Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1906-12-06

Rico should be met from the federt1
treasury. The standardization Of the at-
OF the Philippines, Hawaii and our other
insular possessions, should ali be direct
% under one executive department; Ry
department OF war.
Naturalization Of Japs.
President Roosevelt scores San Fran
cisco and other Pacific coast cities for
their treatment OF the japanese and
makes the following recommendations:
Our nation fronts on the Pacific just
as IL fronts on the Atlantic. We hops
TO play constantly growing part ia
the great ocean OF the orient. we
wish, as we ought to wish, for great
commercial development In our deal
ings with Asia; and IL is out Of thg
question that we should permanently
have such development unless we free
ly and gladly extend to other nationq
the same measure Of justice and GOOD
tres tment which we expect to receive
in return. IL is only very small body
Of our citizens that act badly. Whers
the federal government has power ID
Will deal summarlly with any such
Where the several states have power
I earnestly ask that they also deal
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 mannera
should be an international no less than
an individual attribute. I ask fair
treatment for the Japanese as I would
ask fair treatment for Germans or
Englishmen. Frenchmen Russians Oh
Italians. / ask it as due to humanity
and civilization. ] ask il as due 10
ourselves because we must act up
rightly toward all men.
"I recommend to the congress that
an act be passed specifically providing for
the naturalization Of Japanese who come
here intending to become American cit-
liens. one Of the great embarrassmentr
attending the performance Of our in
ternatonal 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 tho
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 thar
the criminal and civil statutes OF the
United States be so amended and aided
to as to enable ne president, acting FOR
responsible in our International rela-
tons, to enforce the rights Of aliens un-
der treaties. Even as the law now iE
something can be done by the federal
government toward this end, and In tbs
matter now before me affecting the Jap~
anese, everything that it is in my power
to do will be done and all of the forces,
military and civil, of the United States
which l may lawfully employ will DC
so employed. There should, however be
no particle of doubt az to the power OF
the national government completely ia
perform and enforce its own obligations
to other nations. The mob of single
city may at any time perform acts oi
lawless violende against some class Of
foreigners which would plunge US intS
war The city by itself would be power
less to make defense against the fors
eign power thus assaulted and If indSf
pendent of this government II would
never venture to perform or permit tins
performance of the acts complained Of
The entire power and the whole duty "a
protect the offending city or the onepds
ing community lies in the hands of the
thin is that We should continue a POI
icy under which a given locality may b
allowed to commit crime against
friendly nation, and the United Stated
government limited, not to preventing
the commission OF the crime, but, in ths
last resort. to defending the people who
have 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 ot
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 viii come TO an end
7 take this opportunity Of expressing
upon behalf of the American peopla
with all possible solemnity, our m9ss
viii realize the imperative need OF pre-
serving justice and keeping order in The
lSIan0. Inc U.LeN states WlbieS uOLu~
ing Of cuba except that il shall prospeb
morally and materially, and wishes n0th-
ing W the tu1aus save that they anoA
Doe able 90 preserve order among theu-
selves ami therefore to preserve tIeI
Independence lf the elections become q
farce, and f the insurrectOnary habN
becomes confirmed I'm the island, ii is alb
soiutely ont OF the question that ting
island should continue independent; ana
the United states, winch mas a8suWea
the sponsorship before the civilized Worlg
~
again have Co intervene ana 10 sec tnat
the government was managed in sIch
orderly fashion as to secure the SAFETY
OF life and property The path 10 bS
trOdden by those who exercise self-SOvS
eminent is always hard. and we SHOULD
have every charity and patience with the
Cubans as they tread this difhcult parthg
| have the utmost sympathy with, ma
regard for. them; but l most earnestly
adiure them solemnly to weigh their re-
sponsibilites and to see that when their
new government is started II shalI EuN
smoothly, and with freedom from ma
grant denial of right on the one hand
and from insurrecdonary disturbances on
Considerable space is devoted 20 the
! international conference of American re-
| publics and the visit of Secretary Root
! to South America and points to the fact
! that our efforts in behalf of the nations
| Of that country are appreciated by Them
| on the subject of the Panama canal he
| promises a special message in the near
| future.
The Army and Navy
The message closes with a pea fop
! the maintenance Of the navy at It's pres
ent standard TO do which he says would
mean the building of one battleship each
year. OF the I-esent efficiency OF the
army and navy nc says;
THE readiness and efficiency of both the
army and navy IN dealing with the re-
cent sudden crisis I'm Cuba illustrates
afresh their value to the nation, This
readiness and efficiency would have been
very much loss mad 10 not been for the
existence Of the general staff In tn army
and the general board IN the navy; both
are essential to the proper development
and use of our military forces ahoat and
ashore. The troops that were sent to
cuba were handled dawlessly. 1t was
the swiftest mobilization and dispatch OF
troops over sea ever accomplished by
our government Tho expedition landed
completely equipped and ready for inn
mediate service several Of its organ2a-
tons hardly remaining In HRvanA over
night before splitting up into detach"
ments and going to their several posts.
II was a fine demonstration OF the yalor
and efficiency OF the general staR. Sim
ilarly, 1t was owing 10 large part TO the
general board that the navy was able
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