The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 5, 1905, Page 7

THE SEATTLE STAR—TUESDAY, DEC. ~ ! Jno such wanction of force for inter-[ other nations that on the whole] division garrisons . thing that will achieve the 4 | national law. At present there could] tend to act justly, disarmed, wo} mere seniority « r ond, After a certain ase i di leslie alielhad nthe Hide dechalaalig lal daliadiadic | ~tallehe Di be no greater calamity than for the] might sometimes avold bloodshed, | thoroughly efficient corpa renched the average officer in| sedis sin omies ea free peoples. the enlightened, inde-| but we would ooane to be of woight| In the higher ranks unten there ac-| Unfit to do good work below a cer-| ¥ . }pendent, and peace-loving peoples, | in securing the peace of justice—| companies it a vigorous weeding-| tain grade, Provision should Dele ye tae eee ehhh he ——— to disarm, while yet loaving it open] the real pasce for which the most) Out procoms., Buch a weeding-out for the promotion of excep | any barbariam or deapotiom to| law-abiding and high-minded men - on) that yee h pro s of ast ~ 9 c an omenr “ r th I recommend that a law tend to ire the Realth and wel . > 5 |remain armed, So long as the work un @ be willing to fight,| selectione-in a chiet feature of the} he ot Sue connvedes «ue acted to reguiate interstate fare of the consuming pret (Cor from Page Two.) ready recognized that tnterstate in ain armed tong as the w rid | must at thee r f tb f retire ‘@ " h hea " ho & proper Aubject for od as now, the| As the world is now, only that ma-| four y ae eed , arene ad He ta f wi save. See oy en eagle. mee Rr s of those peoples| tion is equipped for peace” that] cer at Went Point, There ty no good | reached @ gly without getting | ated foods, drinks and drugs. Mach | dabased or adelterated so us to In~ » , and{ er , » stand for justice,| knows how to fight and that will|fea#on why it should stop immedi yond a Ml nk; this age Of!law would protect Jegitimate man-| ju¥@ health or to decelve purchas upon rance companite nnd the Warees ot corporations, it au but the only | not shrink from fighting if over/8tely Upon hin graduation, Whit tirement « hanging from| ufacture and commerce and would} ers should be forbidden therefore thoir ey holders, of} thorized © publish and supply = Jat West Point he ix dropped u k to rank, In both the army and states, is unquestioned, while but) interstate corporations, “inctuding| 5) a. th ates A doman * of excellence, and when he graduates | ciple of selection, that is of prome- | Httle effective check ‘®& imposed| corporations engaged in Insurance,” | 8!" oF in company only with the) highest m he takes rank in the army aecord-|tion for merit, and there should be : PRT tt TTT TT TTT TH Tt ttt © wpon any able and unscrapulous! It is obvious that if the compilation iincahe ing to hin rank of graduation, 7 effort to oliminate the maa wh rea to exploit the com-/af statiaties bo the limit of the] | ka ' . de dete te te eae te eae TOUT are Rood at Went Potnt; and a topes mavnatan : FOREST POLICY, * pany in bis own interest at the ox-| federal power, it is wholly inet * xe RKAKKARER ARE there should be in the army Meelt special efficieney pense of the poticy holders and of| fective to reguiaté@hie form, of com|¥ bd 84 | guiutheahecsiclnding sical vad che: ioibxgetviiaily Baliga weather oe the pub! The inability of @ state| merctal intercourse between the oa DUTY TO STRIVE FOR ABOLITION OF WAR, bY — The forest policy of the Adminis-| be transferred to the charge of the to regulate effectively insurance] states, and as the inaurance busi ee he tk hth tte tet hte tet et te tte | tration appears to enjoy the un-| Forest Service 1 oes corporations created under the laws| neva has outgrown in magaitude) ** * * & eR AAA RARER i ee ° slialiodislieiaialal é # |broken support of ¢ opie. Thel The creation irrigated of other states and transacting the) the possibility of adequate So much it is emphatically neces, conference in this direction, and | ® INCREASE IN COAST ARTILLERY. & | sreat users of timber are themselves} farms und the Reclamation Act Jarger part of thelr business else-| supervision, the congress abi sary to say in order both that tho| most earnestly urge that this Nation | ® & | forwarding the me t for forest | is a powerful offaet to the tendency Where is also clear, As a remedy! carefully consider whether