Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-04

be past specifically providing for the natu-
raiixation of Japanese who come here in
tending to become American citizens. One
OF the great embarrassments attending the
performance Of our International obliga-
t,ons Is the fact that the Statutes of the
United States are entirely Inadequate.
They fail to give to the National Govern
ment sufficiently ample power, thru United
States courts and by the use of the Army
ana Navy. TO protect aliens In the rights
secured to them under solemn treaties
wnlch are the law of the land / there
1ore earnestly recommend that the crtmi-
ia ana civil statutes of the United States
pc SO amended and added to as To enable
me PRESIDENT, acting for the United States
government. which is responsible in our
rase,a relations. to enforce the
me law now is something can be done by
she Federal Government toward this end.
ins m the matter now before me affect
ing tne Japanese. everything that IL is I'm
my power TO do will be ne and ALI OF
sne FORCES. military and civil OF the United
! S % winch may lawfully employ will
pc SO employed There should howeyar
De no particle of doubt as 10 the mower
OF the National Government completely TO
perform and enforce its own obligations
- o'nei nations The mob of a single city
may at any time perform acts OF lawless
toience against some class of foreigners
winch would plunge us into war That
Ssy oy user would be powerless TO make
oeiense against the foreign power thus as
sauited and IL Independent OF this Goyern.
ment II would never venture to perform or
'he performance of the acts COM
piained OF. The entire power and tho
whoie duty to protect the Offending city
or the onending community lies In the
nanos OF the United States Government.
| :. 20 unthlnkabie that should continue
| q poncy under which a given locality NAV
De allowed to commit a crime against a
Hlenoly nation. and the United States
government limited, not to preventing the
commission of the crime hut in the Last
resort: TO defending the people who have
Sonmtted 1t against the con .eouences of
'heIr own wrongdoing.
! Cuba.
Last August an Instruction broke out
IN Cuba which II speedily grew evident
that the existing Cuban Government was
powerless to quell. This Government was
repeatedly asked by the then Cuban Gov.
erhment 10 intervene and finally was no.
titled by the President of Cuba that he in
| tended to resign; that his decision was ir-
| revocable; that none of the other const,.
tutional officers would consent to carry on
the Government. and that he was power
less 10 maintain order. 1t was evident
that chaos was impending, and there was
every probability that IL steps were not
Immediately taken by this government to
| try to restore order, the representatives
OF various European nations in the island
would apply to their respective govern
ments for armed Intervention in order fo
| protect the lives and property of their
citizens. Thanks to the preparedness of
our Navy, l was able Immediately to send
enough ships to Cuba to prevent the situa-
ton from becoming hopeless; and / fur
thermore dispatched to Cuba the Secretary
Of War and the Assistant Secretary OF
State. in order that they might grapple
forts to secure an agreement between
the contending factions, by which they
should themselves come to an amicable
understanding and settle upon some modus
VlveNQl-SOme provisional Of
their own-failed Finally the President
of the Republic resigned. The quorum of
Congress assembled failed by deliberate
purpose OF its members. so that there was
no power to act on his resignation. and
the Government came to a halt. In ac-
cordance with the so-called Plat amend
| ment. which was embodied in the consti-
tuition Of Cuba, thereupon proclaimed a
provisional government for :he island. the
Secretary of War acting provisional
governor until he could be replaced by Mr..
Magoon, the late minister to Panama and
governor of the Canal Zone on the 18TH
mus; troops were sent to support them and
to relieve the Navy. the expedition being
handled with most satisfactory speed and
efficiency. The insurgent chiefs imme-
diately agreed that their troops should lay
down their arms and disband: and the
| agreement was carried out. The provi-
| sional government has left the personnel
| of the old government and the old laws.
| so far might be, unchanged, and will
thus administer the island for few
months until tranquility can be restored.
| a new election properly held, and a new
| government inaugurated. Peace has come
| in the island and the harvesting of the
sugar-cane crop, the great crop of the
island is about to proceed.
When the election has been held and the
new government inaugurated in peaceful
and orderly fashion the provisional govern
ment will come to an end. l take this
opportunity of expressing upon behalf of
the American people. with all possible
solemnity. our most earnest hope that the
people Of Cuba will realize the imperative
need of preserving justice and keeping or
der In the Island. The United States wishes
nothing of Cuba except that 1t shall pros
per morally and materially. and wishes
nothing of the Cubans save that they shall
be able to preserve order among them
selves and therefore to preserve their in
dependence. If the elections become a farce,
and II the insurrectionary habit becomes
confirmed in the Island 1t is absolutely
out of the question that the Island should
continue independents: and the United
States which has assumed the sponsorship
before the civilized world for Cuba's ca
reer as a nation. would again have to in
terfere and to see 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 government is always hard. and we
should have every charity and patience
with the Cubans as they tread this difficult
path I have the utmost sympathy with,
and regard for them: but / most earnestly
adjure them solemnly to weigh their
sponsblities and to that when their
new government Is started IL snail run
smoothly. and with freedom from fragrant
denial of right on the one hand, and from
| insurrectionary disturbances on the other.
The Rio Conference.
The Second International Conference of
American Republics held in Mexico In the
years 1902 provided for the holding of
the third conference within five years, and
committed the fixing of the time and place
and the arrangements for the conference
to the governing board of the Bureau of
American Republics composed of the rep
resentatives of all the American nations in
Washington. That board discharged the
duty imposed upon 1t with marked fidelity
and painstaking care, and upon the cour-
teous invitation of the United States of
Brazil. the conference was held at Rio de
Janeiro continuing from the sd Of July
to the Goth Of August last. Many subjects
of common interest to all the American ma
lions were DISGUST by the conference. and
the conclusions reached. embodied In Sc
ries of resolutions and proposed conven-
lions, will be laid before you upon the COM
sho R,a1 Of no Anna