Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-06

American citizenship should be con-
ferred on the citizens s, Of i f9T rpo Rso
should be dredged and improved The
expenses OF the federal court Of Porto
rico sSoT bs oe ms, from in of tse af
fairs of Porto Rico, together with those
of the Philippines. Hawaii and our other
insular. possessions. should an be diref.
ed under one executive department, py
preference the department. of state or the
department OF war.
Naturalization Of Japs.
cisco and other Pacific coast cities for
their treatment OF the japanese, and
makes the following recommendations:
as 1t fronts on the Atlantic. We hope
to play a constantly growing part in
the great ocean of the orient. We
commercial development in our DEAL
ings with Asia; and it is out of the
question that we should permanently
have such development unless we free
ly and gladly extend to other nations
the same measure of justice and good
treatment which we expect to receive
of our citizens that act badly. Where
the federal government has power it
will deal summarily with any such.
Where the several states have power
wisely and promptly with such con-
| duct. or else this small body of wrong
doors may bring shame upon the great
mass of their innocent and right
thinking fellows-that is. upon our
nation as a whole. Good manners
should be an International no less than
an individual attribute. I ask fair
treatment for the Japanese as / would
ask fair treatment for Germans or
Englishmen. Frenchmen, Russians OF
Italians. ask it as due to humanity
and civilization. I ask it as due to
ourselves because we must act up
rightly toward all men.
nd ~ hn mi hot
an act be passed specifically providing for
the naturalization of Japanese who come
here intending to become American cit
liens. One of the great embarrassments
attending the performance of our in
ternational obligations is the fact that
the statutes of the United States gov
eminent are entirely inadequate. They
fail to give to the national government
sufficiently ample power, through United
States courts and by the use of the
army and navy, to protect aliens in the
rights secured to them under solemn.
treaties which are the law of the land.
| therefore earnestly recommend that
United States be so amended and added
to as to enable the president, acting for
the un 1itld states government, which is
tons to enforce the rights of aliens un-
der treaties. Even as the law now Is
cf aowsr dG bi th nd federal &c "a.
matter now before me affecting the Jap
anese, everything that it is in my power
forces,
military and civil, of the United States
which l may lawfully employ will be
so employed. There should, however be
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
lawless violence against some class of
foreigners which would plunge us into
war. The city by itself would be power
less to make defense against the for
assaulted.
pendent of this government it would
never venture to perform or permit the
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 poll
icy under which a given locality may be.
allowed to commit "a crime against a
friendly nation, and the United States
government limited, not to preventing
the commission of the crime but in the.
last resort, to defending the PEOPLE who
nave committed it against the conse-
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.
l take this opportunity of expressing
with all possible solemnity, our most
earnest hope that the people of Cuba
Will realize the imperative need of pre-
island. The United States wishes moth.
Ing of Cuba except that it shall prosper
morally and materially, and wishes moth
ing OF the Cubans save that they shall
be able to preserve order among them
selves and therefore to preserve their
Independence, # the elections become
In a0fS r.r,a, L. LA
becomes confirmed in the island it is alb
solutely out of the question that the
island should continue independent: and
the United States, which has assumed
the sponsorship before the civilized world
Tor CubaS career a nation, would
again have to intervene and to see that
the government was managed in such
orderly fashion as to secure the safety
OF nfe and property. The path to be
trodden by those who exercise self-gov-
eminent is always hard, and we should
have every charity and patience with the
Gubans as they tread this difficult parth
r | nave t tne utmost sympathy with and
regard for, them:- but | most earnestly
adjure them solemnly to weigh their re-
sponsibilities and to see that when their
smoothly, and with freedom from fla
grant denial of right on the one hand.
and from insurrectionary disturbances on
the other"
Considerable space is devoted to the
international conference of American re-
publcs and the visit of Secretary Root
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 a plea for
the maintenance of the navy at its pres.
ent standard, to do which he saws would
mean the building of one battleship each
year. OF 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 il not been for the
existence of the general staff in the army
and the general board in the navy. both
are essential to the pro-er DEVELOPMENT
ana use of our military forces afioat and
ashore. The troops that were sent to
cuba were handled iiawiessly In was
the swiftest mobilization and dispatch Of
troops over sea ever Accomplished hy
our government. The expedition landed
completely equipped and ready for i'm
mediate service, several of its organiza-
tons hardy remaining in Havana over
night before splitting UP into detach-
ments and going to their several posts
1t was fine demonstration of the vaIor
ana efhciency of the general staff. Sim
larry IL was owing in large part to the
general board that the navy was able