f position of the Unite! States may| do all in its power to try to furtlian Ak ek eae ae eh i i he i ke |preservation. All organized oppori-|of certain other laws to foster or for this ovil of conflicting, inef-|legistation can be had. What not be misunderstood and that altho movement and to make the fe| eS PR RR REET ee ‘nen of the Gatlingor |U2%, (2 the forest reserves in the! permit monopoly of the land. Under fective, and yet burdensome regula-| said above applies with equal force! genuine effort to bring nearer the} sult of the decisions of The Hagud nere should be an increase ip nar te 2068 hg Da gaff moma West has disappeared Sinee the| that act the construction of great tions thore has been for many years to fraternal and benevolent organt-/day ofthe peace of Justice among| conference effective. 1 earnestly] Count artillery force, wo that our | Hill (S 39R February }. 1004). and) consolidation of all government | trrigation works has been proceed- & widespread demand for federal| nations which contract for Mf n-/the nations may not be hampered | hope that the conference ma: const fortifications can te in nee ie tne utter, [forest work in the National Forest | ing rapidly successfully, the gupervision. ‘The congress has al-| sur wee by & folly which, is striving to|able to devise como way to ANA aceree udequately manned araden diloal ornare 12 | Service there has been a rapid and| lands reclaimed are eagerly taken : | achieve the imposible, would render | arbitration between nations the ced) / won." lulleY MMMNNNn ae ae notable main in the usefulness of the] up, and the prospect that the policy it hopeless to attempt the achieve | tomary way of eottling international roormenination of. th ny and heavy should have forest reserves to the people and in/of national irrigation will accom- See it RRR Ro i ee [ment of the practia!, But while| disputes in at save @ tow clawnen Of| Oo nent of the army nd pay in their re-|*%@ Public appreciation of their) plish all that was expected of it is * % [recognizing most clearly all above) cases, which should themselv@ b¢) ciiny and navy there must b wo tnnt thats duties | Yalu. ‘The national parks within! bright, The act should be extended y TOO EARLY TO TALK TARIFF REVISION. ® [set forth, it remains our clear duty|as sharply defined and rigidly eame thetough training jean be carried Gn without frict or adjacent to forest reserves should to include the state of Texas. * © * * |to strive in every practicable way | limited as the present governmental fentir when they are brought together RATER EERE RE RAE RE eM H [io ring nearer the time when the) and social develo soa chan LINGER con ee bees | hes r! . er the « opment of the world] j.)", f “ The buse hospitals of the navy Only by #uch training in ad-| The base hospi ’ ¥ Last year there was a deficit. Un-/of olastictty to our currency sys-| Sword shall not be the arbiter! wil! permit. If powstble, there should) vance can we be aure that In actual|chould be put in condition to mect|## ¥ EURO FEE MERE RAK ROR hhh Jess our expenditures can be kept}tem. The evil does not consist in|®mong nationg. At prosent the) be a general arbitration treaty B@-| war tetd operations and those at| modern requirements and hospital | #* * within (ho revenues then our rev-| an inadequate volume of money, but | Practioal thing to do is to try to) gotiated among all the nations ep! seq with be carried @f successfully. | shi t Unless we now|*™ IMMIGRATION. * @uue laws most be readjusted. It ls | in the rigidity of this volume, which | ™inimize the number of cases in| resented at the conference. Neutral] phe importance Of this was shown | provide with forethought for] & |. $ as yet too early to attempt to out-| does uot respond as it should to the | Which {t must be the arbiter, and to} rights and property should be pro-| conclusively in the Bpaniah-Ameri-| the medical SAREE REE BREE ER BREE S Mine what shape such a readjust-| varying needs of communities and | Offer, at least to all civilised powers,| tected at sea as they are protected) can and the Russo-Japanese wars.