Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-09

union of the States, it now stands for a
united people. true to American Ideals,
loyal to American traditions, knowing
no allegiance except to the Consti-
tuition. to the government and to the
flag of the United States. We believe
in American policies at home and
abroad.
Protection of American Rights
We declare that we believe in and
will enforce the protection of every
American citizen in all the rights Sc
cured to him by the Constitution,
treaties and the law of nations, at
home and abroad. by land and sea.
These rights. which, in violation of the
specific promise of their party made
at Baltimore in 1912. the Democratic
President and the Democratic Con-
gress have failed to defend, we will
unflinchingly maintain.
Foreign Relations
We desire peace, the peace OF justice
and right, and believe in maintaining
a straight and honest neutrality be-
tween the belligerents in the great war
in Europe. We must perform all our
duties and insist upon all our rights
as neutrals without fear and without
favor. We believe that peace and neu-
trality as well as the dignity and In
fluence of the United States cannot be
preserved by shifty eXpedients, by
phrase making, by performances in
language, or by attitudes ever chang
ing in an effort to secure groups of
voters. The present administration has
destroyed our influence abroad and
humiliated us in our own eyes. The
Republican party believes that a firm,
consistent and courageous foreign
policy, always maintained by Repub-
lican Presidents in accordance with
American traditions, is the best, as 1t
is the only true way to preserve our
peace and restore us to our rlghtful
place among the nations. We believe
in the pacific settlement of inter
national disputes and favor the es-
tablishment of a world court for that
purpose.
Mexico
We deeply sympathize with the
15,000,000 people Of Mexico, who for
years have seen their country devas-
tated, their homes destroyed. their fell
low-citizens murdered and their
women outraged by armed bands of
desperadoes, led by self-seeking, con-
scienceless agitators, who when tenn
porarily successful in any locality,
have neither sought nor been able to
restore order or establish or maintain
peace.
We express our horror and indig-
nation at the outrages which have
been and are being perpetrated by
these bandits upon American men and
women who were or are in Mexico by
invitation of the laws and OF the gov
ernment of that country and whose
rights to security Of person and prop
erty are guaranteed by solemn treaty
obligations. We denounce the inde-
fcnsible methods OF interference en-
ployed by this administration in the in
ternal affairs of Mexico and refer with
shame to it's failure to discharge the
duty of this country as next friend to
Mexico, its duty to other powers who
have relied upon us as such friend and
its duty to our citizens in Mexico, in
permitting the continuance of such
conditions, first, by failure to act
promptly and firmly, and, second, by
tinuation of such conditions through
recognition of one of the factions re-
sponsible for these cutrages.
We pledge our aid in restoring order
and maintaining peace in Mexico. We
promise to our citizens on and near
our border and to those in Mexico,
wherever they may be found, adequate
and absolute protection in their lives
liberty and property.
Monroe Doctrine
We reaffirm our approval OF the
Monroe Doctrine and declare its main
tenance to be a policy of this country
essential to its present and future
peace and safety and to the achieve
ment Of it's manifest destiny.
Latin America
We favor the continuance of Re-
publican policies which will result in
drawing more and more closely the
commercial financial and social rela-
tons between this country and the
countries of Latin America.
Philippines
We renew our allegiance to the
Philippine policy inaugurated by
Mckinley, approved by Congress and
consistently carried out by Roosevelt
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has enormously improved the material
and social conditions of the islands,
given the Philippine people a con-
stantly increasing participation in
their government, ard II persisted in
will bring still greater benefits in the
future.
We accepted the responsibility of
the islands as a duty to civilization and
the Filipino people. To leave with our
task half done would break our
pledges, injure our prestige among ma
tions and imperil what has already
been accomplished.
We condemn the Democratic admin
istration for it's attempt to abandon
the Philippines, which was prevented
only by the vigorous opposition of Re-
publican members of Congress, aided
by few patriotic Democrats.
We reiterate our unqualified ap-
proval of the action taken in Decem-
Deft 1911, Dy lne 1TGSluGnL anu Con-
gress to secure with Russia, and with
other countries. treaty that will rec
ognize the absolute right of expatri-
alton and prevent all discrimination
of whatever kind between American
citizens. whether native-born or alien
and regardless of race, religion or
previous political allegiance. We re-
new the pledge to observe this prin-
ciple and to maintain the right of asy-
lum, which Is neither to be surren-
dered nor restricted. and we unite in
the cherished hope that the war which
is now desolating the world may
speedily end, with a complete and last
ing restoration of brotherhood among
the nations of the earth and the assur-
ance of full equal rights, civil and re-
ligious. to all men In every land.
Protection of the Country
In order to maintain our peace and
make certain the security of our
people within our own borders the
country must have not only adequate
but thorough and complete, national
defense, ready for any emergency. We
must have a sufficient and effective
regular army, and a provision for
ample reserves, already drilled and
disciplined, who can be called OF once
to the colors when the hour of danger
comes
We must have a navy so strong and
so we'll proportioned and equipped, &c
thoroughly ready and prepared, that
no enemy can gain command of the
sea and effect O landing In force on
eitbpr ot1r uyaefarY or atarn coast