Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-11


international Morality.
Not only must we treat all nations fairly,
but we must treat with Justice and good
Will all immigrants who come here under
the law. Whether they are Catholic or
Protestant, Jew or Gentle; whether they
come from England or Germany, Russia.
Japan, or Italy, matters nothing. All we
have a right TO question is the mans con-
duet If he is honest and upright in his
dealings with his neighbor and with the
state, then he is entitled to respect and
good treatment Especially do we need TO
remember our duty TO the stranger within
our gates. 1t is the sure mark of a low
civilization, low morality, TO abuse or
discriminate against or in any way humili-
ate suea stranger who has come here law
fully and who is conducting himself prop
erly. To remember this is incumbent on
every American citizen, and it is Of course
peculiarly incumbent on every government
official, whether of the nation or of the sew
eral states
am prompted to say this by the attitude
of hostility here and there assumed toward
the japanese in this country. This hostiIi
~ is sporadic and is limited TO a very few
places. Nevertheless. il is most discredit-
able TO us as people, and it may be fraught
with the grayest consequences to the nation
The Japanese people have Won in a sin
gle generation the right TO stand abreast
OF the foremost and most enlightened peo-
pies of Europe and America they have won
on their own merits and by their own exer-
lions the right to treatment on a basis of
full ana frank equality. The overwhelming
mass of our people cherish a lively regard
and respect for the people of Japan, and in
almost every quarter of the union the
stranger from Japan is treated as he de-
serves that is, he is treated as the stranger
from any part of civilized Europe is and
deserves to be treated. But here and there
most unworthy feeling has manifested it
sell toward the Japanese-the feeling that
mas been shown in shutting them out from
the common schools in San Francisco, and
IN mutterlngS against them in one or two
other places, because of their efficiency as
workers. To shut them out from the pub
lie schools is a wicked absurdity when
there are no first class colleges in the land
including the universities and colleges of
California, which do not gladly welcome
Japanese students and on which Fapanese
students do not reflect credit. We have as
nluch TO learn from Japan as Japan has to
learn from us : and no nation is fit TO reach
unless 1t Is also willing to learn. Through
out japan Americans are well treated and
any failure on the part of Americans at
nome TO treat the Japanese with like
courtesy and consideration is bv inst so
ilization. " O"i N''
recommend to the Congress that an act
pc passed speclhcally providing for the nat
urallzat1on of Japanese who come here in
tending TO become American citizens
The Insurrection in Cuba.
Cuba which it speedily grew evident that
the existing Cuban government was power
less to quell. This government was re-
peateaIy asked by the then Cuban govern
ment to intervene, and finally was notified
by the President of Cuba that he intended
to resign that his decision was irrevocable
that none of the other constitutional officers
would consent to carry on the government
ana that he was powerless to maintain or
der. 1t was evident that chaos was i'm
pending, and there was every probability
that II steps were not Immediately taken by
this government to try to restore order the
representatives of various European nations
In the island would apply to their respective
governments for armed Intervention in or
der to protect the lives and property Of
their citizens. Thanks to the preparedness
OF our navy, l was able Immediately to
send enough ships to Cuba to prevent the
situation from becoming hopeless and
furthermore dispatched to Cuba the Secre-
tary of War and the Assistant Secretary Of
State, in order that they might grapple with
the situation on the ground. !
When the election has been held and the
new government inaugurated, in peaceful
and orderly fashion the provisional govern
ment Will come to end | take this OPP
portunity of expressing upon behalf of the
American people, with all possible solem-
nifty, our most earnest hope that the people
of Cuba will realize the imperative need of
preserving justice and keeping order in the
island The United States wishes nothing
of Cuba except that it shall prosper morally
and materially, and wishes nothing of the
Cubans save that they shall be able to pre-
serve order among themselves and therefore
to preserve their independence.
The Conference at Rio.
In many parts of South America there
has been much misunderstanding of the at
titude and purposes of the United States
toward the other American republics. An
idea had become prevalent that our asser-
ton of the Monroe doctrine implied, or car,
ried with it, an assumption of superiority,
and of a right to exercise some kind or
protectorate over the countries to whose
territory that doctrine applies. Nothing
could be farther from the truth. Yet that
impression continued to be a serious bar
rier 10 good understanding, to friendly in
tercourse, to the introduction of American
capital and the extension of American trade.
The impression was so widespread that APP
parently it could not be reached by any
ordinary means.
1t was part of Secretary Roots mission
to dispel this unfounded impression, and
there is just cause to believe that he has
succeeded.
Affairs in Central America.
Last June trouble which had existed for
some time between the republics of Saliva
dor, Guatemala, and Honduras eliminated
in war-a war which threatened to be ruin
Gus to the countries involved and very de
structive to the commercial interests OF
Americans, MeXicans and other foreigners
who are taking an important part in the
development of these countries. The thor.
oughly good understanding which exists be
tween the United States and Mexico enabled
this government and that of Mexico to unite
iii effective mediation between the warning
republics; which mediation resulted not
without long continued and patient effort
in bringing about q meeting of the repre-.
sentatives of the hostile powers on board a
United States warship as neutral territory
and peace was there concluded a peace
which resulted in the saving of thousands
of lives and in the prevention of an meal
culable amount of misery and the destruc
ton of property and of the means of live
lihood.
Trip 10 Panama.
l have just returned from a trip to Pan
anna and shall report to you at length later
on the whole subject of the Panama canal.
The AIgeciras Convention.
The Algeciras convention, which was
signed by the United States as well as by
most OF the powers of Europe, supersedes
the previous convention Of 1880, which was
also signed both by the United States and
a majority of the European powers. This
treaty confers upon us equal commercial
rights with all European countries, and does
not entail a single obligation Of any kind
upon us, and | earnestly hope ii may be
speedily ratified. To refuse to ratify it
would merely mean that we forfeited our
commercial rights in Morocco and would not
achieve another object Of any kind In the
event OF such refusal we would be left for
the first time In a hundred and twenty
years without any commercial treaty. with
Morocco; and this at a time when we are
everywhere seeking new markets and out
let's for trade.
Protection OF sur Seals.
The laws for the protection of the seals
within the jurisdiction of the United States
need revision and amendment In case we
are compelled to abandon the hope OF max
inc arrangements with other governments
to put an end to the hideous cruelty nov
incident 10 pelagic sealing it will be a
question for your serious consideration now
far we should continue to protect and main
tain the seal herd on land with the result
Of continuing such a practice, and whether
il is not better TO end the practice by ex-
terminating the herd ourselves in the most
humane way possible.
we should as a nation do everything in
our power for the cause of honorable peace.
Nothing would more promote iniquity, moth
ing would further defer the reign upon
earth of peace and righteousness. than Tor
the free and enlightened peoples which,
though with much stumbling and many
shortcomings nevertheless strive toward
Justice deliberately to render themselves
powerless while leaving every despotisni and