| navy appalling #uffering of @ pre In the year ending June 26, 1906,, allowed to come to the South: al- ment should take, for it isas yet too}of seasons Inflation must be| some substitute for war which willjon land. There should be an inter) pye work of the medical depart-| ventable kind Is ure to occur ff ever 06 the Welted intss Wire, grovided, ‘howeres, Genie early to say whether there will be| avoided; but some provision should | be Available in at least a considers: | national agrewment to this purpose) monte in the Japaiione army and|the country goes to war. It is not > th nite Sintes |r letee attest ie made ta Se ae ned forit * * © be made that will Insure a larger | >!¢ number of instances. Very mach/and « similar agreement defining) navy is expecially worthy of study,! reasonable to expect successful ad-| 1,026,000 allen immigrants, While euly temiigoante of the vight Sane T earnestly recommend to the! volume of money during the fall/ cam be done through another Hague) contraband of war, I renew my recommendation of Jan-|mintatration in time of war of &/ much of this enormous immigration | come to our country anywhere. congress the noed of economy and) and winter months than In the less wary 9, 1906, as to the medical de~|departinent which Incks a third Oflis unaoubtedly healthy and natural,| Aw much no posable should be to this end of a rigid serutiny of! active seasons of the year; so that partment of the army call at-| the a considerable proportion is unde-|done to distribute the immigrants appropriations. As» examples mere-| the currency will contract againstid® keke eek eee eWeek de hei ek eee Ke ew | Cention fo the equal Importance of| perform the medical service in time) bt. trom one reason of another: Gyen the land ant new hace aa he ly, I call your attention to one or| speculation, and will expand for the| ® m | the needs of the staff corps of tne | of pence, We need men who are SS cueviaaiedbe orepertek| iene Gia cnamsdedt aiiaanennee ~ two specific matters, All unneces-| needs of legitimate business. * WARS DIMINISHING AS CIVILIZATION INCREASES, # | navy. In the medical department of | not merely doctors; they must be ably & very large propor-| districts of the great cities. The Nd be abolish: T ee * * the navy the first in importance te trained fn the administration of mil Bary offices shou abolished. The] on a caste’ sabes lading most of the undesir-| prime need ts to keep out all tmmi- 74 commissioner of the general land! At various times I have instituted| * * & ee AAA AAA ATER EEE DERE EERE S the reorganfeation of the hospital itary medics Abie alan, Aobs o6t esme hove ofl tenets Oho Wil ant sama aa office recommends the abolishment | investigations {nto the organization its own initiative, but because of | American cit Th now During the last century there has, against the disarmament of the rest a r anse of | American citizens. he laws @f the office of receiver of public and conduct of the business of the » good t diminution in the} deing ret into a movement the activity of the agents of the| existing for the exclusion of unde- Moneys for United States land of-| executive departments. While none| been a ¢ e a which would really chiefly benefit| ®X AAA AARAR HARARE RRA Ae eee eH erent transportation companies. |sirablo immigrants should be Picea. This will effect a saving of of these Inquiries have yet pro-| number of wars between the most * The most serious obstacle wel strengthened. ae j thease obnoxious peoples; but it may) AN THE NAVY. * oI e | strengthen about a quarter ji enna el ate on far ——_~ “earl fiaal) civitized nations, International re-| he possible to exercise #ome check * WOW TO HANDLE 'o % [have to encounter in the effort to} There should be rp lmita- & year, As the news of the| conclusions, they have already con-| 1.46 nave become closer, and the; apon the tendency to swell indeti-| * secure a proper regulation of the|tion imposed upon all vessels com- -. mation grows it is Inovitable that/ firmed and emphasized the general| AOU" leat Of The Hague tribunal|ultely the budgets for military ox-|°* ee AAA AAA AAA AAA R ARAM Usmmigration to these shores arises| ing to our ports as to the number there should be trom time to time/ impression that the organisation of) 1.'1.