Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-05


 usual annual appropriations for our
 coast deftuses. both OH lle mainland and in the dependene ics win make l them sufficient to resist all direct at tack. and by that time Wc may hope that the men ln man the,n will bc pro l vided as q necessary adjunct. The ! diStaHcc oi eur shores from Europe 1 and Asia. of course. reduces iic ne
 eessity for maintaining under arms d area, army but if does not take away the rcuilirelnrui of Mcre prudeuce. that we should have an army sut!i- rien!iy iargc ;'na su constituted as to ! form q nucleus uu, of which a suitable fierce can quickly grow.
 What has been said of the army
 may be affirmed, il even Il more cn,-
 pl;siic way of the navy. \ modern navy cannot be iunroviSed. it 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 messag geS. set out with great force and striking language the necessity for
 maintaining strong navy comnicnsu-
 rate with the coast line, the govern
 mental resources and the foreign trade
 of our na,ion and l wish to reiterate
 all the reasons which he has presented
 ill favor Gf the policy of maintaining
 a strong nary as the best conseryator
 of our peace with other nations and the best means of securing respect for the asserfiu ion ui our rights. the defense 1 of our interests and the exercise of
 cur influence in international matters.
 Must Arm as Other Nations Do.
 ! Our international policy is always to
 promote peace. We shall enter into any WAT with q full consciousness of
 the aN fali consequences that it always l entails Wllct ller successful or uOt, and 1 we. of course shall make every effort, consistent with national honor and the
 highest uationa. interest. to avoid
 resort io.arms. We favor every instru-
 mentality like that of Tho Hague tri-
 bunai and arbitration treaties made 1 with q view to it's use in all interna-
 ,iufi;l controversies. in order to main tain peace and to avoid war. But we should bc blind to existing conditions l and should sloW ourselves to become ! fuolish iGealists if We did not realize ! that with all tue llltious of the world armed and prepared for war, We must i be ourselves in q similar condition ln l order to prevent other nations from ! taking advantage of us and c! our in
 ability to defend OUT Interests and as sert our rights with strong hand. ] In the iuernailonnl controversies that ar,. likely to arise. ill the orient grow 1 Ing oui of the question of the open door and other issues, the 1 United States cin maintain her inter- ests intact and eau secure respect for
 her just demands. Sine wilt not be able to do 50, however, if it is under stood that she never intends to back
 up her assertion of right and her de fenst. of her interest by anything but
 mere verbal protest and diplomatic 1 note. For these reasons the expenses of the army and navy and of coast de 1 lenses should always be considered as 1 snmrting which the government must i pay for. and they should not be cut off 1 trough mere consideration of econ uYny Our government is able to af 1 Ford ;l suitable army and 3 suitable navy. il may maintain them without 1 he slightest danger to the republic or 1 tie cause of free institutions. and fear "I additional taxation ought not to 'l'alse t proper policy in this regard Protection For Our Citizens Abroad. 'flie policy of the United States in iSt CT i, ;i position of influence among the lg:l io.:s That il never had before and sl.ouiA is. constantly cxerted to secur- in" to it's bona ti'le citizens. whether nat tive Ur naruralized. respect for them as such in foreign countries. We should make every effort to prevent | h:!.liiiatlng and degrading prohibition against any of our citizens wishing temporarily to sojourn in foreign coun- tries because of race or religion
 The Japanese Question.
 iie admission of Asiatic Immigrants who cannot be an.Al lgalnateu with our population his '}cen made the subject either of prohioljory clauses in our treaties ;,ad st;.tutcs or of strict ad- III tttt iEC It't-uldt1otl ScCuICu OT ulp- lonatis negot;atio I sincerely hope that we may continue to minimize the evils likely to arise from such immi- grafton without unnecessary friction and by mutual concessions between self respecting governments. Mean time We must take every precaution to prevent or. failing that, to punish out bursts of race feeling among our peo- pie asaiRst foreigners of whatever na- tlonality who have by our grant treaty rightto pursue lawful business : here and to be protected against law less assault or, Injury. v-. ! This leads rt,c to point out serious defect in the present federal iurisdic- ticn which ought to be remedled at ! ""ce. Having assured to other coun- ! fries hy trcatv the protection of our laWs for such of their subjects or citi- zeEs as we permit to come within our Jurisdiction. Ne n.w leave to q state