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ure of .self-government."
American citizenship should be com
1erred has on the h CITIZENS Of Porto Rico.
should be dredged and improved. TIN
expenses Of the federal court of Porto
f Rico s,r shoul d. be met from the federal
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
ma our n the following pHpf r rec fnn
as 1T fronts on the Atlantic. We hope
to play a constantly growing part in
wish. as we ought to wish, for a great
commercial development in our deal
ings with Asia; and it is out of the
have such development unless we free
y and gladly extend to other nations:
the same measure of justice and good;
in return. 1t is only a very small body
Of our citizens that act badly. Where
the federal government has power it
Where the several states have power
wisely and Promptly with sue con-
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doors may bring shame upon the great
thiss OF thsir inn9cent and right
should be an international no less than
an individual attribute. ] ask fair
s re: fnir for the Japanese as I would
Engl1shmen, Frenchmen. Russians OF
Italians. I ask it as due to humanity
n civilization: I ask it as due to
ourselves because we must act up
rightly toward all men.
/. u recommend to the congress that
the naturalization Of Japanese Who Come
here intending to become American cit
liens. One of the great embarrassnents
ternational obligations is the fact that
the statutes of the United States gov
eminent are entirely inadequate. They
fail to give to the national government
sufficiently ample power, through United
States courts and by the use of the
treaties which are the law of the land.
I therefore earnestly thai
United States be SO amended and aided
to as to enable the president, acting for
the United ait,a States government, which is
tons, to enforce the rights Of aliens UNI
der treaties. Even as the law now is
something can be done by the federal
matter now before me affecting the Jap
anese, everything that it is in my power
to 40 will be done and all Of the forces.
which ] may lawfully employ will be
no particle of doubt as to the power OF
the national government completely to
perform and enforce it's own obligations
to other nations. The mob Of a singiy
foreigners which would plunge us into
war. The city by itself would be power-
less to make defense against the for
eign power thus assaulted, and il inde-
pendent OF this government it would
never venture to perform or permit the
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 ia UNI
thinkable that we should continue q poll
icy under which a given locality may be
f friendi1 to nat commit ana a t6 6cim rnj aga'H st,te q
government limited, not to preventing
the commission OF the crime. but, in the
have committed it against the conse-
auences of their own wronsd"ing."
Cuban Intervention.
The rebellion in Cuba and the Incl,
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.
l DIX lliS opportunity OIL expressing
upon behalf Of the American people,
with all possible ~solemnity, our most
earnest hope that the people of Cuba
serving Justice ANA keeping order in the
island. The United States wishes noth-
ing Of Cuba except that it shall prosper
ing Of the Cubans save that they shalt
be able to preserve order among Them
selves and therefore to preserve their
farce, and II the insurrectionary habit
becomes confirmed IN the island. It Is ab-
%solutely out of the question that the
the United States, which has assumed
the sponsorship before the civilized world
for cu,a,s career as a nation, would
the government was managed in such
orderly fashion as to secure the safety
of life and property. The path to be-
eminent is always hard, and W. should
have every charity and patience with tho
! have the utmost sympathy with, and
regard for. them; but i most earnestly
adjure them solemnly to weigh their re-
sponsibilities and to see that when their
new government is started it shall run
smoothly, and with freedom from fla
grant denial Of right on the one hand.
and from insnrrectionary disturbances o n
the other"
Considerable SPACE is devoted to the
international conference Of American re-
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 its press
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 tlle
army and navy in dealing with the re-
cent sudden crisis in Cuba illustrates
afresl 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 ahoat and
ashore. The troops thai were sent to-
Cuba We're handled f1awlessly. 1t was
the swiftest mobilization and dispatch OF
troops over sea ever accomplished by
our government. The expedition landed
completely equipped and ready for i'm
mediate service, several of it's organiza-
tons hardly remaining in Havana over
night before splitting up into, detach-
ments and going to their several posts.
1t was 4 fine demonstration OF the valor
and efficiency of the general staff. Sim
ilarly, it was owing in large part to the