Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-07

OF receivers OF pubic moneys at United
States land offices. which he says will
save about a quarter of a million dol
lars annually. He also calls attention to
the waste in the goNsrnment printing
department.
All contributions by corportions to
any political committee or for any po-
litical purpose should be forbidden by
to use stockholders money for such pur-
poses; and. moreover. prohibition of
this Kind would be, as far as it went,
an effective method of stopping the evils
aimed at in corrupt practice acts.
Considerable space is devoted to the
United States towards the peace of the
world. The president hopes much from
the Hague conference. Several reforms
in the army are recommended.
Applying the Monroe Doctrine.
one of the most effective Instruments
for peace is the Monroe Doctrine as it
has been and is being gradually develop
ed by this notion and accepted by other
nations No other policy could have
the Western hemisphere and in giving
to each nation thereon the chance to
develop along its own lines. L. we had
refused to apply the doctrine to chang
ing conditions it would now be complete
ly outworn, would not meet any of the
needs of the. present day. and indeed
into complete oblivion. 1t is useful at
home, and is meeting with recognition
abroad because we have adapted our
APPLICATION of it to meet the growing and
changing needs of the hemisphere. !"
That our rights and interests are deep
~ concerned insthe maintenance OF the
argument. This is especially true in
view of the construction of the Panama
canal. AS Il mere mater of self-defense
we must exercise a close watch over the
hos tn
that we must be thoroughly alive to our
interests in the caribbean sea.
There are certain essential essential, pc points res
CARDS the Monroe Doctrine. In the hrSt
place we must as notion make IT eVi.
dent that we do not intend to treat IL
in any shape or way as an excuse Tor
ACKNOWLEDGMENT on our part at the eX-
pense of the republics to the south. we
must recognize the fact that in some
South American countries there mas been
much suspicion lest we should interpret
the Monroe Doctrine as in some way in
imicaI to their interests, and we must
try to convince all the other nations
of this continent once ana Tor all that
no lust and orderly government has any
thing to fear from us. There are GER
tain republics to the south of us which
lave already reached such IL point of
stability, order, and prosperity that they
themselves, though as yet hardly con-
scious. are among the g iti;r.. OF
meet not only on basis of entire equal
ity. but in a spirit of frank and respect
1lll friendship, which we hope is mutual;
If all of the republics to the south OF
us will only grow as those to which L
allude have already grown. all need Tor
us to he the especial champions of the
Doctrine will disappear. for no stable
and growing American republic wishes
to see some great non American military
power acquire territory in its nelghbor-
hood. All that this country desires rs
that the other republics on this CONT
nent shall be happy and prosperous; ana
they cannot he happy ana prosperous un
less they maintain order within their
boundaries and behave with a just re-
gard for their obligations toward out
SiderS. 1t must be understood that
under no circumstances will the United
States use the Monroe Doctrine as a
cloak for territorial aggression. We de-
sire peace with all the world, but per-
haps most of all with the Other peoples
of the American continent There are
of course limits to the wrongs which
any self-respecting nation can endure.
1t is always possible that wrong actions
toward this nation, or toward citizens
of this nation. in some state unable to
keep order among it's own people, unable
to secure justice from outsiders. and un-
willing To do justice to those outsiders
who treat it well. may result in our hav-
ing to take action to protect our rights;
but such action Will not be taken with
n view to territorial aggression, and it
will be taken at all onl" with extreme
reluctance and when it has become evil
dent that every other resource has been
Moreover, we must make it evident
that we do not intend to permit the Mon
roe Doctrine to be used by any nation on
this continent as a shield to protect it
from he consequences of its own mis-
deeds against foreign nations. If a re-
public to the south of us commits Il tort
against foreign nation, such as an
outrage against IL 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
Il. 1,n of tnt. in
occupation in any shape.
Chinese Immigration.
The conditions in China are such that
the class of Chinese laborers. skilled
and unskilled, legitimately come under
the head of undesirable migrants to
this country because of their numbers
the low wages for which they work, and
their low standard of living. Not only
is it to the interest of this country 10
keep them out. but the Chinese authori-
ties do not desire that they should be
admitted. At present their entrance is
prohibited by laws amply adequate to
accomplish this purpose, These laws
oughly enfoSced The violation of them
are so few in number as to be intinites
NAL and can be entirely disregarded.
There is no serious proposal to alter the
immigration law as regards the Chinese
laborer, skilled or unsklled and there
is no excuse for any man feeling or
affecting TO reel the slightest aiarm vi
the subject.
But in the effort to carry out the
policy of excluding Chinese !aborers;
Chinese coolies, grave injustice and
wrong have been done by this nation to
the people of China, and therefore ulti-
mately to this nation itself. Chinese
students, business and professional men
of all kinds-not only merchants, but
bankers doctors. manufacturers. pro-
fessors, travellers, and the like-should
be encouraged to come here and treated
on precisely the same footing that we
treat students, business men, travellers
and the like of other nations: our laws
and treaties should be so framed, not
so as to put these people in the excepted
classes, but to state that we Will admit
all Chinese. except Chinese or the coole
class chinese skilled or unskilled labor
ers. Examinations should be completed
at the port of departure from China for
this purpose there should be provided
a more adquate consular service IN
China than we now have. AS a people
we have talked much of the open door
in China, and we expect. ana quite
rightly intend to insist upon, Justice De-