The Elbert County tribune., 1906-12-06

terred on the citizens of Porto Rico
The harbor OF San Juan inS Porto Rico
should be dredged and improved. The
expenses OF the federal court of Porto
treasury. The administration OF the af-
fairs OF Porto Rico. together with thoss
OF the Philippines Hawaii and our other
insuar possessions. should all be direct
ed under one executive department. By
preference the department OF state or the
department OF wnr.
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 1t fronts on the Atlantic. We hope
TO- play constantly growing part In
Wish. ought TO wish. for n great
commercial development in our deal
ings with Asia; and II Is out OF tho
have such development unless we fres-
ly and gladly extend to other nations
treatment which we expect to receive
In return II Is only very small body
Of our citizens that act badly. Whore
the federal government has power II
Will deal summarlly with any such
Where the several states have power
wisely and promptly with such con
duct. or else this small body OF wrong
doers may bring shame upon the great
mass Of their Innocent and right
thinking fcllows-that Is. upon our
nation as whole Good manners
an individual attribute. / ask fair
treatment for the Japanese as I would
nsk fair treatment for Germans or
Englishmcn. Frenchmcn. Russians OF
Italians. | ask 1t as due TO humanity
ourselves because we must act up
rightly townrd all men.
81 recommend to the congress- that
an act he passed specifically providing for
the naturalization OF Japanese who como
here intending to become American cit
lzcns. one of the great cmbarrassmcnts
ternational obligations is the fact that
the statutes of the United States gov
fan to give to the national government
sufficiently ample power through United
army and navy. TO protect aliens IN tho
rights secured to them under solemn
| therefore earnestly recommend that
the criminal and civil statutes Of the
United States he so amended and nd1ed
to ns TO enable the president. acting for
the United States government which 10
responsible IN our international rela-
tons, to enforce the rights OF aliens un-
der treaties Even the law now is
something can be done by the federal
government toward this end, and in tho
matter now before me Affecting the jap
anese. everything that II is in my power
to do will be done, and all OF tho forces.
military and civil OF tho United Stntoa
which | may lawfully employ viii bo
so employed. There should. however be
| no particle OF doubt aR to tho power OF
the national government completely to
! perform and enforce Its own obligations
to other nations, The mob OF a single
| city may ut any time perform acts OF
lawless violence against some class OF
| foreigners which would plunge into
war. The city by itself would be power
| less 10 make defense against the for
eign power thus assaulted. and IL inde-
pendent OF this government 1t would
never venture to perform permit the
performance OF the acts complained OF
| The entire power and the whole duty to
| protect the offending city or the Offend
Ing community lies In tho hands OF the
! United states government. II is un-
| thinkable that we should continue a pol
| icy under which a given locality may b>
\ allowed to commit crime against a
friendly nation. and tho United states
| government limited, not to preventing
| last resort, 10 defending the people who
have committed II against tho conse-
| quences OF their own wrongdoing."
Cuban Intervention.
The rebellion in Cuba and the Incl
| dents leading up TO the establishment OF
the provisional government is reviewed.
| and the president says;
| when the election has been held and
the new government inaugurated In
sional government viii come to an end.
take this opportunity Of expressing
| with all possible solemnlty our most
earnest hope that the people of Cuba
serving Justice and keeping order in the
island. The United States wishes notb-
| ing OF Cuba except that 1t shall prosper
| morally and materially. and wishes moth
| Ing Of the Cubans save that they shall
! be able to preserve order among them
| selves and therefore to preserve their
Independence. II the elections become :
| farce and II the insurrectionary habit
| becomes confirmed In the island, II 10 abb
solutely out OF the question that the
| Island should continue independent; and
the United States, which has assumed
| the sponsorship before the civilized world
for Cuba's career nation. would
again have to intervene and to SEQ that
the government was managed in such
orderly fashion to secure the safety
OF life and property. The path to be
| trodden by those who exercise self-goy-
| ernnent is always hard. and we should
have every charity and patience with tho
| Cubans as they tread this difficult parth.
| ] have the utmost sympathy with. and
regard for, them: but i most earnestly
adjure them solemnly to weigh their re-
| sponsibilities and to see that when their
new government Is started II shall run
smoothly, and with freedom from hn-
grant denial OF right on the one hand.
| and from insurrectionary disturbances on
| the other"
Considerable space is devoted to tho
| international conference of American rs-
| 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 hs
| promises special message in the near
| future
The Army and Navy.
The message closes with plea for
ent standard TO do which he says would
mean the building OF one battleship each
year. or the present efficiency of tho
| 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. This
| readiness and efficiency would have been
very much less had IL 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 development
and use OF military forces afioat and
ashore. The troops that were sent to
| Cuba were handled nawlessly II was
th. gNrff m nd tfaf.u f-R. Of
| troops over sea ever accomplished by
our government. The expedition landed
| completely equipped and ready for inn
mediate service. several of its organiza-
| tions hardly remaining In Havana over
! night before splitting up Into detach-