The Monticellonian., 1908-12-10

| With the limited ILeans hitherto nro | Nided the bureau of e ducation has | rendered efficient service. but the con- | EFess has neglected to adequately sum ply the bureau with means to meet the | educational growth of the country | l earnestly recommend that ..lis un- fortunate state of affairs as regards the national educational office be reme- died by adequate appropriations. This 1 recommendation is urged by the repre- sentatiNes of our common schools and great state universities and the leading 1 educators, who all unite in requesting favorable consideration and action by the congress upon this subject
 The president points out tine neces- sity of better organization of the yari- ous bureaus responsible for the public health, and urges the placing of all soldiers homes under the jurisdiction of the war department
 Statehood
 On the question of statehood the 1 president says:
 l advocate the immediate admission of | New Mexico and Arizona as states This should be done at the present session of | the congress. The people of the two ter l ritories have made it evident by their | votes that they will not come in as one state. The only alternative is to admit 1 them as two. and trust that this will be l done without delay.
 Interstate Fisheries.
 An international agreement con corning interstate fisheries is at pres ent being attempted, and in this con 1 nection the message continues: 1 l call the attention of the congress to 1 the importance of the problem af the fisheries in the interstate waters. On the | Great Lakes we are now, under the very 1 wise treaty of April II of this year. en- deavoring to come to an international | agreement for the preservation and sat | tsfactory use of the fisheries of these wa 1 ters which can not otherwise be achieved l Lake Erie, for example. has the richest | fresh water fisheries in the world: hut It is now controlled by the statutes of two | nations. four states. and one province l and this province by two different ord.- nanees in different counties. All thess l political divisions work at cross pur- | poses and in no case can they achieve l protection to the fisheries, on the one | hand, and justice to the localities and in | dividuals on the other.
 Country's Foreign Policy. This nations foreign policy is based | on the theory that right must be done | between nations precisely as between | individuals. and in our actions for the | last ten years we have in this matter l proven our Idltn Dy our ueedS, We | have behaved and are behaving to- wards other nations. as in private life | an honorable man would behave to- wards his fellows.
 I 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 fleet has been re- ceivcd it's practice voyage around 1 the world. The American government 1 can not too strongly express it's appre- eiation of the abounding and generous | hospitality shown our ships in every port they visited
 Our Southern Neiehbors.
 The commercial and material prog ress of the 20 Latin-A American republics 1 is worthy of the careful attention of l the congress. The International Bureau l of the American Republics is doing A useful work in making these nations and their resources better known To us. and in acquainting them not oniy with us as a people and with our pur- | poses towards them, but with what we | have to exchange for their goods.
 Panama Canal Being Rushed The work on the Panama canal is De- 1 ing done with speed, efficiency and entire devotion to duty. which make it | model for all work of the kind The men on the Isthmus. from Col Goethals 1 and his fellow commissioners through ] the entire list of employees who are faithfully doing their duty, have won their right to the ungrudging respect and gratitude of the American EGaple.
 For Ocean Mail Lines.
 again recommend the extensisn of the ocean mail act of 1891 so that sata- 1 factory American ocean mail lines to South America, Asia. the Philippines. 1 and Australasia may be established
 Should Develop Hawaii. l call particular attention to the Ter. ritory of Hawaii. The importance of 1 those islands is apparent, and the need | of improving their condition and de- 1 veloping their resources is urgent.
 Progress in the Philippines. Real progress toward self-governmen4 1 is being made in the Philippine islands 1 I trust that within generation 1 the time will arrive when the tilipinos 1 can decide for themselves whether it is l well for them to become independent, O. l to continue under the protection of & | strong and dsinterested power, able to 1 guarantee to the islands order at home and protection from foreign invasion.
 Good Work Done in Cuba.
 In Cuba our occupancy will cease in l about tive months time: the Cubans | have in orderly manner elected their own i governmental authorities. and the island will be turned over to them. Our occu- 1 patton on this occasion has lasted lit tie over two years. and Cuba has thriv- | en and prospered under it. Our earnest | hope and one desire is that the people of the island shall now govern them- | selves with justice. so that peace and or | der may be secure.
 The National Guard.
 Urging continued efforts to in crease the efficiency of the National Guard the president continues:
 
 | National Guard. has been incorporated with the army as a part or the national | forces. 1t behooves the government to | do every reasonable thing in it's power | to perfect its efficiency. It should be | assisted in it's instruction and otheY- | wise aided more liberally than hereto | fore. The continuous services or many ! well-trained regular officers will be | essential in this connection. A | bill is now pending before the | congress creating a number of extra | officers in the army. which 1T passed, | as it ought to be, will enable more officers to be trained as instructors of | National Guard and assigned to that duty In case of war it will be of the utmost importance to have large number of trained officers to use for turning raw levies into good troops.
 For More War Vessels.
 The navy is the last subject dealt with. In that connection the presi. dent says:
 approve the recommendations of 1 the general board for the in- 1 crease of the navy. calling especial | attention to the need of addi- tional destroyers and colliers, and above all. of the four battleships. It is desir- able to complete as soon as possible squadron of eight battleships of the best l | most earnestly recommend that the general board be by law turned into general staff. ralere is literally no eX- l cuse whatever for continuing the pres l -. L..-oa,, orca nj 2 a tinn nf the navy The