¢ only « aymptom of this grow-|penditure. Of course such an effort] Guy navy must, relatively to the the number of enlisted men from the determined opposition of | of immigrants in ratio to the ton- © legitimate increase in the number| the departments is often Multy 19/ ine cigseness of relationship, but Is] could succeed only if It did nol at-| navies of other 1 Recent naval history has em-|the foreign steamship lines who | nage which each vessel can carry. Of officials, and this fact renders it/ principle and wasteful In results,| Jt cans by which the growth can| tempt to do too much; and if itor greater sixe th phasiaed certain leasona which ought {have no interest whatever in the| Provision should be made for the Sil the more important that when| while many of their business meth: |be furthered. Our alm should be| were undertaken in & spirit of sa0-| have most wisely continued for a| Hot to, but which do need emphanis. | Matter save to increase the returns | surer punishment of those who in- offices * whnecessary they| ods are antiquated an be “| from time to time to take such steps] ity as far removed as possible from| number of years to build up our|Seagoing torpedo boats or dextroy-|00 their capital by carrying masses | duce aliens to come to this country Mould be abolished. In the public) There is every reason why our @X-| J iay be possible toward creating, @ merely hysterical pseudo-phil ‘navy, ahd It has now reached a fair-|ers are indispensable, not only for]of immigrants hither in the steer-| under promise or assurance of em- ting also a largo saving of pub-jecutive governmental machinery) oihing like an organization of|thropy. It ls worth while pointing] iy high standard of efficiency. ‘Thia| making night attacks by surprise | Ke quarters of their ships. ployment. There should be an in- Money can be made. There is) should be at least well planned, e¢o-| 11.4 cy tons, because as the| out that aince the end of the insur-| standard of efficiency must not only |upon an enemy, but even in battie| We can not have too much immi-| ternational conference held to deal the civilized nal }. @ constantly growing tendency to} nomical and efficient as the best 14 becomes more highly organ-! rection in the Philippines this De mm ained, but increased. It| for finishing already crippled ships.| ration of the right sort, and we/ with this question. * * * masses of unimportant In-| machinery of the great business Or; | 1144 tne need for navies and armies| tion haa shown its practical faith in| does not seem to me necessary, how-| Under exceptional ctreumatances |should have none whatever of the| As far as possible we wish to Iim- It is probably not un-| ganizations, which at present is not will diminish. It ts not possible to/ the policy of disarmament by re-| ever, that the navy should-—-at 1 | submarine boats would doubtless be | Wrong sot We need more of such | it the immigration to this country 7 to say that many tens of thou-| the case. To make ft so is secure anything like an immediate! ducing ita little army onethird. But|in the immediate future—be in-|of use, Fast scouts are needed. The|immigration for the South. Per-|to persons who propose to become of volumes are published at| of complex no human being ever looks) executive in Its nature; p ‘and for which there is no real de-| legistative body, no matter how wise and able, could undertake it with Prospect of suc I recommend that the con- gress consider this subject with « | gain lamar! disarmament, because it would first be necessary to settle what peoples are on the whole a menace to the! rest of mankind, and to provide! disarmament can never be of prime importance; there is more need to) get rid of the caunes of War than of the implements of war, creased beyond the present number of unite. What is now clearly nece- conary Is to substitute efficient for inefficient units ag the latter become worn-out or it becomes appar- ent that they are usciems. Probably the result would be atigined by add- main strength of the navy, however les and can only Me in the great battleships, the heavily-armored. heavily-gunned vensels which de cide the mastery of the seas, Heavy- armed cruisers also play a most useful part, and wnermned cruisers. haps it would be possible to limit the number of immigrants allowed to come In any one year to New York and other Northern cities, while leaving unlimited the number citizens of this country, and we can well afford to insist upon adequate serutiny of the character of those who are thus proposed for future citizenship, © * © a view to provide by legislation, for SERERERE EERE EERE EERE RE EE ER IE ingle battle ship to our navy | if ewift enough, are very useful ar| 4 88 # RRR RRR RI RR Ri i i iii ik tke o transfer, ution, conse 4 each year, the superseded or out-| scouts, Between antagonists of ap * GREAT HOPES