The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-12-08

CONCENTRATION u tAt pippHF uuINAha
into one Of the existing departments.
statuhood
advocate the immediate admission
Of New Mexico pnd Arizona as states
This should be done az the present ses.
sion Of the congress The people OF
the two territories have made Il evl.
dent by their votes that they WIN not
come IN as one state. The only alter
native is to admit them as two. and /
trust that this WIN be done without
delay.
Foreign Affairs.
This nations foreign policy Il based
on the theory that right must be done
between nations precisely as between
individuals, ard IA our actions FOR the
last ten years We have u this matter
proved our fifth By our deeds We
have behaved and are behaving TO-
ward other nations as In private llfean
honorable man would behave toward
his fellows
Latin American Republics.
The commercial and material prog.
ress OF the twenty Latin American re-
pubIcs Is worthy Of the careful atten.
ton OF the congress No other section
of the world has shown a greater pro-
portionate development Of It's foreign
trade during the last ten years. and
none other has more special claims on
the interest Of the United States
Panama Canal.
The work on the Panama canal IS BE-.
ing done with a speed, efficiency and
entire devotion to duty which make it
model Tor all work Of the kind 10
task OF such magnitude has ever before
been undertaken by any ration, and no
task Of the kind has ever been better
performed The men on the isthmus,
from Colonel Goethals and his fellow
commissioners through the entire list
Of employees who are faithfully doing
their duty. have won their right to the
unErudEing respect and gratitude Of
tie American people
Ocean Mail Lines.
again recommend The extension OF
the ocean mail act o. 1891 so that sat.
isfactory American ocean mail lines to
South America. ASH. the Phi mes
md Australasia may be estna ehed.
The creation of such steamship Ines
should be the natural corollary of tire
voytys or the battle feet II should
prccede thc opening Of the Panama
canal
The Philippines.
Real progress toward self govern
ment is being made IN the Philippine
Islands The gathering OF a Philippine
legislative body and Philippine Assem-
biz marks a process absolutely new IN
Asia, not only as regards Asiatic colo
mics OF European powers, but as re
CARDS Asistic possessions Of other Ash
site powers and indeed. always e1-
ceptlnE the striking and wonderful ex-
ample afforded By the great empire Of
Japan, II opens an entirely new de.
garture when compared With anything
which has happened among AsIatic
powers which are their own masters
We have given tho Filipiuos constitu-
t!onal government, a government based
upon justice ard we have shown that
We have governed taen FOR their good
ana not for our aggranalrsnieht
At the present tine, MS during the
frW ~.a~~ a a fgufta -
facts shows that this government
must be supplied By us and not 10y
them. We must be wise and gener-
Gus, We must help the Fiipinos to
master the di1cult art OF self con
troll. which is simply another name for
SELF government. Bat we cannot give
them self government save IN tire
sense Of governing them so that grad
u1lly they may, II they are able, learn
to govern theUseIves. No one can
prophesy the exact date when it viii
be wise to consider Independence as
a fixed and definite policy.
Porto Rico,
/ again recommend TINT American
be conferred upon the PEG
pie Of Porto Rico.
Cuba.
In Cuba our occupancy viii cease in
about two months time The Cubans
have IN orderly manner elected their
own governmental authorities and the
island will be turned over TO them.
Our occupation on this occasion has
lasted a little over two years, aud
Cuba has thrivcn and prospered under
It, Our earnest hope and one desire
is that the people Of the island shall
now govern themselves with justice,
so that peace and order may be Sc,
cure.
The Fleets Reception.
take this opportunity publicly to
state my appreciation Of the way in
which In Japan, In Australia, in New
Zealand and in all the states Of South
America the battle feet has been re-
ceived on Its practice voyage around
the world. The American government |
cannot too strongly express It's appre-
citation Of the Astounding and generous /
hospitality shown cur ships every
port they visited.
The Army.
As regards the army ] call attention
to the fact that, while our junior oth- /
.ers and enlisted men stand very high, |
the present system Of promotion by /
results in bringing into the
higher grades many men of mediocre I
capacity who have but a short time to ,
serve. No man should regard it az
his vested right to rise to the highest .
rank in the army any more than in