Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04


in the maintenance of traditional
American policy against the COLOMBIA
ton of European monarchies in this
hemisphere, and in the promotion Of
peace and international morality.
refer to the cost of maintaining q
proper army. a proper navy and suit
able Notifications upon the mainland
of the United States and in its depend
encies.
We should have an army SO organ
lied, and so differed, as to be capable
in time of emergency, in cooperation
with the national militia and under
the provisions of proper national
volunteer law, rapidly to expand into
force sufficient to resist all probable
invasion from abroad and to furnish
respectable expeditionary force, il
necessary, in the maintenance of our
traditional American policy which
bears the name of President Monroe
Calls for Strong Army and Navy.
Our Notifications are yet in a state
of only partial completeness and the
number Of men to man them is INSULT.
cient. In a few years, however, the
usual annual appropriations for our
coast defenses both on the mainland
and in the dependencies, will make
them sufficient to resist all direct at
tack, and by that time we may hope
that the men to man them will be pro-
vided as a necessary adjunct. The
distance of our shores from Europe
and Asia of course reduces the neces-
sity for maintaining under arms a
great army, but it does not take away
the requirement of mere prudence,
that we should have an army sutfl-
GENTLY large and so constituted as to
form a nucleus out of which a suit
able force can quickly grow
What has been said of the army
may be affirmed in even a more en-
phatic way of the navy. A modern
navy cannot be improvised 1t must
be built and in existence when the
emergency arises which calls for it's
use and operation. My distinguished
predecessor has in many speeches and
striking language the necessity for
maintaining strong navy oommensur-
ate with the coast line, the govern
mental resources and the foreign trade
OF our nation; and | wish to reiterate
all the reasons which he has pre-
sented in favor of the policy of main,
tanning strong navy as the best con.
servator of our peace with other ma.
tons and the best means of securing
respect for the assertion of our rights
the defense of our interests and the
exercise of our influence in interna.
tional matters.
Our international policy is always
to promote peace. We shall enter
into any war with a full conscious
ness of the awful consequences that
it always entails, whether successful
or not, and We, of course, shall make
every effort, consistent with national
honor and the highest national inter
est, to avoid a resort to arms. We
favor every instrumentality, like that
of The Hague tribunal and arbitration
in all international controversies, in
order to maintain peace and to avoid
war. But we should be blind to ex
listing conditions, and should allow
ourselves to become foolish idealists
If We did not realize that with all the
nations of the world armed and pre-
pared for war, We must be ourselves
in similar condition, in order to pre-
vent other nations from taking ad
vantage of us and of our inability tC
defend our interests and assert oul
rights with strong hand. In the
international controversies that are
likely to arise in the orient, growing
out of the question of the open dool
and other issues, the United States
can maintain her interests intact anC
| can secure respect for her just de
mands. She will not be able to do so
! however, If it is understood that she
never intends to back up her asser
ton of right and her defense of he
interest by anything but mere verba
protest and diplomatic note. FoI
these reasons, the expenses Of the
army and navy and Of coast defense'
! should always be considered as some
thing which the government must pa.
! for, and they should not be cut of
! through mere consideration of econ
omy. Our government is able to al
! ford a suitable army and suitable
navy. 1t may maintain them withou
the slightest danger to the republi
or the cause of free institutions, ant
fear of additional taxation ought no
to change a proper policy in this re
gard
The policy of the United States Il
the Spanish war, and since, has give
1t a position of influence among tn
nations that it never had before, an
should be constantly exerted to 81
curing to its bona fide citizens, whetf
er native or naturalized, respect 70
them as such in foreign countries
We should make every effort to pre-
vent humiliating and degrading pre-
hibition against any Of our citizen
wishing temporarily to sojourn in fo
eign countries, because of race or II
ligion.
Defect in Federal Jurisdiction.
The admission of Asiatic imm
grants who can not be amalgamate
with our population has been mad
the subject either of prohibition
clauses in our treaties and statute
or of strict administrative regulatio
secured by DIP. omatic negotiation.
sincerely hope that We may continu
to minimize the evils likely to arts
from such immigration without u
necessary friction and by mutual col
cessions between self-respecting go