Evening star., 1916-08-08

ISIS tnere can De eSGaDuSueu Ho eA-
fective program Of social justice, no
real conservation OF men and women
or of the humanities
Il am opposed to the republican pol
icy of ship subsidies and 'the demo-
cratic program of government owner
ship of ships. The constructive
measures suggested in your platform.
independent of subsidies and of federal
ownership, will, if put into effect. go
far toward restoring our flag to the
seas and our ships to ,he ports OF the
world
Monroe Doctrine.
THE establishment and maintenance
of the Monroe doctrine commits US
irrevocably to the establishment and
realization of orderly. stable govern
ment in every nation within the pur-
view and protection of that doctrine
This duty we are performing in some
instances with punctilious care. notably
in Haiti and Santo Domingo. In anoth-
er, more striking and notable instance
in MeXico-we are failing and have
long failed to perform it. so disregard
ing our obligations as to justify grave
concern when, later, the nations, the
property of whose citizens has been
confiscated or burned and the lives of
whose citizens have been taken, de-
mand reparation at our hands
Would Intervene in Mexico.
ITO meet this duty in the case of
Haiti and Santo Domingo has been easy
and we have met it. To meet it in the
case of Mexico has been difficult and
we have shirked it. pursuing policy
of indecision and of meddlesome laissez
faire. We are opposed to the viola
tion of the sovereignty of the Mexican
people and would countenance no war
of aggression against them. But re-
sponsible. stable government must be
established there. though armed inter-
vention be required to establish it;
Intervention not for territory, not for
conquest or for ourselves alone. but
for and on behalf of the nationals of
other countries. Of the Mexican people
themselves and of Christian civiliza-
ton.
THE spectacle of an American army
engaged in man-hunt on the soil of
4 foreign nation is not ennobling. No
American soldier should have been
landed in Vera Cruz or permitted to
cross the Mexican border except with
the clear purpose. frankly confessed.
of establishing law and order and a
responsible government there.
Foreign-Born Inequities.
For two years the nations of
Europe have been at death grips with
one another. 1t is not strange, nor
is it uncommendable, that persons
born in any of these lands, but now
living here, should be stirred by emo
tions of interest and sympathy for the
land of their birth. But that such in
terest and such sympathy should lead
Z tay fn nd lpe in
pressions of disrespect to the duly con-
stituted authorities of the land of thei1
adoption, where their homes are and
where their children have been born, OF
to deeds of conspiracy and acts of ag-
gression against, this government. is sc
repugnant to THE spirit of loyalty that
is this country'S due tnat it cannot be
tolerated and should be, wherever and
whenever it occurs, repudiated by uni
yersal public opinion and suppressed
by the strong hand of the government
if necessary.
NO group of men. whatever their
nationality, can be permitted to punish
the President of the republic for the
discharge of high and solemn official
obligations by defeating him at the
polls. nor can they be permitted to
choose his successor. To permit that
would be to establish here govern
ment by faction and not by the people
as a whole or by majority of them
| Those who have 1t IN nina, IL any
| there be, would do well to pause and
consider deeply before they press their
purpose.
ultimate independence is the just
| expectation of the Filipino people. but
| independence now would be destruc-
| tive of their progress and fatal to
| their well being. Disorderly condi-
| tions and unstable government would
| rapidly lead to anarchy and constitute
an invitation to other nations to inter
| vene and in the end compel our owr
| reintervention. We should not with.
draw our support and control unit
| there is dependable assurance thai
| they are qualified to assume the re-
sponsibilities of orderly government
| and prepared to discharge the inter
national obligations due from an in
dependent nation.
Il stand for the maintenance OF
American rights in every land and or
| every sea. And / am in favor of a
national defense and of a prepared
| ness sufficient to preserve our territory
| from invasion, to enforce our inter-
| national obligations and to defend our
| ideals and purposes on the high seas
if necessary. But this can be done by
the navy that is now being provided
for and by the construction of coast
defenses that shall be impregnable to
naval assault, and without a great
standing army. Beyond that. danger
lies, and our purpose ought to be set
as in adamant against it