The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-12-14

government toward peace. A wanton or
useless war, or war Of mere aggression
In short, any war begun or carried on in n
constituencies spirit, is to be condemned
asa as pee, peculiarly atrocous crime against all
humanity. We can, however, do nothing
OF permanent value for peace unless we
Keep ever clearly In mind the ethical Gle.
ment which lies at the root Of the prob
lem. Our aim Is Righteousness. Peace Is
normally the hnndmalden Of righteousness;
but when peace and Righteousness conflict
then great and upright people can never
FOR q moment hesitate to follow the path
which leads toward Righteousness, even
though that path also leads to war. There
can be no worse foe of mankind In gen
eral, and Of his own country In particular,
than the demagogue of war, the man who
In mere folly. or to serve his own selfish
ends continually rails at and abuses other
nations, who seeks to excite his country
men against foreigners on insufficient pre-.
texts, who excites and innames n perversc
anu aggressive national vanity. and who
may on occasions wantonly bring on con-
nict between his nation and some other ma
tion. But there are demagogues of peace
Just as there are. demagogues of war,
9ma 9dr Iho n any ~, such .s movement as this
of extremists any more than by the other
NO OBJECT is better worthy the attention
or enlightened craftsmanship than the es-
exists OF securing justice as between ma
tions, both for the protection of the little
nations and for the prevention of war be-
tween the big nations. To this aim we
should endeavor not only to avert blood
shed, but, above all, effectively to strength
EN- the forces of right. The golden rule
should be, and as the world grows In
morality 1t viii be, the guiding rule OF con-
duct among nations as among. individuals;
though the. golden rule must not be con.
strued, In fantastic manner as forbldding
tn the exercise of the police power. This
mighty and free republic should ever deal
with al other States, great or small, on n
basis or high honor. respecting their rights
as jealously as 1t safeguards Its own.
ExpOunds the Monroe Doctrine.
One of the most effective instruments for
peace Is the Monroe doctrine as 1t has been
and Is being gradually developed by this
nation and accepted by other nations. No
other policy could have been us efficient in
promoting peace In the western hemisphere
and In giving to each nation thereon the
we had refused to apply the doctrine to
changing conditions 1t would now be com
pletely outworn, would not meet any of the
needs OF the present day, and indeed would
proDably by this time have sunk into COM
plete oblivion, 1t Is useful at home. and
Is meeting with recognition abroad because
we nave adapted our application ef 1t to
meet the growing and changing needs of
ests are deeply concerned In the maintenance
OF the doctrine Is SO clear as hardly to necd
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. It must be understood
that under no circumstances will the Uni
ted states use the Monroe doctrine as n
cloak for territorial aggression. We desire
peace with all the world, but perhaps most
OF oil with the other peoples Of the Amerl-
can continent. Moreover, we must make 1t
evident that we do not intend to permit the
n n hxy tft.
on this continent rs shield to protect 1t
from the consequences Of Its own misdeeds
against foreign nations. II republic to
the south Of US. commits a tort against a
foreign nation, such as an outrage against
citizen OF that nation, then the Monroe
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
with his colleagues, saw the dangers
threatening their country and appealed to
the friendship OF the only great and power
ful 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
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
ming expenses and putting the other 80 per
cent Into safe depOstary for equitable
division. In case the treaty shall be ratified,
among the various creditors, whether Euro.
This has completely discouraged all revo-
lutionary movement, while 1t has already
produced such an increase In the revenues
that the government Is actually getting
more from the 40 per cent that the Ameri-
can collectors turn over to It than 1t got
formerly when 1t took the entire revenue
Under the course taken, Stability and
order and all the benefits Of peace are at
lost coming to Santo Domingo, danger of
foreign intervention has been suspended,
and there Is at last a prospect that ali
creditors VIII get justice, no more and no
less. II the arrangement Is terminated by
the failure Of the treaty chaos will follow;
and II chaos follows, sooner or later this
government may be involved In serious diff
ticuties with foreign governments over the
island, or else may be forced itself to In
teryene 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
wel.nlgh infinitesmal when compared with
the army Of any other large nation. OF
course the army we do have should be as
nearly perfect Of Its kind and for Its size
as Is possible. do not believe that any
army In the world has n 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
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 a number of years to build up
our navy, and 1t has now reached fairly
high standard of efficiency. This standard
of efficiency must not only be maintained,
but Increased. 1t does not seem 70 me
necessary, however, that the navy should
at least in the immediate future-be In.
creased beyond the present number II
substitute efficient for inefficient units as
comes apparent that they are useless.
Recent naval history has emphasized GER
tain lessons which ought not to, but which
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