely |
said that freedom Is not q gift that
tarries long In The hands OF eowards.
Neither does II tRFry long in the hands
Of those too slothful. too dishonest. or
too unIntelligent to exercise 1t The
eternal vigilance which Is the price of
liberty must ba exercised sometimes
10 guard against outside foes; although
of course far more often TO guard
against our own selfish or khoughuess
shortcomings
Guard Our Rights.
II these self evident truths are kept
before US, and only u they are so kept
before us. we shall have a clear idea
of what our fOraign policy In its larger
aspects should be, IL Is our duty to
remember that a nation has no more
right to do injustice to another nation.
strong or weak. than an Individual has
to do injustice to another individuals;
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 nation ID guard its own rights
and it's own interests as 1t Is the duty
OF the individual so to do. Within the
nation the individual has now dele
gated this right to the state. that is. to
the representative OF all the tndivid-
uals. and IL ID a maxim OF the law
that for every wrong there Is rem
edy But In international law we have
not advanced by any means as far as
we have advanced In municipal Law.
There Ia as yet no judicial way OF
enforcing a right In International law.
When one nation wrongs another or
wrongs many others. there Is no tFibu-
nal before which the wrongioer can
be brought Either IL is necessary
suptnely to aequleses in the wrong. and
thus put a premium upon brutality and
aggression. or else II is necessary for
the aggrieved hation valiantly 70 stand
up for its rights Until some method
is devised by which there shall be q
degree OF international control over
offending nations, 1t would be q wicked
thing for the most civilized powers. for
those with moBt sense OF international
obligations and with keenest and most
generous appreciation of the differOnee
between right and wrong. 20 disarm.
II the great civilized nations OF the
present day should completely disarm.
the result would mean an immediate
"reminiscences OF bsrbarism In one form
or another.
Under any circumstances a sufficient
armament would have to BE- kept up TO
serve the PURPOSES Of international po-
lice; and until international cohesion
and the sense Of International duties
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at present. a nation DESTROYS both Of
securing rsspRet for itself and OF DO
ing good to others must have q force
adequate for the work which II feels
Is allotted TO II as its part OF the gem
eral world duty.
Therefore Il follows that a self re-
speeding. Just and far seeing nation
should on the one hand sndeavoF by
every means 10 aid In the development
OF the various movements which tend
to provide substitutes for war, which
tend TO render nations in their actions
toward one another and indeed toward
their own peoples. more responsive to
the general sentiment Of humane and
civfltHed mankind; and on the other
hand that It should keep prepared.
while scrupulously avoiding wrong
doing itself. 10 repsl any wrong. and In
exceptional cases to take action which
in a more advanced stage OF internal
tional relations would come under the
head OF the exercise OF the interna-
ttonal police. A great free people owes
It 70 itself and to all mankind not to
sink into helplessness before the
pOWsrs of evil.
Arbitration Treaties
We arc In every way endeavorfng 20
help on. with cordial good viii. every
movement which vii tend to bring us
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rest Of mankind. In pursuance Of this
policy l shall shortly lay before the
senate treaties Of arbitration with all
powers which are willing to enter into
these treaties with US II Is not posi-
BILE at this period OF the worlds de-
Velopment ID agree to arbitrate all mat
ters, but there are many matters OF
possible Difference between Us and 9TH
er nations which can be thus arDi-
trated-
Furthermore. at the request Of the
InterparlIamentary union. an eminent
body composed OF practical statesmen
from all countries / have asked tbs
powers to Join with this government
in a second Hague conference. at whicE
II Is hoped that the work already q
happily begun at The Hague may b.
carried some steps further toward com
pressed By the FIRST Hague conferences
itself.
Uncle Sam Not Land Hungry.
II Is not true that the United State
feels any land hunger or entertain
any protests as regards the other ma
tions OF the Western hemisphere saw
such as ara for their welfare. All tina
this country desires Is TO see the neigh
boring countries stable. orderly an
prosperous, Any country whose peo
pie conduct themselves well can coun
upon our hearty friendship II a ma
ton shows that II knows how to &C
with reasonable efficiency and decenc
In social and political matters. II
keeps order and pays Its obligations.
need fear no Interference from tn
United States. Chronic wrongdOing. o
an impotence which results In a genera
loOsening OF the ties OF civilized 50
ciety. may in America, as elsewhere, ul
timatsly require Intervention by som
civilized nation. and In the Wester
hemisphere the adherence OF the Unite
states to the Monroe doctrine may fore
the United States. however reluctant
". In Migrant cases or such wrongdc
ing or impotence. to the exercise Of a
international police power
IL every country washed by the Car
iobean sea would show the progress
stable and just civilization which, wit
the aid OF the Plat amendment. Cub
has shown since our troops left IN
island, ard which SO many Of the RI
publics in both Americas are conata nj