The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11

and striking language a necessity
for maintaining a str 0ng navy com
mensurate with the coast line, the
governmental resources and the for
eign trade of our nation; and / wish
to reiterate all the reasons which he
has presented in favor of the policy
of maintaining a strong navy as the
best c~onservator of u peace with
other nations and the best means OF
securing respect for the assertion OF
our rights, the defense of our in
terests and the exercise of u in
huence in international matters.
The Maintenance of Peace.
Our international policy is Away;
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 in
%terest, to avoid a resort to arms. We
favor every fundamentally, like
that of The Hague Tribunal and ar
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to its use in all international contro-
versies, in order to maintain peace
and to avoid war. But we should be
blind to existing conditions, and
should allow ourselves to. become fool
ish idealists, if we did not realize
that with all the nations of the world
armed and prepared for war, we
must be ourselves III a similar con-
dition in order to prevent other ma
tons from taking advantage of us
and of u inability to defend our
interests and assert our rights with
a strong hand. In the international
controversies that are likely to arise
in the Orient, growing out Of the
question of the open door and other
issues, the United States can main
tain her interests intact and can lse-
cure respect for her just demands.
She will not be able to do so, how
ever, if it is understood that she
never intends to back up her asser-
ton of right and her defense of her
interest by anything but mere verbal
protest and diplomatic note. For
these reasons, the expenses of the
army and navy and of coast defenses
should always be considered as some
thing which the government must
pay for, and they should not be cut
off through mere consideration of
economy. Our Government is able
to afford a suitable army and a suit
able navy. 1t may maintain them
without the slightest danger to the
Republic or the cause of free insti-
buttons, and fear of additional tax
alton ought not to change a proper
in this regard.
Protection Of Americans in Foreign
Lands.
The policy of the United State in
the Spanish War and since, has given
a position of influence among the
nations that it never had before, and
should be constantly exerted to Sc
to its bona fde citizens,
whether native or n~aturalized, re-
Spect for them as such. in foreign
countries. We should make every
effort to prevent humiliating and de-
prohibition against any of
our citizens wishing temporarily to
sojourn in foreign countri-j because
of race or religion.
Immigrants.
The admission of Asiatic immi-
who can not be amalgamated
our population has been made
the subject either of prohibitory
in our treaties and statutes,
or of strict administrative regula-
ton secured by diplomatic negotia-
l sincerely hope that we may
continue to minimize the evils likely
to arise from such immigration with
out unnecessary friction and by mu-
tual concessions between self-respect-
ing governments. Meantime, we must
take every precaution to prevent, or,
that, to punish outbursts of
race feeling among our people
foreigners of whatever nat
lonality who may have by our grant
4 treaty right to pursue lawful bus
mess here and to be protected
against lawless assault OF. injury.
HIOLeCIlOn OF Foreigners.
This leads me to point out a seri-
defect in the present Federal
jurisdiction which ought to be rem
'died at once. Having assured to
'ther countries by treaty the pro-
ection of u laws for such Of their
subjects or citizens as we permit to
'ome within u jurisdiction, we now
cave to a State or a city, not I'M
Ter the control of the Federal Gov
'rnment, the duty of performing our
International obligations in this re-
pect. By proper legislation we may,
nd ought to, place in the hands of
he Federal Executive the means of
nfOrcing the treaty rights of such
Liens in the courts of the Federal
It puts our govern
nent in a pusillanimous position to
make definite engagements to pro-
aliens and then to excuse the
to perform those engagements
" an explanation that the duty to
leep them is in States or cities, not
our control. If we would
'romise, we must put ourselves in a
'osition to perform our promise. We
annot permit the possible failure of
ustice due to local prejudice in any
Or municipal government to ex-
'ose us to the risk of a war which
night be avoided if Federal juris-
lotion was asserted by suitable leg
by Congress and carried out
" proper proceedings instituted by