Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-12-12

advantage that the flag should fly over | them
 American citizenship should be con | The harbor of San Juan in Porto Rico should be drcdged and improved. The expenses of the Federal court of Porto | Rico should be met from the Federal treasury The administration of the af- | fairs of Porto Rico. together with those | of the Philippines. Hawaii and our other | insular possessions should all be direct ed under one executive department; by preference the Department of State or the Dpaar!mnt Of War ,
 | 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 whether they come from England or Germany. Russia. Japan, or Italy. mat tcrs nothing. All we have right ,o que stion k the mans conduct. If he k honest and upright in his dealings with his neighbor and with the state, | then he is entitled to respect and good l treatment. Especially do We need to remember our duty to the stranger with ' in our gates. IL is the sure mark of n | low civilization. a low morality. to abuse or discriminate against or in any way ! here lawfully and who is conduct ting | himself properly 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 several states | 1 am prompted to say this by the utti. tude of hostility here and there assumed toward the Japanese in this country ' This hos ..lty Is sporadic and is limited ! to very few places. Nevertheless. it 1 is most dlscreditable 10 us as a people. 1 and it may be frausht with the Hravest consequences to the nation. The friend. ship between the United States and Japan has been continuous since the
 time; oyer hsll rr century ago u.S,, when ,n JaIpn, first opened the islands to west | ern civilization. Since then the growth | of Japan has been literally astounding The Japanese have won in single | genaration the right to stand abreast of the foremost and most enlightened peo- pies Of Europe and America; they have own exertioDs the right to treatment on n basis of frank equality.
 | ask fair treatment for the Japanese, as l would ask fair treatment for Ger mans or Englishmen. Frenchmen. Rus slams, or Italians 1 ask it as due to humanity and civilization. 1 ask N as due to ourselves because we must act uprightly toward all men. 1 recommend 10 the Congress that an net bc passed specifically providing for the naturalization of Japanese who come here intending to become American citi- gems
 The provisional government has left the personnel Of the old government and
 
 changed. and will thus administer the | island for n few months until tranquil | ity can be restored. n new election prop | erly held. and a new government inau- gurated. Peace has come In the island | and the harvesting of the sugar-cane crop. the great crop of the island. is | about to proceed.
 When the election has been held md | the new government inaugurated in | peaceful and orderly fashion the provis- l ional government will come to an end.
 lF..Ns. Cuba except that it shall prosper nor l ally and materially and wishes nothing | Of the Cubans save that they shall be | able to preserve order among themselves and therefore to preserve their tndepend- | ence. lf the elections become a farce. | and If the insurrccttonary habit becomes | confirmed in the Island. it is absolutely | out of the question that the Island should | become independent: and the United states. which has assumed the sponsor ship before the civilized world for Cuba | career as nation. would again have to Intervene and to see that the government was managed in such orderly fashion as 10 secure the safety of life and property
 PANAMA rRfP.
 have just returned from a trip to Panama and shall report to you at length later on the whole subject Of the Pan anna Canal.
 THE ALGECIRAS CONVENTION.
 The Algcciras Convention, which waa signed by the United States us well as
 
 scdes the previous Convention of lSs0. 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 ali Euro pean countries and does not entail n single obligation of any kind upon us. and earnestly hope that it may speed fly ratified. To refuse to ratify it would merely mean that we forfeited our com mcrcial rights in Morocco and would moi achieve another object of any kind. In the event of such refusal we would be left for the first time in n hundred and twenty years without any commercial treaty with Morocco; and this at time when we are everywhere seeking new markets and outlets for trade.
 SECOND HAGUE CONFERENCE
 Tn my last message l advised you that the Emperor of Russia had taken the in- tiative In bringing about n second peace conference at The Hague. Under the guidance of Russia the arrangement of the prelimnaries for such a conference has been progressins during the past year. Progress has necessarily been slow owing to th" great number of coun- tries to be consulted upon every aues- ton that has arisen. II Is n matter of staisfaction that all of the American re- publics have now, for the first time. been invited to Join In tnc proposed confer cnce.
 PEACE ANT RIGHTEOUSNESS
 Ii must ever pe kcp, Tn mind that war | Is not merely Iustifiabe but Imperative. upon honorable men. upon sn honorable hhiion, where peace can only be obtain ed by inc sacrifice of conscientious con viction of the national welfare ,'eace is normally a great good, and normally it coincldes with righteousness; but it is righteousness and not peace which should bind the conscience of nation as 1t should bind the conscience of m individ- ual; and Ncithcr nation nor an indivld- uai can surrender conscience to another's keeping. Neither can a nation. which is an entity, and which does not dle as in- d,viduals die. refrain from taking thought Tor the interest of the genera tons that are to come, no less than for the interest of the generation of today; | and no public men have right whether From shortsiehtedness. from selfish in- difference, or from sentimentality to sacrifice national interests which are vital In character. A just war Is in the long run far better for a nations soul man me most prosperous peace obtained Dy acuuiescencc in wrong or injustice |