Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-02
Governor Taft Addresses University
Students and Is Heartily Cheered.
Government acquisitions Fleet Of Fruit Steamers TO
Be Used as Transports for Troops.

Jose J. MontcaSudo ana Carlos Her
nanhcz. members Of the disarming
committee, left here tonight to receive
arms from the rebels at Santa Clara,
Cicnfucgos and other points in the
center of the island. The laying down
OF arms by the rebels in the vicinity
Of Havana will begin tomorrow.
Havana. oct 1.-The members Of the
supreme court called at the legation to-
day TO pay their respects to Governor
Taft. who had gone to the university to
participate in the annuaI opening.
The governor made speech at the
opening Of the university, which was en-
Enthusiastically applauded by a large au-
diencc including the leading people Of the
capital. who chccrod Mr.. Taft, the United
States and President Roosevelt
Major Eugene +. Ludd Of the Iisarma-
mcnt commission passed the Gay i'll tho
camps Of Gen. Pine Guerra ana Gen. Cas-
tillo. completing the dlsarm;nE arrange
ments
Gov Taft presented the diplomas to the
successful students and then made 4 not
able address which lasted half an hour.
the spirit Of which was that the inter
v"ntion Of tic United States was under
taken solely to assist Cuba ana thr Gu
bans and that her future was dependent
upon her Young men.
Mr.. Taft spoke in English, winch many
Of his auditors understood, pa1lSinE at cV
cry sentence for its Interpretation by
Judge Schr1cnricil. amid applause and
frequent college Wells. lie said:
H.! count it q peculiar honor. in my
temporary representation Of the cXecu
tive Of cuba 10 participate i'll The "Nrr-
risos Of this great university. This is
especially interesting to me because
when exercising The executive function
in the Philippine Islands. | took part in
4 similar ceremony il 4 university
founded by the same order, hut more
than a century before this university
was founded.
The members of the Latin race are
accustomed. and not without reason.
to characterize us Anglo Saxons as
abrupt ard concerted in our views Of
our power Of pushing civilization. but
those of uS who haze come closer to
Spanish civilization. have been i'm
pressed with tho consciousness that the
.hn&ln-.;.ixons have much t. learn from
crncnt. poetic ina Gination, high ideas
ana courtesy Of the Latin and Spanish
race. Spain has cNcrtcd 4 tremendous
force in civilization ana progress but
nations. like mon suffer reaction. The
great IiblicaC works which Spain erect
ca testify to her prctcntious things. But
the civilization Of Spain and all her in
StitutionS were founded on the idea
Of the control of the state ny one
man or Il Few men. That idea has
ceased to have force. The Anglo-Sax-
nns have brought To the front the idea
that people who are sufficiently cdu-
Gated to determine what their interests
were, could more safely be trusted to
determine how those interests should
he preserved than one man or a few
men, and because, in the development
Of that idea. we have the advantage Of
| 200 years education in self-government,
we not unreasonably plume ourselves
with superiority in the knowledge of
government which only circumstances
have given us.
1T has recently fallen to the lot Of
| the people of the United States to aid
some countries who have not had that
experience coming to the enjoyment OF
benefits Of popular government. Inc
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