The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-05

consideration is by just so much a con fession of inferiority in our clVili~a
 ton.
 Our nation fronts on the Pacific, just as 1t fronts on the Atlantic. We nope to play constantly growing part IT the great ocean of the 0rient; Sir reos commercial development in our deal- tngs with Asia; and It IS out or tne question that we should permanently have such deVeiOpment unless we Tree ly and gladly extend to other nations the same measure of justice ana goou treatment which we expect to receive in return It Is only very smai1 L pooS of our citizens that act badly Where the Federal Government has power lt will deal summarily with any such; Where the several States have power earnestly s ask that they they aiSc ,ch ues1 canduct. or else this small body of wrongdoers may bring shame upon the great mass of their innocent and right thlnkIhs fellows--that is, upon our nation as whole. Good manners should be an Tn ternational no less than an indlVldual attribute. I ask fair treatment Tor the Japanese as I would ask < tair treSemebb' rancb' men, Russians, or Italians. ASK as due to humanity and civilization. ask 1t as due to ourselves because we must act uprightly toward all
 recommend to the Congress that an 1 act be past specifically providing TOT the naturalization of Japanese who come here intending to become Amer ican citizens. One of the great em- , barrassments attending the perform ance of our international obligations is the fact that the Statutes or the United States are entirely inadequate. They fail to give to the National Gov ernment sufficiently ample power, through United States courtsand oy tne use of the Army and Novy. to protect aliens in the rights secured to them under solemn treaties which are the law of the land. therefore earnestly recommend that the erimsnai nta.ss and hs eiva sn amended and added to as to enab1e the President, acting for the United states Government, which is. responsible m our international relations. to enforce the rights of aliens under treaties Even as the law now is something can be done by the Federal Government toward this end, and in the matter nov everything that it is In my power to do will be done, and all of the forces. military and civil. of the United state so employ ed There should. however, be no particle of doubt as to the power of the National Government completeiy to perform and enforce its own opl., cations to other nations. The mob or q single city may at any time perform acts of lawless violence against some class of foreigners which would plunge us into war That city by iIselI w4nid aP,,Hi
 
 the foreign power thus assaulted, ano if independent of this Government II would never venture to perform or permit the performance of the acts Complained of The entire power and the whole duty of the offending city of the offending community nes m the hands of the United states GOV ernment It is unthinkable that we should continue policy under wnlcn given locality may be allowed to com nit crime against friendly n.l; naLion; and the United states Goveshm1n. yer nnyn : mission of the crime, but, In the lSst resort to defending the people Wno have committed it against the eohse- quences of their IVna own wronsd0ins
 | Last August an insurrection broke out in Cuba which 1t speedily grew evident that the existing Cuban GqV- r5 Government was repeatedly asked py the then Cuban Government to inter vene and finally was notnled Dy the President Of Cuba that he intended to resign; that his decision was irre- vocabIe; that none of the other con stttutional. officers would consent to 1 carry on the Government and that ne l was powerIess to maintain ordef: II | was evident that chaos was impending g. ' and there was every probablilty that if steps were not immediately taken by this Government to try 70 restors toi,s 2 order, the representatives or various European nations in the island would ! apply to their respective governments for armed intervention in order to pro tect the lives and property Of their citizens. Thanks to the preparedness or our Navy, l was able Immediately to send enough ships to Cuba to prevent the situation from becoming hopeless; and 1 furthermore dispatched to Cuba the Secretary of War and the AS sistant Secretary of State, in order that they might grapple with the situation on the ground. All efforts to secure an agreement between the contending h factions. by which they should them selves come to an amicable unoer- standing and settle upon some mouus vivendi-some provisio9al government of their oWn-failed. Finally the Pres- ident of the Republic resigned. The quorum of Congress assembled Tailed | by deliberate purpose of its members, 50 that there was no power to act on his resignation, and the Government came to a halt. In accordance with the sU-called Platt amendment, Which was embodied in the constitution or Cuba, Ithereupon proclaimed provisional gov ernment for the island. the Secretary of War acting as provisional governor until he could be replaced by MT, Ma, governor of the Canal Zone on the
 Isthmus; troops were sent 10 suppoF' them and relieve the Navy, the expedi- ton being handled with most satlsIac- tory speed and efficiency. The insur, gent chiefs immediately agreed tnal their troops should lay down their
 arms and dlSbandi ana the aSIS
 was carried out. The provisional gov ernment and the old laws, so far as might be, unchanged, and will thus ad- \ minister the island for few months until tranquility can be restored, d new election properly held, ana 0neW 1 government tnadgurated. Peace mas come In the island; and the harvestlns of the sugar cane crop, the great crop of the island, is about to proceed.
 When the election has been held the new government inaugurated in peace ! full and orderly fashion the provision | al government will come to an end 1 I take this opportunity Of eXpresslne l upon behalf of the American people
 with all possible solemnity; our mos earnest hope that the people of Cuba
 will realize the imperative need o 1 preserving justice and keeping ordel ! in the Island. The United States WlSht' | nothing of Cuba except that II ShaI
 prosper morally and materially, anC
 they shall be able to preserve oroeI
 among themselves and therefore t' preserve their independence 1T m
 elections become a farce, and IT th' insurrectionary habit becomes confirm
 ed in the Island, 1t Is absolutely ou
 of the question that the Island snoule
 continue independent; and the Cnlte' States, which has assumed the sponsor
 ship before the civilized world TO | Cuba's career as a nation, would aSalI have to intervene and to see that thtt
 government was managed Tn suci orderly fashion as to secure the saIetS of life and property. The path 10 DO ! trodden by those who exercise sell
 Government Is always hard. and WI
 should have every charity and patlenG'
 with the Cubans as they tread thls ar
 ffcult path. l have the utmost sym. ! pathy with. and regard for, theni pu | 1 most earnestly adjure them solemn to weigh their responsibilities and t( see thai when their new government Il