The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-05-26

Ne ~thsreupoa lnVeAteA the policy
vhieh was denounced by ali Pacifsts
but which brought ~peace-the policy
OF custom-house protectOrates.
Speaking Of Cuba. II Roosevelt had
desired bloodshed, he could have had
It there in streams. It was under
Roosevelt that we were Obliged to
begin our second occupation OF Cuban
soil. In 1906 the Liberals revolted
against the Moderates. Our agree
ment with Cuba was that we were
to intervene for the maintenance
OF a government adequate for the pro-
lection of life. property and individual
pened into the harbor OF Havana.
powerless and terrified. He asked for
marines. The "Des Moines" sent
them. 1t looked as II we were about
Roosevelt called the marines back
to their ship. In place Of marines.
he sem Taft. 1t was a great con.
trast. Taft. unarmed and disarming,
proceeded to Havana. and conferred.
He tried at first to set w a new ma
tive government. 1t could not be
done. The Cnbans could not agree
mo themselves. Palma resigned.
There was then no government at all.
Taft stepped into the vacuum and
completely filled 1t. He became PRO
visional Governor" There was no bat
tie. Roosevelt had gone into Cuba. just
as he had previously gone into Santo
Domingo-by diplomatic seepage.
The Question Of Japanese
immigration.
In October OF 1905. the school au-
thorities OF San Francisco excluded
all Japanese Of all ages from the
regular public schools and directed
them to attend a specia. pubic scnos.
In which they wera to be segregated.
Japan protested proudly and bitterly.
both by popular demonstrations IL
Toxic and by diplomatic representa-
tions at Washington, appealing to the
treaty Of 1898.
In December. within two months
after the issuance OF the San Fran.
cisco school order. Roosevelt said 70
Congress: In the matter now before
me. affecting the Japanese. every.
thing that Is in my power to do witt
be done. and all the forces. military
and civil. of the United States which
! may lawfully employ, will be so su,-
ploye' to enforce the rights
Of aliens under treaties"
This sentence penetrated Asia to its
farthast l~iterate regions In the
Light OF India Raba Bharati re-
sponaed The American president
has proved himself TO be the one ruler
Of tee modern world who has his
finger on the pulse OF world politics
OF the present AMI Of the future"
Roosevelt mad promised 70 use the
military forces Of thu United States.
He did 50. He enlarged the garrison
Of United States troops in San Fran,
cisco and let it he known that all vto-
lence directed against Japanese
would be ~quenched.
He believe! that Japanese mass
immigration was iutoIarahla, ard did
not hesitate tc say so. The Japan
esq would themselves not tolerate the
intrusion into their country Of a mass
D, Americans who would dispiacs
Japanese IN the business ot the Land
The people Of California are right 10
insisting that the Japanese shall not
come thither in mass"
He entered into negotiations with
tho Japanese government. Again
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troversy. That %porcupsue, the puo-
iished diplomatic note. armad with q
thousand quilts and every ous OF ham
poisoned. was allowed to hibernate.
Personally. IN conference. whsre
phrases may be unguardei and also
unregarded. the representatives OF the
United States and the representatives
OF Japan agreed that thereafter no
~ ccrnrta urnr,ld hn jScyn1 ~ 1naYaSA
coolies emitting them to leave Japan
Cor United States ports This agree
ment has been kept honorably and
with a scientific str;ctness by the &C
curate gentlemen OF Japan.
The material difficulties were ad-
iusted. A psychological II arose.
use garrisons aud law courts to pro-
tect the Japanese in California. it be-
gan to be thought in Japan that the
United States feared Japan. There
tore in November the United States
deet started for Japan. I. was Roosa-
velt's greatest service to peace. He
got the Nobel Peace Prize for doing
4 thing which. by comparison. was .
parlor trick. He got it for intervsn-
ing between two spent duellists. He in
LEUu uIVA q Dhyolc0AAJ 6kV99y w
= financially trembling Japan at Ports
mouth. New Hampshire. Pacitcism
gave him $4O.0 and = diploma for do
ing that. The time when he was a real
peacemaker and not a mere peace
usher was when he himself was a pos
sible combatant and when. instead OF
waiting for the explosion. he walked
up to the burning fuses OF wal in San
Francisco and Japan and snu6ed them
out with his own hand.
In the harbor OF Yokohama tho
Japanese saw sixteen American bat
tleships. doing a globe-circumnavtga-
ton which many European critics had
declared impossible. They Jaw; they
admired; like the men Roosevelt knav
them to be. they were thrilled to re-
spect.
Roosevelt did not avoid war. He
saw 1t coming and went out to meet
it and fetched it a watchful wallOp
across its brow and left it dead.
4 Genius for Diplomacy.
The foundation Of all RO0sovelt's d.
plomacy was that he kept tho feet at
tha t0p.nOtch OF fighting efficiency.