, 1922-08-18

better p~roteclon OF Aliens ana Tor ine
enforcement of their treaty rights 1t
is a measure. in short. to create a
jurisdiction for the federal courts
through which the national govern.
mont viii have appropriate power to
protect sliens in the rights secured
to than under treaties and 20 deal
with cSsmes which affect our foreign
relations.
The matter has been before con
Eress on many previous occasions.
President Tyler IN his fins. annual
message. advised congress tina mas
much as tho government Is charged
with the maintenance OF n and
the preservation OF amicable relations
with the nations Of the earth. It
ought TO possess without question all
the reasonable and proper means OF
maintaining the one n preserving
the other.
PART SIXTEEN.
President Harrison asked for thu
same bestowal OF Jurisdiction, having
encountered deep embarrassment
which grew out Of the iynchinE OF IL
aliens in New Orleans in 1891. Presi-
dent Mckinley. dealing with a like
problem in 1899. asked the concerning
upon federal courts Jurisdiction in
that class OF international cases
where the ultimate responsibility Of
the federal government nay be In.
voived. President Roosevelt uttered a
like request to congress IN 1905. and
President Taft pointed out the defeat
In tho present federal Jurisdiction
when he made his inaugural address
O.. T0hn H. A~No-.l 49, sue -
our government in the pusillanimo gus
position TO max definite engagements
to protect aliens n then to excuse
tho failure to perform the engage
ments by an explanation that the
duty TO keep them is in states or
cities. not within our control. II we
would promise. we must put ourselves
in a position to perform our promise.
We cannot permit tho possible failure
Justice due, to local prejudice In
any state or municipal government, to
expose us TO the risk OF war which
be avoided II federal jurisdic-
ton were assured by suitable legis.
by congress.
MY renewal Of this oft.made recon-
mendation is impeiled by a pitiable
sense OF federal impotence to deal
the shocking crime at Herrin. H..
which SO recently shamed and horrl-
fled the country. In that butchery OF
human beings. wrought in madness,
It is alleged that two aliens were
murdered. This act adds to the out.
sense of American justice the
which lies in the federal
governments confessed lack OF au-
TO punish that unsiterable
crime,
PART SEVENTH.
Had It happened in any other land
than our own. and the wrath OF right
Justice were not effectively ex-
pressed. we should have pitied the CIV
that would tolerate and sor-
for the government, unwilling
o r unable to meta out Just punish.
ment.
I have felt the deep current of pop
ular resentment that the federal gov.
has not sought to efface this
from our national shield. that
the federal government has been toll
Grant OF the mookery of local inquiry
and the failure of Justice in Illinois.
1t is a regrettable truth that the fed
eral government cannot act under the
law. But tho bestowal of the juris-
diction necessary to enable federal
courts to act appropriately will open
the way to punish babarity and butch
cry at Herrin or elsewhere. no mat.
ter In whose name or for what pur.
pose the insufferable outrage is COM
mitted.
1t is depiorable that there are or
can be American communities where
even there are citizens, not to speak
of public officials. who believe mob
is admissible to euro any sit
uation. 1t is terrorizing TO know that
such madness may be directed
against men merely for choosing to
at adjustment. I refer to the
federal government to be able to put
an n to sue crimes against civil
ization and punish those who sanction
them.
PART EIGHTEEN.
In the weeks of patient conference
and attempts at settlement I have
come to appraise another element in
the engrossing industrial dispute OF
which It is only fair to take cogni-