The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-07

s'nV''c or Protestant, Jew or uentlle
whether they come from ENGLAND or
Germany Russia, japan or Itply mot.
'e'S nothing, All we have II rght ~
,iupS''oli Is the mans conduct II h..
u honest ana upright in his 1,,Ii, ,,,.
VIVID Ills nclghbor and with IN, .tnt,
.n''' lie Is entitled to respect and pood
treatment Especially do we moab n
'e'lic'ilher our duty to the str,nyor
"l'llh our gates, 1t Is t,Ir SIRE mani,
y, low civilization. Il low morality to
'ouSe OF discriminate against or I'm onv
way hlmIliate such strnnpnr wh, ho,
come here lawfully ana who IL con-.
""c''llS himself properly. 70 rem.m.
ocr 'IIls Is incumbent on every Amer.
lcoll CITIZEN, ana 1t Is of course nccul.
'arly incumbent on every government
o'iIclal whether Of the nation or Of
The several states.
! am prompted to say this nv tbp
"t'I'ude OF hostility here and there n,.
S"Mcd toward the Japanese in This
country This hostility is sporadic and
Is limited to Il very few pnrns Novor.
'hcleSs IL Is most discreditable 70 us
Us II people, and II may be irauuht
WIN Tile graveSt consequences to the
nation
ask '''lr treatment for the Japanese
US ! would ask fair treatment for Ger
lhollS or EnsllShmen. Frenchmpn. Rms.
SANS or Italians | ask Il "A dino IN
humanity and civilization. | ask II A.
uue To ourselves, because we must net
nprightly toward all men. recon-.
mend to the congress that an net no
passed specifically providing for the
naturalization Of Japanese who come
mere intending to become American cit.
lzcns One of the great emborross.
mehts attending the performance OF
our International obligations Is the
lact that the statutes of the United
states are entirely Inadequate. They
rall To give to the national government
'uiliclently ample power. through Unit
pd 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 criminal and civil statutes Of the
United States be so amended and add
cd to as to enable the president. acting
FOR the United States government
which Is responsible In our interna.
tional relations. to enforce the rights
" aliens under treaties.
The Cuban Matter.
Last August an Instruction broke
,ut In Cuba which IT speedily grew evi.
lent that the existing Cuban govern.
ment was poweress to quel. Thanks
to the preparedness Of our navy, !
was able Immediately to send enough
ships to Cuba to prevent the situation
from becoming hopeless, and fur.
thcrmore dispatched to Cuba the sec
rotary Of war and the assistant secre.
tary Of state In order that they might
grapple with the situation on the
ground.
In accordance with the SO called
Ilatt amendment which was embod-
ted IN the constitution Of Cuba, there.
upon proclaimed provisional govern
ment for the island, the secretary Of
war acting rs provisional governor I'M
I'll he could be replaced by Mr., Magoon,
the late minister to Panama and GOV
prnor Of the canal zone on the isthmus
Troops were sent to support them ana
TO relieve the navy, the expedition be-
ing handled with most satisfactory
speed and efficiency, 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 and the new
government inaugurated IN pcacerh'
and orderly fashion the provisional
government will come to al end,
The United States wishes nothing or
cuba except that it shall prosper NOR
ally and materially and wishes nothing
NJ the Cubans save that they shalI BE-
able to preserve order among 'heih'
selves and therefore to preserve thtr
mdeneudence. II the elections "''"'"'
\ farce and If the inSuIrcctiohaFF ""'''
heco,ncs confirmed Oh The iSIAhi Il -
absolutely out of the question 'h'' '"'
island should continue independents
and the United States, when mas Us
sumed the sponsorship before the cav
uiyo1 world for Cuba's career ~ II ''"'
tlon would again have TO intervene
and 70 see that the government was
managed in such orderly fashion rs u
secure the safety of life and property!
The RIO Conference
The second international COM ereh'P
Of American republics, held IN MeM.
90 in the years lool'o2, pro''oe" 'o'
tho holding Of the third conference