The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-05-06
BIGGER NAVY
ROOSEVELT
Ex- President Declares ii is
Necessary
TO PRESERVE THE PEACE
He Also States That There Should Be
Japanese Exclusion Except in the
Certain Classes Which He
Names.

to say what immigrants shall come TO
our shores" declares former President,
now Editor Theodore Roosevelt, in an
inspiring article in the current Outlook,
but we are powerless to enforce this
right against any nation that chooses
to disregard our wishes, unless we con-
tinue to build up and maintain a first
class fighting navy"
This, the first Of the signed editorial
articles prepared BY the former president
on current political topics, Is charac-
teristicaIly Roosevelt document, discuss
ing at length the Developments in the
Japanese question. Both sides are given,
while incorporated in the while is pow
erfuI plea for greater navy. In part
the former president says;
@Thsre are certain elementary princi-
pies all Of which should be kept steadily
in view II a nation wishes to not justly
both by itself and by Others. It must
insist upon what is necessary for its
own healthy life and this even At the
cost Of possible clash; but this insist
ence on what is due to itself should
always Be accompanied b. al possible
courtesy to and fair dealing with others.
Japanese immigration.
These are the principles upon which
the people Of the United States should
acts as regards the question Of the i'm
migration Of the Japanese In this coun-
try. The Japanese are a highly civilized
people Of extraordinary military. artistic
and industrial deyelopsmnt; they are
proud, warlike and sensitive. / believe
that our people have, what personally
certainly have, profound and hearty
admiration for them. But this admira-
tion and respect is accompanied by the
firm conviction that it is not for the
advantage Of either people that eui
grants from either country should settle
n mass in the other country.
aThe Americans who 20 to Japan and
the Japanese who colne 70 America
should ba q tha same general slase
that Is, they should be travellers, stud
cnts, teachers scientific investigators,
men engaged in international business,
men soiourning ID the land for pleasure
or study.
ut IL agaist the interests Of both
nations that unrestricted migration or
settlement in mass should be allowed as
regards either nation. This is the cardi- |
nal fact in the situation; Il should be
freely recognized by both countries.
but IN achieving this policy we should
bear steadily in mind that It is our duty
70 combine the maximum Of efficiency
with the minimum Of oiEensiveness.
Only the national government can carry
out such a policy effectively, and the 1
surest way to do harm is for state, mt- /
nieipal, on ether local governments to 4
pass laws, which would be ineffective to /
obtain the real object and yet would /
produce intense irritation The best or 4
all possible ways in which TO achieve I
this object is that which the governments
Of the two countries have now by com /
mon agreement adopted; for the Japan
ese government has on It's own initiative /
and Of its own accord undertaken to I
prevent the coming hither ia any appre-
ciabIe numbers Of japanese Of the unde.
sirable class.
z. The success Of the
policy must be guaged by its actual
results.
IF the Japanese government proves
unable to carry its policy through, then
undoubtedly this government, by treaty
or by legislation, must protect itself.
But in such case it
would be doubly incumbent upon us 70
take the action in the way that would
provoke the least possible friction and
cause the least possible hard feel
ing.
Bigger Navy Needed.
"The fact that all really patriotic
and far sighted Americans insist that
hand in hand with a policy Of good will
toward foreign nations should 20 the pol
icy Of the upbuiding Of our navy is Of.
ten interpreted by well meaning but
short-sighted men as being threat
towards other nations or as provocative
OF war. OF the two assumptions the
first is utterly unwarranted, and the sec
ond the direct reverse Of the truth. We
have the right to say, for instance, what
immigrants shall come to our shores, but
we are powerless to enforce this right
against any nation that chooses to dis
regard our wishes. unless we continue to
build up and maintain first class fight.
ing navy.
sWe Americans are ourselves both
proud and high spirited and we are not
always by any means farsighted. II
our honor or our interest were menaced
by foreign power, this nation would
fight, wholly without regard to whether
or not its navy was efficient, In the
event Of a crisis arising, the peace advo
Gates who object to our building up the
navy would be absolutely powerless TO
prevent this country going to war. All i
they could do would be to prevent its
being successful ia the war. a strong
navy is the surest guaranty Of peace
that America can have, and the cheapest
insurance against war that Uncle sam
can possibly nay"
at the annual meeting Of the stew
ards Of the Burlington district Of the
Troy conference at Rutland Monday, {
the salary Of the district superintendent