Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-09

erica. Asia, the Philippines. and Austria.
IS ines Should be- the
tural corollafy of the voyage OF f-the Bat
tlefieet: 1t should precede the opening
| OF the Panama Canal. Even under favor
| able conditions several years must elapst
before such lines can be put into orera
| ton. Accordingly ! urge that the Con
eress act promptly where foresight al
4 ready shows that action sooner or later
will be inevitable
| Hawaii.
4 I call particular attention to the Terri
| tory of Hawaii. The Importance of those
islands is apparent. and the need Of i'm
dmd
| industrial conditions upon the islands
have radically changed. The importa.
tio2 Of coolie labor has practically ceased
| and there is now developing such a tli
| versity in agricultural ,products as tc
| make possible change in the land con
ditions. of the Territory. SO that an OPP
| portunity may be given to the small own
| er similar to that on the mainland. T6
aid these changes. the National Govern
| ment must provide the necessary har-
hor Improvements on each island so that
the agricultural products can be carried
Itoethe markets of the world. The coast
| wise shipping laws should he amended "a
| meet the special needs Of the islands
and the alien contract labor law should
| be so modified in its application to Ia-
| Waii as ,tn cradle American and European
| labor to he brought thither.
| We have beGun to improve Pearl liar-
| hOr for naval base and to provide the
necessary military. forlifications for the
| protection of the islands. but L can not
| too strongly emphasize The need OF appro-
pliations for these purposes of such ;;n
| amount us will within the shortest posi-
| hle time make those islands practically
mpreenahle. 1t is useless to develop the
| industrial conditions of tie islands ana
| establish there bases of supply for our
naval and merchant fleets unless. we in
sure as far rs human ingenuity can,
| their safety from foreign seizure.
One thing to be remembered with ALI
| our Notifications is that it IS almost ase-
less to make them impregnable from the
sea if they are left open to lani attack:
This is true even of our own coast. but 1t
is doubly. true of our lnsular possessions,
In Hawaii, for instance. IT'S worse, worse 'nah nan
less we establish it behind Notifications
50 strong that no landing force can tax,
them save by regular and lone-continued
siege operations.
The Philippines.
Real progress toward self-sovernment is
being made in the Philippine Islands. The
gathering of a Philippine legislative body
and Philippine assembly marks = process
CARDS Asiatic colonies of European pow.
ers' but as regards Asiatic possessions 6l
other -Asiatc. powers; and, indeed, al
ways excepting the striking and wonder
FIJI example afforded by the great Empire
of Japan, il opens an entirely new de-
parture when compared with any thing
ers which are their own masters. Iiither-
to this Philinpine legislature has acted
with moderation and self-restralnt, ana
has seemed in practical fashion to real
ize the eternal truth that. there must al
ways be government. and that the only
vav in which any body CT individuals can
outsiders is to show that they are able to
restrain themselves, to keen down wrong
doing and disorder. The Filipino people,
through. their officials. are therefore max ,f
government I hope and believe that
these steps mark the. beginning of "a
course. which will continue IN tne IN I'm,
whether they desire to be an lnderen-
dent nation. But it is well for them (and
we'll also for those Americans who during
age to the Filipinos by agitation for, an
immediate independence fer which they
were totally unfit to remember tnat self
uron the Filirinos themselves. All we
can do is to give them the opportunity
to develop the capacity for self-gcvelne.
the foolish doctrinaires, who wished us
a. any time during the last ten years TO
t,'rn the. FILIPINO people adrift We We should
the Filinino people. We have acted in
exactly the opposite spirit We have Civ
the T11OlT1pS collStllullolittl t,oN IL
ment: a government based upon Justice:
ard we have shown that we have goNorn-
ed them for their good and not for cur
aearandizement At the G present ne: s,me; ,;ss as
logic of facts shows that this government
must be supplied by us and not by them
We must be wise and generous; Vs. we r',rSt' ,Tlt
art of self-control. which is slmniy. an
other name for self-government, But we
can not give them self:government save save
ir the sense of governing them SO that
gradually they may. if they are ap,e
learn to govern themselves. Under the
present system Of just laws and sympa-
thetic administration, we have every rea-
son to believe that they are gradually
acquiring the character which lies at the
basis Of self-sovernment: and Tor wh1ch
paper constitution. will in any wise serve
as a substitute. Our peonle in the Phll-
ippines have achieved what may le@iti-
r,a.cly hf: called a marvellous success N
giving to them government which
marks on the part of those in. authority
both the necessary understanding of the
Tim disiTterestedly and in scod faith.
trust that within generation the time
will arrive when the Philippines c1n dc,
cide fo. theseiyes Wetnen ndapendet Is or "ti to
continue :lnder the protection of strong
and disinterested power, able to @'iaran-
tee to the islands order at nome nn ana Rnt pro no
on" can prophesy the exact date when IT
will be wise to consider independenre as
a fixed and definite policy. 1t would he
worse than folly to try to set down snch
a late in advance. for it must depend mp
on the way in which the Philippine peO-
Mo themselves develop the power of self
mastery
Porto Rico.
= again recommend that American clti-
zenship be conferred upon the people OF
Porto Rico.
Cuba.
Tn Cuba our occupancy will cease. in
about two months time: the Cubans have
i'm orderly manner elected their own Gov-
nrnrentaI authorities. and the island will
he turned over to them. Our occupation
on this occasion has lasted little over
two wears ana Cuba has thrieen and
p,ospared under il. Our earnest hope and
one desire is that the people of the island
shall now govern themselves with justice.
50 tha, peace and order NAV be secure.
We will gladly help them to this end: but
T would solcnrly warn them to remember
the great truth that the only way peo-
n!e can permanently avoid being govern
ed fror, without is to show that they
both can and will goven themselves from
within.
Japanese Exposition.
The japanese Government has rostpon-
ed until 1917 the date of the gnat inter-
national exposition, the action being tax
en- so as to insure ample time IN winch
to prepare to make the exposition all that
cbn,1J l,e made THE American conf