FOR HAGUE CONFERENCE. Me: \cee: Comstiy beteag aid ep ob Sones daly eunal prowens the com. |% STATEHOOD ADMISSION. : up as they ore thus replaced. The| parative perfection of the instru-le @ w REAKHEAAERRERERAR RR AEE HAR HH [UP oe ther are thus replaced. The | rate of war wil ordinarily deter Pee eee eee eee ee ors should not be permitted to une stockholders’ money for such pur- ; abu, moreover, a prohibition Lt T have dwelt much om the dangers / to be avoided by steering clear of any mere foolish sentimentality be-| bloodshed, but, above all, effectively! i. ing event of cause my wish for peace is so genu- the big nations. To this alm we! should endeavor not only to av to strengthen the forees of right. tmmedt iy after the close of the Spanish war, for instance, are vea- sels which wold be of but little use war, ‘The money mine the fight. Hut it is of course true that the man behind the gun, the man in the engine room, and the man in the conning tower, consid- ered not only individually, Dyt engt I recommend that Indian Territory and Okiahoma be admitted as one \ state, and that New Mexico and Arie kona be admitted as one state. ine and earncst; because 1 have 4| The Golden Rule should ba and aaj s-"' Ubon them could have boon | ete mrith reward to the way in LEMEEEREHERERERERENE RE RENE HEHE RE real and great desire that this sec-) the world grows in morality it will) mu8 i: would have been far bet-| whieh they work together, are even| @ ALASKA. b 4 rnd a ; preety land begin nn ing ot mie ter never to have built a single one| more important than the weapont| » 3 onene Rg, of these monitors and have put the| with whieh t work. The mont] » * * ch causing the pence of fasticn|elas though the Golden Wale mudi caus ite om commie constys of t0_{doredaable bastedhip io of course] ON NNT ENE YY EREREESSEO AS ORES throughout the world. No object is|not be construed, in fantastic MAN| serve guns. Most of the smatier| helpless against even a light cruiser] 1 earnestly advocate the adoption American white population of Alaska better worthy the attention of en-|ner, as forbidding the exercive Of) cruisers and gunboats, though they | if the men aboard it are unable to] °F legiwiation which will explicitly (were set forth in my last message. lightened statesmanship than the) the police power, This mighty 004) .0 v0 « useful purpose so far as they |bit anything with thelr guns; and| Confer Amertean citizenship on all|I also earnestly ask your attention eatablishment of a surer method) free Republic should ever deal with! aro needed for international police | thoroughly well-handied cruisers| “!tizen" of Porto Rico. to the needs of the Alaskan In- than now exists of all other states, great or small, ©@| work, would not add to the atrength| may count seriously In an engage-| | earnestly ask that Alaska be/dians. All Indians who are com- dotween nations, both for the}= basis of high honor, reepecting|or our navy in a conflict with a| ment with much superior vemels, if] civen an elective delegate. Some | petent should receive the full rights protection of the little nations and their rights as jealously as it safe-leerioun foo. There is urgent need| the men aboard the Iatter are in-|Dersem should be chosen who can of American citizenship. It is, for * * * * One of the most effective instru- ments for peace is the Monroe Ree} trine as it has been and ts betng gradually developed by this patton | for the prevention of war betwoen | REE REE ARa APPLYING THE MONROE DOCTRINE. * EEE EERE HEHE but in a spirit of frank and rempect- ful friendship, which we hope ts mutual. If all of the republics to’ the south of us will only grow as number of officers, and especially in * * Modern war ships are most formid- able mechanisms when well handled. but they are utterly useless when net welt handied; and they cannot fective, whether from lack of training or from any other cause. EERE EFFICIENT WARSHIP CREWS ARE NEEDED. * * * oererrerrr re rece ee eee re. se. 2 2 ss markamanship of our navy in now on the whole in a gratifying condi- | qm, and there has been a great | provement in fleet practice. we speak with authority of the needs of the territory. The government should aid in the construction of a railroad from the Guif of Alaska to the Yukon river, in American terri- tory. I should prefer that the dele- gate was made elective, but ff this is not deemed wine, then make him