Evening journal., 1906-12-04
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develop them along the lines Of com
munlty Of small freeholders. not OF
great planters with cody titled es-
tates.
Ainsisn.
Alaska's needs hnve been partially
met. but there must be a complete re-
organization OF the governmental sys-
tenn. as have before indicated to you.
/ ask your especial attention to this.
Our fellow citizens who dwell on the
shores Of Puget sound with character
istlc energy are arranging to hold In
Seattle the Alaska Yukon Pacific ex-
position. This exposition In its pur-
poses and scope should appeal not only
TO the people OF the Pacific slope. but
TO the people Of the United States at
large.
Rights OF Aliens.
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, mat
ters nothing. All we have a right to
question Is the mans conduct If he
is honest and upright in his dealings
with his neghbor 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. Il Is the sure mark
OF a low civilization. a low morality, to
abuse or discriminate against or In any
way humiliate such stranger who has
come here lawfully and who Is CON
Quoting himself properly. To remem-
Der this is incumbent on every Amer
lean citizen, and II is Of course pecul-
iarly Incumbent on every government
Official, whether OF the nation or OF
the several states
l am prompted to say this by the
attitude OF hostility here and there as
sumed toward the Japanese in this
country This hostility is sporadic and
is limited 20 n very few places. Never
theless it is most discredltable to us
as a people, and II may be fraught
with the gravest consequences to the
nation
ask fair treatment FOR the Japanese
rs / would ask fair treatment for Ger
, mans or Engllshmen. Frenchmen, Rus
SLAMS or Italians. I ask it as due to
, humanity and civilization. ask it as
, due 20 ourselves, because we must act
uprlghtly toward all men. I recon-
mend to the congress that an act be
. passed specifically providing for the
naturalization Of Japanese who come
, here Intending 20 become American cit
liens. one Of the great embarrass-
ments attending the performance OF
our international obligations is the
fact that the statutes Of the United
States are entirely inadequate. They
fail to give 70 the national government
sufficiently ample power through Unit
ed 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
the erimlnal.and civil. statutes Of the
United States be so amended and add
I, ed TO as to enable the president acting
for the United States government
which IS responsible In our interna
tional relations. to enforce the rights
OF aliens under treaties.
I f The Cnbnn Matter.
Last August an lnsurrectlon broke
out in Cuba which It speedily grew evi
, dent that the existing Cuban govern
ment was fpowerless TO quell. Thanks
, TO the preparedness Of our navy.
I was able Immediately to send enough
ships TO Cuba 10 prevent the situation
/, from becoming hopeless and fur
thermore dispatched TO Cuba the sec
{. retaryI OF war and the assistant secre
tary Of state IN order that they might
grapple with the situation on the
ground.
I, Tn accordance with the so called
, Plat amendment, which WINS cmbod
/. fed in the constitution Of Cuba. there
(. upon proclaimed a provisional govern
q ment for tie Island. the secretary OF
war acting as provisional r0vernor TN
. til be could be replnced by Mr. Mag00n
the late minister to Panama and gov
ernor Of the canal zone on the isthmus
Troops were sent TO support them and
10 relieve the navy. the expedition be
ing handled With most satisfactory
4 speed and efficiency. Peace has come
in the Island, and the harvesting OF the
y sugarfcane crop, the great crop OF the
island, IS about TO oiproceed When the
4 election has been held and the new
+ government inaughrated in peaceful
) and orderly fashion the provisional
5 government VIII come to an end.
; The United States wishes nothing Of
\ Cuba except that II shall prosper NOR
\ ally and materially and wishes nothing
4 Of the Cubans save that they shall be
8 able to preserve order among them
I selves and therefore TO preserve theiI
independence. If the elections becom'
a farce and If the insurrectionary habi
becomes confirmed ON the island II Il
. absolutely out Of the question that thu
! island should continue independent
\ and the United States, which has as
sumed the sponsorship before the civ
Z ilized world for Cuba's career as a ma
tlon, would again have to interven
5 and TO see that the government wa
s managed in such orderly fashion as I
e secure the safety Of life and property.
= The Rio Conference.
The second international conferenc
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