Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-16

tions of the world in any feasible as
I soeiation that will effectively serve
those principles to maintain inviolate
the complete security of the highway
of the seas for the common and un-
hindered use of all nations. The pres
ent administration has consistently
sought to act upon and realize in its
conduct Of the foreign affairs of the
nation the principle that should be the
object Of any association and the ma
tions formed TO secure the peace of
/ the world and the maintenance of ma
tioual and individual rights. 1t has fol.
lowed the highest American traditions.
/ It has preferred respect for the funda-
mental rights of smaller states even to
property interests aud has secured the
( friendship of the people of these states
/ for the United States by refusing to
make a more material interest an ex-
cuSe for the assertion of our superior
/ power against the dignity of their SOW
ereign independence, 1t has regarded
the lives of its citizens and the claims
of humanity as of greater moment than
material rights, and peace as the best
basis for the just settlement of com.
mercial claims. 1t has made the honor
and ideals of the United States its
standard alike in negotiation and ac-
tion.
Pan-American Concord.
I We recognize now, as we have always
recognized, definite and common in
terest between the United States and
the other peoples and republics of the
western hemisphere in all matters of
national independence and free politi.
cal development. We favor the estab-
lishment and maintenance OF the closest
relations of -amity and mutual helpful
ness between the United States and the
other republics of the American conti-
nents for the support of peace and the
promotion of a common prosperity. To
that end we favor all measures which
may be necessary to facilitate intimate
intercourse and promote commerce be.
tween the United States and her neigh
bors to the south of MS, and such inter
national understandings as may be prac-
I tieable and suitable to accomplish those
ends. We commend the action of the
| democratic administration in holding
the PanAmerican financial conference
at Washington in May, 1915. and in or:
ganizing the international high com
mission which represented the United
States in the recent meeting of repre-
seutatives Of the Latin American repub-
lies at Buenos Ayres in April, 1916,
which have SO greatly promoted the
friendy relations. between the people of
the western hemisphere.
Mexico.
The Monroe doctrine is reasserted as
. principle of democratic faith. That
doctrine guarantees independent re-
publics of the two Americas against
aggression from another continent II
implies as well, the most scrupulous
regard upon our part for the sovereign,
ty for each of them. We court their
good will We seek not to despoil them
The want of stable, responsible gov
i ernmcnt in Mexico. capable of repress
ling and Furnishing maurauders and the
bandit bands who have not only taken
! the lives and seized and DESTROYED the
property of American citizens in that
] country, but have insolently ivaded oui
soil made war upon and murdered oul
people thereon, has rendered it neees
sary temporarily to occupy, by om
4 armed forces, a portion of the territory
Il of that friendly state. Until. bv- the
restoration of law and order therein. 8
repetition of such incursions il improb
able, the necessity for their remaining
will continue. they must remain. In
\ terventiOn, implying as it does, mill
" tary subjugatiou, is revolving to the
people of the United States. Notwith
standing the proyoeaton to that course
has been great it should he resorted to
if at all, only, as last resort. The
stubborn resistance Of the president
and his advisers to every demand ant
suggestion to enter upOn it, is creditabl,
alike to his and to the people in whose
name he speaks.
Merchant Marine.
Immediate provision should be mad,
for the building up of the carrying
trade of the United States. Our for
eign commerce has in the past been sub
jected to many unnecessary and obviou,
obstacles in the way of legislation Of
republican congresses. Until the re
cent democratic tariff legislation. i
was hampered by unreasonable burdens
OF taxation. Until the recent banking
; legislation. it has at its disposal few o,
the necessary instrumentalities Of in
ternational credit and exchange. Unit
/, the formulation of the pending act tt
promote the construction of merchant
marine, it lacked even the prospect o.
! adequate carriage by sea.
We heartily endorse the purpose ant
policies of the pending Shipping bill
and favor all such additional measures
of,eonstructivc and remedial Legislation
, as may he necessary to restore our fla!
to the seas and to provide further fa
cilities for our foreign commerce. par
F tieularly such laws as may be made t,
{ remove unfair conditions Of competition
in the dealings of American merchant
j and producers with competitors in for
r eign markets.
Conservation.
For the safeguarding and Quiekenn!
, of the life of our own people. we favo
the conservation and development o
the natural resources of the country b,
. neans of a policy which shall be posi-
5 tive rather than negative, pole,
which shall not withhold such resource
from development, but which. while per