eppotntive. The natural resources of Alaska are gret. Some of the chief needs of the peculiarly ener- getic , self-reliant, and instance, a gross and indefensible wrong to deny to such hard-work- ing, decent-living Indians as the Metlakahtlas the right to obtain Meenses as captains, pilots and en- wineers, the right to enter mining claims, and to profit by the home- stead law. These particular In- dians are civilized, and are compe- tent and entitled to be put on the same basis with the white men typically | about them. JUtt-LR---- eee ee eee eee ee ee ee poses, of this kind would be, as far as It) and accepted by other nations, No| those to which I al went, an effective method of stop-| other policy could have been as effi-| grown, all need for ping the evils aimed at in corrupt) cient in promoting peace in the! pectal champion Practice acts. Western hemisphere and in giving) will disappear, ide have already 5 to be the ea-|? handled at all of the Doctrine for m without long and | need additional seamen; we need « careful training. This training can/| large store of reserve guns; we need or immunity, then the giving or pce becomes not only improp- criminal. [t will umdoubt- CAPITAL AND LABOR PROBLEM, * ~ * * * OT KEK KE under no circumstances be given/ sufficient money for ample target when onoe war has broken out. practice, ample practice of every PARRA AHAAHHRARHHHHAEAA HERE HES PEACE CONFERENCE OF NATIONS. * 3 * RR hh first conference of nations From all the powers aceeptance ‘at The Hingue in 1899, being un-) was received, coupled In some cases le to dispose of all the business | with the condition that we should ft, recommended the consid-| wait until the end of the war then and settlement of a number | waging between Russia and Japan. it questions by another | The emperor of Russia, Immediate- e to be called subsequent-|ly after the treaty of peace which Ty and at an early date. | so happily terminated this war, in a one | note presented to the president on In October, 1904, at the instance of September 13. through Ambassador the Interpariiamentary union, Rosen, took the initiative in jpc- ‘at a conference held in the ommending that the conference be States and attended by the now called. The United States gov- ri of 15 different nations, ernment fm response expressed its reiterated the demand for cordial acquiescence and stated that conference of nations, I is-| it would, as a matter of course, take invitations to all the powers) part in the new conference and en- to The Hague convention | deavor to further its aims. We aa- (send delegates to such a confer-| sume that all civilized governments and suggested that {t be again| will support the movement, and at The Hague. In its note of | that the conference ia now an as- 16, 1904, the United sured fact. This government will government communicated | do everything In its power to se- tatives of foreign | cure the success of the conference ita its belief that the con- to the end that substantial progress could be best arranged un- may be made in the cause of In- the provisions of the present ternational peace, justice and good treaty. will, , nd PARAAAARAREREEAEREEEEHAREREEKS ATTITUDE OF U. 8. TOWARDS WORLD'S PEACE. : TUTTE LEE Ls 21th ddeheishchheheicialcleicieieieiel ‘This renders it proper at this time ) continually rails at and abuses other to say something as to the general| nations, who seeks to excite bis attitude of this government toward | countrymen against foreigners on . More and more war ts com-| insnffictent pretexts, who excites to be looked upon as in itself 4) and inflames a perverse and aggres- Jamentable and evil thing. A wan-| sive national vanity, and who may ton or use'ess war, or a war of mere | on occasions wantonly bring on con- in short, any war begun | flict between his nation and some or carried on in a conscienceless| other nation. But there are dema apirit, is to be condemned as a pe-| gogues of peace just as there are culiarly atrocious crime against All| demagogues of war, and in any such humanity. We ean, however, 40| movement as this for The Hague of conference it is essential not to be misled by one set of extremists any more than by other, When ever it is possible for a nation or an tn- dividual to work for real peace, an- suredly it fe failure of duty not so to strive; but if war in necessary and righteous then elther the man or the nation shrinking from it forfeits all title to self-respect. We have secant sympathy with the sent!