The Snowflake herald., 1916-06-02

He thereupon invented the policy
which was denounced by all Pacifists
but which brought peace-the policy
Of custom-house protectorates.
Speaking of Cuba, if Roosevelt had
desired bloodshed, he could have had
it there in streams. 1t 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
liberty" The "Des Moines" hap
pened into the harbor of Havana.
The president Of Cuba, Palma, was
powerless and terrified. He asked for
marines. The "Des Moines" sent
them 1t looked as if we were about
to take Cuba by force of arms.
Roosevelt called the marines back
to their ship. In place of marines,
he sent Taft. 1t was a great con-
trast. Taft, unarmed and disarming,
proceeded to Havana. and conferred.
He tried at first to set up new ma
tive government. 1t could not be
done The Cubans could not agree
among themselves. Palma resigned.
There was then no government at al.
Taft stopped into the vacuum and
completely filed it. He became PRO
visional Governor" There was no bat
tle Roosevelt had gone into Cuha. just
as he had previously gone into Santo
Domingo-by diplomatic seepage.
immigration.
In October of 1906. the school au-
tho~ities of San Francisco excluded
all Japanese of all ages from tha
regular public schools and directed
them to attend special public school
in which thew were to be segregated.
Janan protested proudly and bitterly,
both by ponu1ar demonstrations in
To1-i0 and nv dip'omatic representa-
+io~s ~ Washington, appealing to the
treaty Of 1898.
In December, within two months
after the issuance of the San Fran
cisco school order, Roosevelt said to
Congress-: "In the matter now before
me- a%acting the Japanese, every
thiro that is in my power to do will
he dove. and all the forces. military
md civil of the United States which
NAV lawfully employ will be so en-
nloved to enforce the rights
Of aliens under treaties
This sentence penetrated Asia to its
'arthest literate regions. In the
Light of India" Baba Bharati re-
sponded: "The American president
has proved himself to be the one ruler
IF the modern world VINO has his
9r@er on the pulse of world politics
of TIE present and of the future"
Roosevelt had promised to use the
military forces OF the United States.
He did so. He enlarged the garrison
OF United States troops in San Fran
cisco and let it be known that all vio-
lence directed against Japanese
would be quenched.
He believed that Japanese mass
immigration was intolerable, and did
not hesitate to say so. "The Japan
ese would themselves not tolerate the
intrusion into their country of a mpGs
of Americans who would displace
Japanese in the business of the land
The people of California are right in
insisting that the Japanese shall not
come thither in mass"
He entered into negotiations with
the Japanese government. Again
| there was no public international con
troversy That porcupine, the pub
lished diplomatic note, armed with a
thousand quills and every one of them
poisoned, was allowed to hibernate
| Personally, in conference, where
phrases may be unguarded and also
unregarded, the representatives of the
United States and the representatives
of Japan agreed that thereafter nc
passports would be issued to Japanese
coolies emitting them to leave Japan
for United States ports This agree
ment has been kept honOrably and
with a scientific strictness by the 40
curate gentlemen of japan.
The material difficulties were adj
justed. A psychological one arose
Because Roosevelt was so ready to
use garrisons and law-cOurts to pro
tect the JaDanese in California. it be