The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-07

| tiss And Gov eEes OF Caiifornis shici. 6o
ne nsS ssec!y Eeleome paness Students
resnct credit. We nave a. s'q mScl Is i.a IN
from Japan a. Japan has 70 learn from
vs.; and no nation q At to teach unless
Japan Amsricans are We'll treated. and
ANY n 9a ~ on The part Of Americans Ct
much nv. g confession OF inferiority a our
.dt I;sso% :. a. e re CONGRESS. that s.
the naturalization Of Japanese who come
mere intending to become American citi.
eens: One OF the great embarrassments
nationai Obligations Is the fact that Il he
statutes Of the United States are entirely
ttn, made They fan e i've 70 the ma
power. through the United states courts
and by the use OF the army and navy, to
them under solemn treaties which are
the law OF the land therefore earnest
u y,rscommsndy that the criminal and civil
amended and added to as to enable tho
government, which Is responsible In our
rights Of aliens under treaties Even az
the law now il something can be done BY
the federal Sc government toward this end.
Ing the Japanese. everything that Il &, in
my my power to Do win be done. and all Of
IN ssaies m Witch sns v iy II e the
ploy Will be 20 employed. IGyd
j., Lest GT August an insurrection broke out
that the existing Cuban government was
sssep rep asked by the then Cuban gov
intended to resign: that his decision was
,ttTieV2,canie: that none Of the other con-
powerless to maintain order Il was va @ evi.
probspg a ana
to restore Order 9y sni the
the island would apply to their respec t v
governments for armed Intervention in
or order tbs, to protect the lives and property
When the election has been held and
n rae ce new an government inaugurated in
'' s' The Rio Co s,1 sems to an end
The second International Conference Of
american An srs Re, Republics. held in Mexico in
Of the third conference within ' i've years years'
and committed the fixing Of the time and
place place and the arrangements for the con-
reau Of American republics, composed Of
the representatives Of all the American
n cSaE1sa IN ah Waas Ih That board dis
L u
marked mari fidelity and painstaking care, and
! upon the courteous Invitation Of the Unit
ssa states of Brazil the conference was
last. -' - aug ''s
has been much misunderstanding of the
attitude and purposes of the United States
toward the other American republics. An
sertion Of the Monroe doctrine imnlied. a or
carried with It. an assumption Of supe-
EIitG nd y, and OF a right to exercise some
whose territory that doctrine applies.
4 Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Yet that impression continued to be a
friendly Intercourse, to the Introduction
OF American capital and the extension Of
american trade sSs The Impression was so
be reached by any ordinary means. 'o NV
IL was part OF Secretary Roots mission
t 20 alspei TINS unfounded impression, and
succeeded '' '''s'. "e mas
The Navy and Army.
s The Enite ed States navy is the surest
Is to this Be country
Of is history aery,i in this matter strong and
no less than its triumphs, for there ia
wisdom to be learned from the study Of
| success. .Ao
l do not ask that we continue to in
crease our navy. I ask merely that it
pc oe maintained aain at its present strength;
the obsolete and outworn ships by new
ana good ones. the equals of any afloat
IN any navy. To stop building ships for
navy goes back instead of forward. The
Old battleship Texas, for instance, would
now be OF little service in a stand-up
old double-turret monitors have outworn
their usefulness, while it was waste Of
money to build the modern singie-turret
monitors AZ these ships should be re-
placed by others; and this can be done
by we'll settled program Of proyiding
fGr the BUILDING oil each year Of at least one
time building: the armament presumably
TO consist OF as large number as pos
SIDE S. very heavy guns Of one caliber.
pedo attack; while there should be heavy
armor, turbine engines, and, in short.
eey to me c aexs Of
have to be built also. All this be it re- e.
membered, would not increase our navy,
strength Equally, OF course, the ships
will be absolutely useless If the men
aboard a6 them are not SO trained that they
the formidable but delicate and compli-
Gated meehanisms intrusted to their care.
The ,era madTkssm ,n;ns Of our men has 50
deem it within bounds to say that the
navy is more than twice as efficient, ship
for ship, as half q decade ago. The navy
can only attain proper efficiency if enough
officers and men are provided and IL
these officers and men are given the
chance and required to take advantage
of it, to stay continually at sea end to
exercise the fleets singly and, above ali,
In squadron, the exercise to be of every
kind and to include unceasing practice at
the guns, conducted under conditions that
will test craftsmanship in time of war.
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 It 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 to
k Cuba were handled hawlessly. It was the
$swiftest mobilization and dispatch Of
troops over sea ever accomplished BY our
government. The expedition landed CONE
spletely equipped and ready for Immediate
Service several OF tits organisations hard
~ remaining In Havana over night before
splitting up into detachments and going
to- their several posts. i IT was a. fine dem.
+ onstrati0n OF the value and efficiency Sof
the general staff. Similarly, It was owing