The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-08

American citisen.hip should 1922
should be dredsed and improved fhs
expenses Of the federal court OF Porto
Rico should be met from the fsderel
fairs OF Porto Rico, together with those
OF the Philippines. Hawaii and our other
insular possessions. should all be direct
preference the department OF state or the
department of war.
Naturalization Of Japs.
President Roosevelt scores San Fran
cisco and other Pacific coast cities for
their treatment OF the Japanese; ana
makes the following recommendations:
as 1t fronts on sthe. Atlantic. We hope
to play a constantly growing part In
commercial development In our deal
ings with Asia; and II is out of the
question that we should permanently mar emily
the same measure Of justice and good
Thish we to SoSs
Of our citizens that act badly Where
the federal government has power IL
Will deal With na any sIcn
I earnestly ask that they also deal
wisely and promptly. with such con-
So oer M may s' bring shame V upon the great
mass of their innocent and right
thinking feilows1that is. upon our
should be an international no less than
an individual attribute. ask fair
treatment for the Japanese as l would
Englishmen. Frenchmen. RUSSIANS OF
Italians. !. ask IT as due to humanity
and oscillation st.o ! ask Il as sd due to
rightly toward all men.
"I recommend to the congress that
an act be passed 'pscieay pr1 wSn so Ios
liens One OF the great embarrassments
s as1endng 'e ob,Pstions is the fact that
| the statutes of the United States gov
| eminent are entirely inadequate. They
sufi,cientiy ample power. through United
| States courts and by the use OF the
army and navy, to protect aliens in the
treaties which are the law OF the land.
| | therefore earnestly recommend that
the criminal and civil statutes Of the
| to as to enable the president. acting for
the United States government. which 10
enforce 0 the rssn Of aen.
something can be done by the federal
matter now before me affecting the Jap
| anese, everything that II Is In my power
to do will be done. and all OF the forces.
which I may lawfully employ will be
so employed. There should. however. Dc
no particle Of doubt as to the power OF
| the national government completely to
perform and enforce its own obligations
| to other nations. The mob of a single
city may at any time perform act. acts o.
foreigners which would plunge US Into
war. The city by Itself would be power
eisn power thus assaulted. and II indie
| pendent of this government 1t would
never venture to perform or permit ths
The entire power and the whole duty to
| protect the offending city or the Offend
Ing community lies in the hands of the
| United States government. 1t Is un-
| thinkable that we should continue a pol
| icy under which a given locality may be
to nst commit ana tS Sems nssa States
| government limited. not to preventing
| the commission of the crime. but. In tho
have aSs CONN Committed Il against the eeass-
| quences Of their own wrongdoing.'
Cuban Intervention.
The rebellion in Cuba and the incl
dents leading up to the establishment OF
the provisional government Is reviewed,
and the president says:
| when the election has been held and
| the new government inaugurated In
| peaceful and orderly fashion OF the provi-
sional government will come to an end.
upon behalf OF the American people.
| with all possible solemnity. our most
earnest hope, that the people of Cuba
| will realize the imperative need of pre-
serving Justice and keeping order In the
island. The United States wishes moth
morally and materially, and wishes moth
ing Of the Cubans save that they shall
| be able to preserve order among them
Independence. II the elections become a
| farce, and IL the insurrectionary habit
becomes confirmed in the island, II is alb
| al stAIx NttN - thA Aael haN
island should continue independent: and
| the United States, which has assumed
the sponsorship before the civilized world
for Cubas career as nation, would
again have to intervene and to see that
| the government was managed in such
fashion as TO pn sfs SAFETY
| trodden by those who exercise self-gov-
| eminent is always hard. and we should
Cubans as they tread this dficult parth.
| have the utmost. sympathy with. and
| regard for. them: but most earnestly
sponsibilities and to see that when their
new government Is started II shall run
smoothly, and with freedom from fa-
grant denial OF right on the one hand.
and from insurrectionary disturbances on
the other"
international conference Of American re-
publics and the visit of Secretary Root
to South America. and points to the fact
that our efforts in behalf of the nations
OF that country are appreciated by them.
On the subject OF the Panama canal he
promises special message In the near
future.
The Army and Navy.
The message closes with plea for
the maintenance of the navy at It's pres
ent standard, to do which he says would
mean the building Of one battleship each
year. or the present efficiency OF the
army and navy he says:
The readiness and efficiency OF both the
army and navy in dealing with the re-
cent sudden crisis In Cuba illustrates
afresh their value to the nation. This
readiness and efficiency would have been
very much less had II not been for the
existence of the general star In the army
and the general board in the navy: both
are essential to the proper development
and use OF our military forces aioat and
ashore. The troops that were sent to
Cuba were handled fawlessly. 1t was
the swiftest mobilization and dispatch OF
troops over sea ever accomplished by
our government. The expedition landed
completely equipped and ready for inn
mediate service. several OF Its organiza-
tions hardly remaining In Havana over
night before splitting up into detach-
ments and going to their several posts.
1t was a fine demonstration OF the valor
and efficiency of the general stan. Sim
ilarly, II was owing In large part to the
general board that the navy was able
at the outset to meet the Cuban crisis
with such instant efficiency; ship after
shin appearinR on the shortest notice At