Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-05
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the direction Of grantine large nsas-
ure of self-gc vernment
fearea ca shs eisasns Of Rico
The harbor of San Juan in Porto Rico
should be dredsed and improved The
Rico should be met from the federal
treasury. The administration OF the at
fairs of Porto Rico. together with tnose
insular possessions. should all be direct
ed under one executive department.. py
preference the department of state or the
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
to play o's constantly S growing part In
the great ocean of the orient. We
wish. we ought to wish. for great
ings with Asia, and 1t is out OF the
question that we, should permanently
have such development unless we free
the same measure of Justice and good
treatment which we expect to receive
in return 1t is only very small body
of our citizens that act badly. Where
the federal government has power it
will deal suTmarily with any such.
Where the several states have power
wisely and promptly with such con-
duct. or else this small body of wrong
mass of their innocent and. right
thinking fellows-that is. upon our
nation as whole. Good manners
an individual attribute. I ask fair
treatment for the Japanese as I would
ask fair treatment for Germans or
Italians. / ask it as due to humanity
and civilization. / ask it as due to
ourselves because we must act up
rightly toward all men.
II 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 emharrassments
arending the performance OF our IN
the statutes of the United States gov :
eminent are entirely inadequate. They
sufficiently ample power. through United
States courts and by the use of. the
army and navy. to protect aliens In the
treaties which are the law of the land.
l therefore earnestly recommend that
the criminal and civil statutes of the
United States be so amended and adled
to as to enable the president, acting for
the United States government. which is
tons, to enforce the rights of aliens un-
der treaties. Even as the law now is
government. toward this end and in the
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 may lawfully employ will be
so employed. There should, however, be
no particle of doubt as to the power of
the national government completely to
perform and enforce it's own obligations
city &c ay at any time aets
lawless violence against some class of
foreignsrs which would plunge us into
war. The city by itself would be power
| less to make defense against the for
| eign power thus assaulted, and il indie
pendent Of this government it would
| performance of the acts complained of.
| The entire power and the whole duty to
ing community lies in the hands of the
United States government 1t is I'M
| thinkable that we should continue pol
allowed to commit crime against a
| friendly nation, and the United States
Of the Crime ba In ths
| last resort, to defending the people who
have committed it against the conse-
Cuban Intervention.
The rebellion in Cuba and the Incl
dents leading up to the establishment Of
and the president says:
When the election has been held and
s and orderY Of abe
| sional government will come to an end
| | take this opportunity of expressing
upon behalf of the American people,
with all possible solemnity. our most
earnest hope that the people of Cuba
will realize the imperative need of pre-
serving justice and keeping order in the
| island. The United States wishes moth
| ing of Cuba except that it shall prosper
morally and materially, and wishes moth
| ing of the Cubans save that they shall
be able to preserve order among them
selves ard therefore or, to preserve their
| farce and if the inSllrrapfiOOarv habit
becomes confirmed in the island, it is abb
| solutely out of the question that the
! the United States, which has assumed
| the sponsorship before the civilized world
Tor Cqna,s career as a N, nation would e,li
| the government was managed in such
| orderly fashion as to secure the safety
| of life and property. The path to be
| eminent is always hard, and we should
have every charity and patience with the
! Cubans they tread this difficult parth.
| have the utmost sympathy with. and
! regard for, them: but 1 most earnestly
! adjure them solemnly to weigh their re-
sponsibilities and to see that when their
! new government is started it shall run
smoothly, and with freedom from fla
4 grant denial of right on the one hand.
and from inSurrectionary diSturbanceS-o on
! the other"
Considerable space is devoted TO the
| International conference of American re-
/ publcs 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 special message in the near
| future.
The Army and Navy.
! The message closes with a pea for
| the maintenance of the navy at its pres-
! ent standard. to do which he says would
| mean the building of one batleship each
/ Year. OF the present efficiency of the
| army and navy he says:
The readiness and efficiency of both the
/ army and navy in dealing with the re-
! cent sudden crisis in Cuba illustrates
| afresh their value to the nation his
| readiness and efficiency would have been
| very much less had it not been for the
! existence of the general staff in the army
/ and the general board in the navy both
are essential to the proper developme II
/ and use of our military forces afioat ariI
| ashore. The troops that were sent to
/ Cuba were handled fiawlessIy. 1t was
the swiftest mobilization and dispatch OF
troops over sea ever accomplished by
our government The expedition Landed
completely. equipped and ready for inn