Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08

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| in short, any war begun or carried on IN q
| constituencies spirit is to be cohueI. 1 81
as a peculiarly atroclous crime asai nth;ng
humanity. We can, however, 10 n,nes we
| keen ever clearly in mind the etnlcal eie-
ment which lies at the root OF the pIoD =.
lem Our aim is righteousness: Ieaoe ::
normally the handma1den or rlghteousnse9; -
but when peace and righteousness connlca
then a great and upright people eau neN e.
| for a moment hesitate to f0lloW the pan pan
which leads toward righteousness, ,r ev o.a
though that path also LEADS TO wal NC.
can he no worse foe of mankind IN gen
| oral and of his own country in particular
| than the demagogue of war, the man wy ~,
| in mere folly or to serve ms own se 4l
| ends continually rails at and abuses otnel
| nations who seeks 20 excite his country
| men against foreigners on lnsumclenI pre-
| texts, who excites and inf1ames perverse
| and aggressive national vanity, ana WHO
may on occasions wantonly orlng ot Oh c Ua-
ton But there are demagogues OF peace
| just as there are demagogues ol W. W.
and in any such movement as 'n as,
sential not to be misled by one SET
of extremists any more than by the otner.
No object is better worthy the attention
| of enlightened craftsmanship than the es-
tablishment of Surer method than now
| exists of securing justice as between ma
tions, both for the protection OF the Httle
nations and for the prevention, OF war pc
tween the big nations. 10 TINS ann "a we
should endeayor not only to avert Dlooa-
shed, but above all, effectively to strength
en- the forces of right The golden rule
| should be, and as the world grows IN
| morality it will be, the guiding rule OF con-
duct among nations as among individuals;
| though the golden rule must not ne CON
strued, in fantastic manner as forblddlng
| the exercise of the police power. rms
mighty and free republic should ever deal
| with all other States, great or small on a
| basis of high honor, respecting their rights
as jealousy as it safeguards its own
Expounds the Monroe Doctrine.
| One of the most effective instruments for
| peace is the Monroe doctrine as it has been
| and is being gradually developed by this
| nation and accepted by other nations NO
other policy could have been as efficient in
promoting peace in the western hemisphere
and in giving to each nation att thereon 1ie the ne
| we had refused to apply the doctrine to
changing conditions it would now be com
| pletely outworn, would not meet any of the
needs of the present day, and indeed would
| probably by this time have sunk into COM
plete oblivion. 1t is useful at home, and
! is meeting with recognition abroad because
we have adapted our application OF 1t to
meet the growing and changing needs of
| the hemisphere. That our rights and inter
ests are deeply concerned in the maintenance
Of the doctrine is so clear as hardly to need
| argument. This is especially true in view
of the construction of the Panama canal.
| There are certain essential points which
must never be forgotten as regards the
Monroe doctrine. 1t must be understood
| that under no circumstances will the Uni
| ted States use the Monroe doctrine as a
cloak for territorial aggression. We desire
| peace with all the world, but perhaps most
| of all with the other peoples of the Ameri-
| can continent. Moreover, we must make it
| evident that we do not intend to permit the
Monroe doctrine to be used by any nation
| on this continent as a shield to protect it
| from the consequences of it's own miSdeedS
| against foreign nations. If a republic to
| the south Of commits a tort against a
! foreign nation, such as an outrage against
| doctrine does not force us to interfere to
| prevent punishment of the tort, save to see
| that the punishment does not assume the
| form of territorial occupation in any shape.
| Urges SantO Domingo Action.
Santo Domingo, in her turn, has made
an appeal to us to help her. and not only
every principle of wisdom but every gen
erous instinct within us bids us respond
to the appeal The conditions in santo
grown from bad to worse until year
| ago all society was on the verge of dis
solution. Fortunately, just at this time
a ruler sprang up in Santo Domingo, who,
| with his colleagues, saw the dangers
! threatening their country and appealed to
the friendship Of the only great and power
| full neighbor who possessed the power, and
as they hoped also the will to help them.
Accordingly the executive department of
| our government negotiated a treaty under
which we are to try to help the Dominican
| people to straighten out their finances.
This treaty is pending before the Senate.
In the meantime temporary arrangement
| has been made which will last until the
| Senate has had time to take action upon the
| treaty. Under this arrangement the Do
| minican government has appointed Ameri-
| cans to all the important positions in the
customs service, and they are seeing to the
honest collection of the revenues, turning
over 40 per cent to the government for run
| ming expenses and putting the other 80 per
| cent into a safe depostary for equitable
| division, in case the treaty shall be ratified,
among the various creditors whether Euro
| pean or American.
J. ) This has completely discouraged all revo-
/ lullonary movement, while it has already
| produced such an increase in the revenues
| that the government is actually getting
more from the 45 per cent that the Ameri-
can collectors turn over to it than it got
formerly when it took the entire revenue.
Under the course taken, stability and
order and all the benefits of peace are at
last coming to Santo Domingo, danger of
foreign intervention has been suspended
and there is at last a prospect that ali
creditors will get justice no more and no
less. If the arrangement is terminated by
the failure of the treaty chaos will follow;
and If chaos follows, sooner or later this
government may be involved in serious diff
ficultles with foreign governments over the
island, or else may be forced itself to in
tervene in the island in some unpleasant
fashion.
Army and Navy Affairs.
We cannot consider the question of our
foreign policy without at the. same time
treating of the army and the navy We
now have very small army-indeed one
well-nIgh infnitesimal when compared with
the army of any other large nation. Of
course the army we do have should be as
nearly perfect of it's kind and for its size
as is possible. l do not believe that any
army in the world has a better average of
enlisted men or better type of junior Of
ficer; but the army should be trained to
act effectively in a mass. Provision should
be made by sufficient appropriations for
maneuyers of a practical kind, so that the
troops may learn how to take care of them
selves under actual service conditions
Our navy must, relatively to the nayies
of other nations, always be of greater size
than our army. We have most wisely con-
tinued for number of years to build up
our navy, and it has now reached a fairly
high standard of efficiency. This standard
of efficiency must not only be maintained
but increased. 1t does not seem to me
necessary, however, that the navy should
at least in the immediate future-be in