The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-12-08

and on the other hand, that II snou0 keep
prepared while scrupulously avoiding
wrongdoing itself to repel any wrong, and
In exceptional cases to take action which
In more advanced stage of international
relations would come under the head Of the
exercise Of the international police. A
great free people owes II to Itself and to all
mankind not to sink into helplessness be-
fore the powers of evil
Second Hague Conference.
We are in every way endeavoring to help
on. with cordial good WILL every movement
which will tend to bring us into more friend
iy relations with the 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 pos
sible at this period OF the worlds develop
ment to agree to arbitrate all matters. but
there are many matters OF possible differ
ence between us and other nations which
can be thus arbitrated. Furthermore, at
the request Of the parliamentary
union, an eminent body composed of prac-
tical statesmen from all countries, have
asked the powers to Join with this govern
ment In a second Hague conference. at
happily begun at The Hague may be car
ried some steps further toward completion.
This carries out the desire expressed by
the first Hague conference itself.
The Monroe Doctrine.
In asserting the Monroe Doctrine In TAX
ing such steps as we have taken In regard to
Cuba Venezuela and Panama, and In en-
deavoring to circumscribe the theater of
war In the far east. and to secure the open
door In China. we have acted In our own
interest a. well as In the interest Of human
ity at large. There are, however. cases in
which. while our own interests are not
greatly involved, strong appeal In made to
our sympathies. Ordinarily II 10 very much
wiser and more useful for W to concern
ourselves with striving for our own moral
and material betterment here at home than
TO concern ourselves with trying to better
the condition Of things In other nations.
We have plenty Of sins Of our own to war
against. and under ordinary circumstances
! we can do more for the general uplifting OF
I humanity by striving with heart and soul
to put a stop to civic corruption, to brutal
,awleusness and violent race prejudices
here at home than by passing resolutions
about wrongdoing elsewhere. Neverthe-
less there are occa asionsl crimes committed
on so vast scale and Of such peculiar hor-
r0r as to make us doubt whether II 10 not
our manifest duty to endeav0r at least to
show our disapproval OF the deed and our
sympathy with those who have suffered by
Il. The cases must be extreme In which
such a course IL tustifabe There must be
no effort made to remove the mote from
our brothers eye II we refuse to remove
the beam from our own. But In extreme
cases action may be justifable and proper.
What form the action shall take must de-
pend upon the circumstances OF the case
that 10, upon the degree OF the atrocity and
upon our power to remedy II. The casea
In which we could interfere by force OF
arms as we interfered to put q stop to In
tolerable conditions In Cuba are neces.
sarily very few. Yet 1t is not to be expected
that q people like ours. which in spite Of
certain very obvious shortcomings, never.
practice its belief Ia the principles Of civil
and religious liberty and Of orderly free
dom, O people among whom even the worst
crime. like the crime Of lynching IL nevel
more than sporadic. 90 that individuals ant
not classes are molested In their funda,
mental rights-it II Inevitable that such I
nation should desire eagerly to give expires
sion TO its horror on an occasion like tina
Of the massacre Of the Jews In kishinen, 0
when It Witnesses such systematic ant
long-extended cruelty and oppression q
the cruelty and oppression Of which tn
Armenians have been the victims. AMI
which have won for them the indignan
pity Of the civilized world.
The Philippines,
In the Philippine Islands there has bssl
during the past year continuation o
the steady progress which has 0btaine
ever since our troops definitely got tn
upper hand of the insurgsnts. The Phil
!, ippine people. or. TO speak more accuy
ately, the many tribes, and even yacea
sundered from one another more or lee
sharply. who 50 to make UP the psopi
Of the Philippine islands, contain man
elements Of good, and some element
which We have right 70 hope stand "a
progrsss. Al present they are uttsrl
incapable Of existing In Independence {
I I'll or Of building up . civilization q
thelr own, nrmiy believs that - Q.
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