Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-15

uro or Bel1-gtWernment.
American citizenship should be con-
fered on tho citizens Of Porto Rico.
The harbor OF San Juan in Porto Rice
expenses of thS federal court of Porto
Rico should DO met from the federal
treasury. The administration OF the af-
OF the Phillppineu, Hawaii and our other
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 Frau.
cisco and other Pacific coast cities for
their treatment OF the Japanese. and
makes the following Recommendations:
as It fronts n on rrG the atlantic int W@ hops
the p great ocean % ths p" orisn part ws
commercial development in our deal
ings with Asia; and 1t is out of the
question that we should permanently
have such development unless we free
ly AMI gladly extend to other nations
the same measure OF justice and goo6
treatment which we expect to receive
in return. 1t is only very small body
of our citizens that Get badly. Where
the federal government has power it
Were 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 fellowsIthat u.s., upon our
| should be an international no hess than
an individual attribute. ask fair
treatment for the Japanese as 1 would
ask fair treatment for Germans or
| Englishmen, Frenchmen. Russians OF
Italians. 1 ask it as due to humanity
and civilization. l ask it as due to
| rightly toward all men.
~ recommend to the congress that
aOt No n1 ififOiI N linz, far
| the naturalization CT Japanese who come
| here intending to become American cit
| liens. One Of the great embarrassments
| attending the performance Of our in
| ternatioual obligations is the fact that
the statutes of the United States gov
| ernment 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, sto protect aliens in the
rights secured to them under solemn
treaties which are the law of the land.
| I 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
responsible in our international rela-
tons, to enforce the rights of aliens I'M
der treaties. Even az the law now is
| something can be done by the federal
! government toward this end, and in the
| matter now before me affecting the Jap
| anese, everything that ii 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 emplc"ed. There should, however, be
no particle of doubt as to tho power OF
| the national government completely to
| perform and enforce its own obligations
| to other nations. The mob of n 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
eign power thus assaulted and If inde-
pendent of this government 1t would
| never venture to perform or permit tho
| performance of the acts complained OF.
The entire power and the whole ole, duty to
| ing community lies in the hands of the
| United States government 1t is I'M
icy under which a given locality may be
| allowed to commit crime against
friendly nation, and the United States
| government limited. not to preventing
| the commission of the crime. but. in the
last resort, to defending the people who
have committed it against the .conse-
| quences of their own wrongdolng.
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
peaceful and orderly fashion of the provi-
| sional government will come to an end.
l take this. opportunity of expressing
with all possible solemnity. our most
earnest hope that the people of Cuba
will realize the imperative need OF pre-
island. The United States wishes moth
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
farce, and If the 'nsurrectionary habit
becomes confirmed IN the island. 1t is alb
solutely out Of the question that the
| C1 nd inHRnRndDnIs
the United States, which has assumed
the sponsorship before the civilized world
| for Cuba's career as nation. would
again have to intervene and to see that
the government was managed in such
orderly fashion as to secure the safety
of life and property. The path TO be
trodden by those who exercise self-Gov-
ernmel IT is always hard, and we should
have every charity and patience with thu
Cubans as they tread this difficult parth.
/ have the utmost sympathy with, and
regard for, them: but l most earnestly
adjure them solemnly to weigh their re-
sponsibiities and TO see that when their
new government is started 1t shall run
smoothly, and with freedom from ia
grant denial of right on the one hand,
and from insurrectonary disturbances on
the other"
international conference OF American re-
publics and the visit of Secretary Root
to South America, and points to the fact
that efforts in behalf of the nations
of that country are appreciated by them
| On the subject of the Panama canal ne
| promises a special message In the near
| future.
The Army and Navy.
| The message closes with n plea for
! the maintenance of the navy at its pres
esS standard. to do which he says would
mean the building of one battleship each
| year. or 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. 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 developmene
and use of our military forces afioat ana
ashore The troops that were sent to
Cuba were handled fawlessly. Its was
the swiftest mobilization and dispatch OF
| troops over sea ever accomplished by
| our government The expedition landed
completely equipped and ready for i'm
| mediate service, several of its organiza-
| tons hardly remaining in Havana over
night before splitting UP into detach-
ments and going to their several posts.
| It was a fine demonstration OF the valor
| and efficiency of the general staff. Sim
Harry, IL was owing in large part to the
general board that the navy was able