Gilpin observer., 1906-12-06

ure of self-government."
American citizenship should be con,
The harbor of San Juan in Porto Rice
should he dredGed- and improved. This
expenses S Of the federal court of Porte
treasury The administration of the af.
fairs of Porto Rico. together with those
Of the Philippines, Hs wall 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.
o,lr President nn & Roosevelt scores San Fran
their treatment of the japanese. and
makes the following recommendations:
orr ,raIio nation fronts ,r on the Pacific. just
the great ocean OF the orient We
commercial development in our deal-
ings with Asia; and it is out of the
question that we should permanently
have such development unless we free
~ and gladly extend to other nations
the same measure of justice and good
treatment which we expect to receive
in return. 1t is only II very small body
of our citizens that act badly Where
the federal government has power il
will deal summarily with any such
Where the several states have power
I earnestly ask that they also desI
duct. or else this small body of wrong
doers may bring shame upon the great
mass OF their innocent and right
nation as whole. Good manners
should be an International no less than
an individual attribute. ask fair
treatment for the Japanese as 7 would
ask fair treatment for Germans or
Englishmen, Frenchmen. Russians o,
Italians. I ask it as due to humanity
and civilization. ! ask ii as due to
ourselves because we must act up
rightly toward all men.
Il recommend to the congress that
an act be passed specifically providing for
the naturalization of Japanese who come
here intending TO become American eft
liens. One of the great embarrassinents
attending the performance of our in
ternational oblisations 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. the
army and navy, to protect aliens in tho
rights secured to them under solemn
treaties which the law of the land.
| therefore earnestly recommend that
United States be amended and added
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 as the law now is
government toward this end. and in tho
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
employed. There should, however. be
no particle of doubt as to the power OF
the national government completely to
to other nations. The mob of single
city may at any time perform acts of
lawless violence against class of
foreigners which would plunge US into
war. The city by itself would be power
| less to make defense against the for
pendent of this government it 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 the Offend
| ing community lies in the hands OF the
| United States government. 1t is un-
| thinkable that we should continue pol
icy under which a given locality may be
friendly nation. and the United States
| government limited, not to preventing
last resort. to defending the people who
have committed it against the conse-
quences of their own wrongdoing."
Cuban Intervention.
The rebellion in Cuba and the incf-
| 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
,nn take this, this opportunity Of expressing ,Ia
wth a Psha pdssbe II hs our
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
ing OF the Cubans save that they shall
| be able to preserve order among them
selves and therefore to preserve their
farce. and IL the insurrectionary habit
becomes confirmed in the island. it is alb
island should continue independent: and
the United States. which has assumed
the sponsorship before the civilized world
for NVa1a fnn n
again have to intervene and to sec that
the government was managed in such
Of life and property. The path TO be
trodden by those who exercise self gov
ernment is always hard, and We should
have every charity and patience with tina
Cubans as they tread this difficult parth-
| have the utmost sympathy with, and
adjure them solemnly to weigh their re-
sponsibilities and to see thai when their
new government is started it shall run
smoothly. and with freedom from ia
grant denial of right on the one hand.
and from insurrectionary disturbances on
Considerable space Is devoted to tho
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 II special message in the near
future.
The Army and Navy.
The message closes with plea for
the maintenance OF the navy at Its pres-
cnt 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 tho 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 stan In the army
and the general board In the navy: both
are essential to the proper development
and use of our military forces afoat and
ashore. The troops that were sent to
Cuba were handled fawlessly. 1t was
the swifteSt mobilization and dispatch OF
troops over sea ever accomplished by
our government. The expedition landed