The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-07

ure of self-government"
American citizenship should be con-
fer rseq On the Citizens Of Pe9o fss
should be dredged and improved. The
expenses Of the federal court Of Porto
Eso sSouS be @ ro the o se
fairs OF Porto Rico, together with those
Of the Philippines, Hawaii and our other
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
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 a constantly growing part in
wish, as we ought to wish, for great
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 and gladly extend to other nations
| the same measure of justice and good
treatment which we expect to receive
in return; It is only very small body
of our citizens that act badly. Where
| the federal government has power Il
will deal summarily with. any such.
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 fellows-that is, upon our
nation as a whole. Good manners
| an individual attribute. I ask fair
| treatment for the Japanese as I would
| ask fair treatment for Germans or
| Italians. I ask 1t as due to humanity
and civilization. l ask 1t as due to
| ourselves because. we must act up
| rightly toward all men.
at recommend to the congress that
| an act be passed specifically providing for
| the naturalization of Japanese who come
| izens One of the great embarrassments
attending the performance Of our in
! ternational obligations is the fact that
eminent are entirely inadequate. They
| fail to give to the national government
sufficiently ample power, through United
army and navy, to protect aliens in the
| rights secured to them under solemn
treaties which are the law of the land.
| the criminal and civil statutes Of the
| United States be SO amended and added
| to as to enable the president, acting for
the United States government, which is
responsible in our international rela-
| tons, to enforce the rights of aliens I'M
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 1t is in my power
military and civil, of the United States
which I may lawfully employ will be
so employed. There should, however be
the national government completely to
| perform and enforce its own obligations
to other nations. The mob of 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
1 lncC f, 10 dafa oivcf he far-
| eign power thus assaulted, and if indie
| pendent of this government 1t would
never venture to perform or 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 the hands of the
| United States government. 1t is un-
| thinkable that we should continue a pol
| icy under which a given locality may ba
allowed to commit ta tS crime n, against
| government limited, not to preventing
the commission of the crime, but, in the
a It agsnst ee
quences of their own wrongdoing."
Cuban Intervention.
The rebellion in Cuba and the Incl
| 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
take hd this Of expressing
with all possible solemnity. our most
earnest hope that the people of Cuba
s w.l Justice and Seeping order Il in the
| island. The United States wishes moth
ing Of Cuba except that it shall prosper
Of th eo cnbsns save that they shall
| be able to preserve order among them
selves and therefore to preserve their
and The the
becomes confirmed in the island. 1t is abb
solutely out of the question that the
s.aes %hcS as
the sponsorship before the civilized world
| for Cuba's career as nation, would
again have to intervene and to see that
l orderly fashion as to secure the safety
| of life and property. The path to be
trodden by those who exercise self.goy;;
have every charity and patience with the
| Cubans as they tread this difficult parth,
have the utmost sympathy. with. and
adjure them solemnly to weigh their re-
| sponsibilities and to see that when their
new government ~ started 1t shall run
| grant denial Of right on the one hand,
and from insurrectionary disturbances on
| the other"
| Considerable space is devoted to the
| International conference of American re-
| 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 he
| promises a special message in the near
| future.
The Army and Navy.
The message closes with a plea for
| the maintenance of the navy at It's pres
| ent standard, to do which he says would
| mean the building of one battleship. 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. This
! readiness and efficiency would have been
| 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 our military forces ahoat and
ashore. The troops that were sent to
Cuba were handled fiawlessly. 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
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.
1t was a fine demonstration of the valor
and efficiency of the general staff. Sim
general board that the navy was able
at the outset to meet the Cuban crisis
with such instant efficiency; ship after
shin appearing on the shortest notice at