- mentalist who dreads oppression less than physical suffering, who would prefer a shameful peace to the pain and toll sometimes lament- to each nation thereon the chance to develop along tts own lines. If we had refused to apply the doe-/ trine to changing conditions it would not meet any of the needs of the present day, and indeed would | probably by this time have sunk’ into complete obifvion. It is useful) jat home, and is meeting with recog: | nition abroad because we have adapted our application of it to meet |the growing and ¢ the hemisphere. * That our rights and Interests are deeply concerned tn the mainte- nance of the doctrine ix so clear as| hardly to need argument. This is especially true in view of the con- struction of the Panama canal. A & mere matter of self-defense w must exercise a close watch over the approaches to this canal; and this means that we must be thor- oughly alive to our interests in the| Carribean sea. There are certain essential points! which must never be forgotten as regards the Monroe Doctrine, In| the first place we must as a nation! make It evident that we do not in- tend to treat it in any shape or| way as an excuse for randize ment on our part at the expense of! the republics to the south, We must} recognize the fact that In some! South American countries there has| been much suspicion lest we should interpret the Monroe Doctrine as in’ somo way intmical to their inter-| ests, and we must try to convince all the other nations of this conti- nent once and for all that no just and orderly government has any- thing to fear from we There are certain republics to the south of us which have already reached such a point of stability, order, and pros perity that they themselves, though jas yet hardly conselous, are among the guarantors of this Doctrine. | These republics we now meet not| only on a basis of entire equality, * * * * * We cannot consider the question of our foreign policy without at the same time treating of the Army and the Navy, We now have a very small army—indeed, one well--nigh infinitesral when compared with the army of any other large nation. Of course the army we do have should be an nearly perfect of its kind and for Its wife as is pon- sible, I do not believe that any army In the world has a better ay- ; but the army should be trained to act effectively in a mass. Provision should be made by sufficient appropriations for ‘practions kind #0 tt tt ttt TTT HK KK tk tk THE ARMY NEEDS REFORMS, we tn tt tk ttt tt kt tk tn KK tk den how to under actu- growing American rem to see some great non-American military power acquire territory in its neighborhood. All that = thi publics on this continent shall be happy and prosperous; and their boundaries end behave with ® just regard for their obligations toward outsiders, It must be under ood that under no circumetances will the United States use the Mon- fighting ship of the first « repaire kept they ipo put a new and untrained crew | cannot be happy and prosperous) uoon the most powerful battleship unless they maintain order within) and send it out to meet a formidable enemy insure improvise crews at the « ing craft are concerned, ts absolute Kind at sea, We should substitute for comparatively inefficient types the old third-class battleship Tex the single-turreted monitors « mentioned, and indeed all the mc ttors and some of the old cruisers efficter odern, seagoing veasels Seagoing torpedo boat destroy should be substituted for some of the emailer torpedo boats. Dering the present congress there need be no additions to the aggregate num- ber of units of the navy. Our navy. | though very «mall relatively to the or be laid up save fo: and her er constantly exe j od would now be completely outworn,| country desires is that the other re-| ign eas, no that she may stand on the highest point of perfection. is not o1 dine ster to invite but te 4 dingrace. > threak of war, so far as the serious fight- roe Doctrine as a cloak for terrt- jean, If the officers and men| navies of other mations, t* for the torial aggression. We desire peace| are not t wehiy skitied in, and| present sufficient in point of num- with all the world, but perhaps most] pave not been thoroughly trained | bers for our needs, and while we of all with the other peoples of the! to, their duties, it would be far