Evening journal., 1904-12-06
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
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I fSNNC VI JhslAte, VI tue peace WHlCh
comes when each nation is not merely
safeguarded in its own rights. but
scrupulously recognizes and performs
its duty toward others. Generally
peace tells for righteousness, but il
there is conflict between the two then
our fealty is due first to the cause of
Righteousness. Unrighteous wars are
common and, unrighteous peace is rare.
but both should be Stunned. The
right of freedom and the responsibility
for the exercise of that right cannot be
divorced. One of our great poets has
well and finely said that freedom is not
q gift that tarres long in the hands Of
towards. Neither does it tarry long in
the hands of those too slothfu, too dis
honest or too unintelligent to exercise
it. The eternal vigilance which is the
price Of liberty must be exercised
sometimes to guard against outside
foes, although, Of course, far more Of
ten to guard against our own selfish or
thoughtless shortcomings.
1t is our duty to remember that ma
tion has no more right to do injustice
TO another nation, strong or weak than
an individual has to do injustice to an
other individual; that the same moral
law applies in one case as in the other.
But we must also remember that it is
as much the duty of the nation to
guard its own rights apd its own inter
ests as it is the duty OF the individual
so to do. Until some method is devised
by which there shall be a degree of in
ternational control over offending ma
tions it would be a wicked thing for
the most civilized powers, for those
with most sense of international obli-
cations and with keenest and most gen
erous appreciation of the difference be-
tween right and wrong, to disarm. II
the great civilized nations Of the pres
ent day should completely dlsarm, the
result would mean an immediate re-
crudescence of barbarism In one form
or another Under any circumstances a
sufficient armament would have to be
kept up TO serve the purposes of inter
national police, and until international
cohesion and the sense of international
duties and rights are far more ad-
vanced than at present a nation desir-
Gus both of securing respect for itself
and Of doing good to others must have
a force adequate for the work which ii /
feels is allotted to 1t as its part Of the /
general world duty. Therefore it fol /
lows that a self respecting, just and
farseeing nation should on the one
hand endeavor by every means to aid
in the development Of the various
movements which tend to provide sub /
stitutes for war, which tend to render
nations in their actions toward one an
other and indeed toward their own
peoples more responsive TO the general |
sentiment Of humane and civilized
mankind, and, on the other hand, that
1t should keep prepared, while scrupu-
lously avoiding wrongdoing itself. to
repel any wrong ana in exceptional
cases to take action which ia q more
advanced stage of international reia-
tions would come under the head Of |
the exercise of the international police |
Arbitration Treaties.
We are in every way endeavoring to
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 sen
ate treaties Of arbitration with all pow
ers which are willing to enter into these
treaties with us. 1t is not possible at
this period Of the worlds development
10 agree to arbitrate all matters, but
here are many matters Of possible
Inference between us and other ma
ions which can be thus arbitrated.
at the request Of the in
erparliamentary union, an eminent
body composed of practical statesmen
rom all countries, l have asked the
powers to join with this government
n a second Hague conference, at which
t is hoped that the work already SO
happily begun at The Hague may be
,aried some steps further toward
This carries out the de-
lire expressed by the first Hague con
erehce itself.
Policy Toward other Nations OF
1t is not true that the United States
eels any land hunger or entertains
my projects as regards the other ma
ions Of the western hemisphere save
uch as are for their welfare. All that
his country desires is to see the neigh
,oring countries stable, orderly and
Any country whose people
onduct themselves we'll can count upon
ur hearty friendship. If a nation
hows that it knows how to act with
efficiency and decencv in So
ial and political matters, if it keeps
rider and pays its obligations. il need
ear no interference from the United
tates. Chronic wrongdoing or an iIn.
offence which results in a general ioos-
ming of the ties Of civilized society
nay in America, as elsewhere. ulti-
lately require Intervention by some
ivilized nation. ard in the western
the adherence of the Unit
d States TO the Monroe doctrine NAV
orce the United States, however re-
uctantly, in fragrant cases of such
or impotence, to the exer.
Use Of an international police power.
tights of American Citizens Abroad. !
It is necessary forus firmly to insist M {
n the rights Of our own citizens abroad
7ithout regard to their creed or race. S
Tithout regard 10 whether they were !
orn here or born abroad. 1t has
roved very difficult to secure from .
.ussia the right for our Jewish fellow
itizen to receive passports and travel