Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-10-04
PRESIDENT At CAIRO.
MEETS GREAT THRONo At
THAT PLACE.
TALKS OF FOREIGN POLICY
Peace with Insult, He Says, IL Com
temptibIe ~ Also Discusses
Domestic Affairs.


Cairo, Ill. Oct. 4.-President Roose'
welt and party arrived at Cairo, III
at 9 o'clock yesterday and were sa.
luted by the Danville battery and
hundreds OF whistles. Fifty car
riages. all drawn by white horses
conveyed the party to st. Mary's
park. where Mayor George Parsons
introduced Governor Deneen OF III
nois, who addressed the people br1efy
and then introduced President Roose.
welt, who began speaking at 9:4o
o'clock and continued until l0:5O
o'clock, after which the party returned
to their boats and remained IN port
until II o'clock, when the feet made
the start for Memphis, amid the
booming Of cannon and other popular
demonstrations.
Before he delivered his speech the
president made some extemporaneous
remarks, outlining his position on
the deep waterway project.
IT have" he said, long felt that
the nation must undertake the I'M
provement of the great highway OF
the Mississippi, but my observations
on this trip have had the effect OF
making me much more ardent than
I was"
President Roosevelt's address at
Cairo was dedicated to men OF llli-
nois, and you, men of Kentucky and
Missouri" and in an Introductory he
paid tribute to the strong, sturdy men
with real manhood underneath their
uncouth exteriors who braved the
hardships of the pioneer days Of the
Mississippi valley and who laid the
foundations of its present greatness.
He dwelt at some length upon the
curious fact that Charles Dickens, ON
the occasion of his visit to America
more than three score years ago,
selected the region where Cairo
stands as the seat of his forlorn
Eden" in Martin Chuzzlewit". He
recalled that the country that Dickens
so bitterly assailed is now one of the
most fertile and productive regions
of the entire world, and it's inhabit-
ants of higher average intelligence,
comfort and capacity for self govern
ment than the people of any like
extent in any other continent. The
president commended the careful read
ing of Martin Chuzzlewit" to the
pcssimists of today. To them he
said: "You will find it real comfort
to read Martin Chuzzlewit'. to see
what a we'll meaning pessimist of the
past thought of our people sixty-five
years ago; and then think of the
extraordinary gain, morally no less
than materially, Of those sixty-five
years." =
The main portion Of the presidents
address was devoted to a consid-
Grafton Of the two great phases Of
governmental action-its information.
al policies and its domestic policies.
Taking up international affairs, he
pointed out the parallel between men
and nations In their conduct toward
other men and other nations. He
called contemplate the man who sub
mits 'tamely to wrong doing. or who
Is bully and an oppressor; but most
contemplate he called the man who
busters and brags and insults and
does wrong, and yet who backs down
and accepts humiliation when called
on to make good. He put nations in
the same category, and then continu-
ed:
"The policy of peace with insult
is the very worst policy upon which
it is possible to embark, whether for
a nation or an individual. To be
rich, unarmed, and yet insolent and
aggressive, is to court well nigh dis
aster. The only safe and honorable
rule Of foreign policy for the United
States Is to show itself courteous
toward other nations, scrupulous not
to infringe upon their rights, and yet
able and ready to defend it's own.
This nation is now on terms OF the
most cordial good will with all other
nations. Let us make it prime OBJ.
ject Of our policy to preserve these
conditions. To do so 1t is necessary
on the one hand to mete out gen
erous justice to all other peoples and
show them courtesy and respect; and
on the other hand, as we are yet
good way off from the millennium, to
keep ourselves in such shape as to
make 1t evident to all men that we
desire peace because we think it Is
just and right and not from motives
of weakness or timidity. AS for the
first requisite, this means that not
only the government but the people
as whole shall act In the needed
spirit; for otherwise the folly of
few individuals may work lasting
discredit to the whole nation.
"The second requisite is more
easily secured-let us build up and
maintain at the highest point Of eff.
fclency the United States navy. In
any great war on land we should
have to rely in the future as we have
relied in the past chiefly upon volun.
teer soldiers; and although it is indis.
pensable that our little army, an army
ludicrously small relative to the
wealth and population of this mighty
nation, should itself be trained to the
highest point and should be valued
and respected as is demanded by the
worth of the officers and enlisted men,
yet it is not necessary that this army
should be large as compared to the
armies of other great nations. But
as regards the navy all this is diff
ferent. We have an enormous coast
line, and our coast line is on two
great oceans. To repel hostile at
lacks the Notifications, and not the
navy, must be used; but the best way
to parry is to hit-no fight can ever
be won except by hitting-and we
can only hit by means of the navy.
1t is utterly impossible to improvise
ever a makeshift navy under the
conditions OF modern warfare" T..
KELLOGG CLAIMS SUCCESS.
New York, Oct. 4.-When the hear
N, a. of tha fodpral emit for tho liccolu