Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-12-10

the direction Of granting a large meas
American citizenship should be COZ
The harbor of San Juan In Porto Eic0
expenses of the federal court Of Porte
Rico should be met from cne LeoerSs
treasury The sdmin stSer OF sh fboss
of the Philippines, Hawaii ana our otnes
insular possessions, should all be orecI-
ed under one executive department: ~. %
preference the department. OF STATE o. AAS
department OF war.
Naturalization Of JaPs.
President Roosevelt scores San FrsGs-
cisco and other Pacific coast cities fss
their treatment Of the Japanese, ana
makes the following Recommendations:
Our nation fronts on the Pacific JHss
to the play gFeat oeean tRs ORIENT We
wish, as we ought TO wish. for gress
ings with asia; and 1t is out OF the
question that we should permanently
have such development unless we free-
the same measure of justice and goes
treatment which we expect TO recelvS
in return It is only very hsdi small w poGy
the federal government has power IL
will deal summarily with any such:
Where the several states have poweT
wisely and promptly with such con-
duct. or else this small body Of wrong
doors may bring shame upon the Ersst
thinking fellows--that Is, upon our
nation as a whole. Good manners.
should be an international no less than
an individual attribute. l ask fair
treatment for the Japanese as | woulG
ask fair treatment for Germans or
Italians I ask it as due to humanity
and civilization. I ask 1t as due to
ourselves because we must act up
rightly toward, all men -
II recommend to the congress that
an act be passed specifically providing for
the naturalization of Japanese who come
liens. one of the great embarrassmentR
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 governmenS
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
I therefore earnestly recommend that
the criminal and civil statutes of the
United States be so amended and al leo
to as to enable the president, acting for
the United States government, which iE
RESPONSIBLE in our international rela-
tons to enforce the rights of aliens I'M
something can be done by the federal
government toward this end, and in the
matter now before me affecting the Jap
anese everything that it is in my power
to do will be done, and all of the forces,
military and civil, of the United States
which I may lawfully employ will be
so employed. There should, however, 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 single
city may at any time perform acts OF
lawless violence against some class Of
foreigners which would plunge US int
oitIr hxyif ca1 ryrIJ tS0 WI
less to make defense against the for
eign power thus assaulted, and if inds-
never venture to perform or permit thu
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 ts un-
thinkable that we should continue pol
allowed to commit crime against .
friendly nation, and the United States
government limited, not to preventing
last resort, to defending the people whG
have committed it against the con&e-
quencss 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,
when the election has been held ana
the new government inaugurated In
peaceful and orderly fashion OF the provt-
take this opportunity of expressing
upon behalf of the American people,
with all possible solemnity,, our most
will realize the imperative need OF pre-
serving justice and keeping order in the
ins Of cubs e1cept that L shs proSpsE
morally and materially, and wishes moth.
ing Of the Cubans save that they shall
be able to preserve order among them
fhQYA10rA nTARATYA thAiR
farce, and II the insurrectionary habit
solutelS out of the question that the
island should continue independent; and
the United States, which has assumed
the sponsorship before the civilized worl6
for Cuba's career as a nation, would
again have to intervene and to see that
the government was managed in such
of life and property. The path to be
trodden by those who exercise self-gov-
have every charity and patience with the
Cubans as they tread this difficult parth.
have the utmost sympathy with, and
regard for, them; but l most earnestly
adjure them solennly to weigh their re-
sponsibilities and to see that when their
new government is started it 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.
me message closes with q plea for
the maintenance of the navy at Its pres
ent standard, to do which he says would
mean the building of one battleship each
year. OF the present efficiency of this
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 1t 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 our military forces afioat and
ashore. The troops that were sent 60
Cuba were handled nawlessly. II wac
the swiftest mobilization and dispatch OF
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