The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-12-06

American citizenship should he oon-
The haTbor OF SAN Ae Juan in Porto Rice
should be dredged and improved. The
expenses OF, the federal court of Porto
Rico should be met from the federal
treasury. The administration OF the at
fairs OF Porto Rico, together with those
insular possessions should all be direct
ed under one executive department; by
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
makes the following reeommendations:
As II, fronts on the Atlantic. We hope
the, great ocean 81 ihe orfsnt We
S wish ,.d as we seg9t to wsh, Tor great
5s wIn AsS Saa Is out Ser Of de tse
| Question THAI We shAuis pe--iansptin
have such development unless we freS
Y and gladly extend TO other nations
| treatment which we expect to receive
in return. 1t is only very small body
the. federal government has power 1t
will deal summarily with any such.
| Where the several states have power
saT9es1Xy ask nren that they ais. also deal
| duct or e1ae this small body OF wrong
doors may bring shame upon the great
| thinking fellows-that is upon our
| nation as whole. Good manners
| should be an International no less than
an individual attribute. l ask fair
treatment for the Japanese as I would
ask fair treatment for Germans or
Englishmen. Frenchmen, Russians or
Italians. I ask it as due to humanity
and civilization. l ask it as due to
rightly toward all men.
| II recommend to the congress that
an act be passed specifically providing for
here intending to become American cit
liens One OF the great embarrassments
attending the performance, of our in
ternational 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 the
army and navy. to protect aliens in the
treaties which are the law of the land,
| therefore earnestly recommend that
United states be so amended and nd1ed
to as to enable the president. acting for
the United States government, which 10
lions. to enforce the rights OF aliens UNI,
der treaties. Even as the law now u
government toward this end, and in the
matter now before me Affecting the Jap-
anese, everything that 1t Is in my power
to do will be done. and all of the forces.
military and civil, of the United Staten
which I may lawfully employ will be
|
no particle OF doubt as to the power Of
the national government completely to
perform and enforce. its own obligations
to other nations. The mob of a single
city may at any time perform acts of
lawless violence against some class OF
foreigners which would plunge us into
war. The city by itself would be power
less to make defense against the for
elgn power thus assaulted. and IL inde1
pendent of this government II would
never venture to perform or permit the
performance of the acts complained o.
The entire power and the whole duty to-
protect the offending city or the offend-i
Ing community lies in the hands OF the
Icy under which given locality may be
allowed to commit a crime against a
government limited, not to preventing
the commission of the crime, but In the
resort 70 defending the people Who
quences of their own wrongdcing.
Cuban Intervention.
The rebellion in Cuba and the Incl.
the provisional government Is reviewed.
and the president says:
} When the election has been held ana
the new government inaugurated In
peaceful and orderly fashion of the provi-
sional goyernment win come to an end;
upon behalf of the American people,
I, with all possible. solemnity, our most
. will realize the imperative need of pro-
I serving justice and keeping order in tho
Q island: The United states wishes moth
4 morally and materially, and wishes moth
t Ing OF the Cubans save that they shall
selves SCI 'e and Therefore to preserve reserve their
Independence. II the elections become 2
farce, and II the insurrectionary habit
v becomes confirmed in the island, II Is ABB
2 solutey out OF the question that the
e island should continue independent and
Il the United States. which has assum Cd
"a snorqnrShin before the civilized world
q for Cubas career nation. would
: again have to intervene and to see thai
y orderly fashion as to secure the safety
d Of life and property. The path to be
= eminent is always hard, and we should
I, have every charity and patience with ths
y Cubans as they tread this difficult parth
" I have the utmost sympathy with. ant
a regard for, them; but | most earnestly
4 adjure them solemnly to weigh their re
- sponsbilites and to see that when theil
- new government Is started 1t shall rur
= smoothly. and with freedom from fla
q grant denial of right on the one hand
" and from insurrectionary disturbances OF
y the other"
9 Considerable space is devoted to tn,
20 international conference of American re
re- publics and the visit of Secretary Roo
y to South America. and points to the fac
s. that our efforts in behalf Of the natioI-
m on the subject of the Panama canal n
IS promises a special message in the nea
10 future.
IN The Army and Navy.
IN The message closes with a plea 10
IN the maintenance of the navy at its pres
Is ent standard, to do which he says woui
of mean the building of one battleship eac
al year. OF the present efficiency of tn
e. | army and navy he says:
1.-THE readiness and efficiency of both tn
army and navy In dealing with the re
cent sudden crisis in Cuba illustrate
hi afresh their value to the nation. IN
NJ readiness and efficiency would have bee
a. very much less had II not been for tn
or existence of the general stan in the arm
En- and the general board in the navy; bot
III are essential to the proper developmer
= and use of our military forces atoat an
u ashore The, troops that were sent {
e, Cuba were handled hawlessly. 1t wa
"a the swiftest mobilization and dispatch {
ne troops over sea ever accomplished b
nj our government. The expedition lande
IN completely equipped and ready for I'm
u mediate service. several OF its organizs
RS tons hardly remaining in Havana owe
We night before splitting up into detacf
en- ments and going 10 their several post
is IL was a fine demonstration of the yslS