bet-| must constantly strive to make ite American continent. There are of|ter to keep the ships tn port during | effictency higher, there need be rn course limits to the wrongs whieh any self-respecting nation can en dure. It is always powsible that wrong actions toward this nation, or toward citizens of this nation, in some state unable to keep order pwn peopl able to se from outsiders, and un- willing to do justice to those out siders who treat it well, may result in our having to take action to pro- tect our rights; but such action will not be taken with a view to terri torial aggression, and it will be taken at all only with extreme re Iuctance and when it has become evident that every other resource has been exhausted, Moreover, we must make it evi dent that we do not Intend to per- mit the Monroe Doctrine to be used by any nation on this continent as a shield to protect it from the con- sequences of its own misdeeds against foreign nations. If a repub- a Ne to the south of commits a tort against a foreign nation, sn as an outrage againet a citizen of that nation, then the Monroe Doe: trine does not foree us to interfere to prevent punishment of the tart, save to sew that the punishment does not assume the form of terri- torial ocenpation in any shape. * * * * * * * have opportunity of handling regt+ ments, brigades and divisions, and the commissary and medical depart- ments would be tested in the field. Provision should be made for the at least of a brigné by ¢ of @ division in march- ing and embarking at some point on our coast and disembarking at some other point and continuing ite march. The number of posts in which the army is kept In time of| * peace should be materially dimin-|# ished and the posts that are left] # de correapondingly larger. No|#* local Interests should be allowed to| # stand in the way of assembling the| # greater part of the troops which | #& wauld at need form our field armies | # in stations of such size as will per-|w PORE EE TEE ED TEETER EERE HERES REE EER ERE EERE EE Ee ee have not company or regi- mental garrisons, but hostilities than to gend them against | brigade and’ © * additions to the total number of formidable opponent, for the re-| ships now built and building, save sult could only be that they would|in the way of substitution as above be either sunk captured. The outlined Oe ee eel CHINESE IMMIGRATION. The conditions in China are such that the entire Chinese coolie class, that {®, the class of Chinese iaborers, skilled and unskilled, legitimately come under the head of undesirable im- migrants to this country, because of thelr numbers, the low wages for which they work, and their low standard of living. Not only ts it to the interest of this country to keep them out, but the Chinese authorities do not desire that they should be admitted. At present their entrance is probiblted by laws amply adequate to accomplish this purpose. These laws have been, are being, and will be, thoroughly enforced. The viola- tions of them are so few in number as to be infinitesimal and be entirely disregarded. There fs no serious proposal to alter the immigration law as regards the Chinese laborer, skill- ed or unskilled, and there is no exense for any man feeling or affecting to feel the slightest alarm on the subject But in the effort to carry out the policy of excluding Chi- nese laborers, Chinese coolies, grave injustice and wrong have been done by this nation to the people of China, and therefore ultimately to this nation itself. Chinese students, business and professional men of all kinds—not only merchants, but bankers, doctors, manufacturers, professors, travelers, and the like should be encouraged to come here and treated on precisely the same footing that we treat students, business men, travelers and the like of other nations. Our laws and treaties should be framed, not so as to put these people in the excepted classes but to state that we will admit all Chinese, except Chinese of the coolie class, Chinese skilled or unskilled laborers, Pxamina- tions should be completed at the port of departure from Chim For this purpose there should be provided a more adequate cor sular service in China than we now have, As a people we have talked much of the open door in China, and we expect, and quite rightly intend to insist upon, justice being shown us by the Chinese. We can not ask the Chinese to do to us what we are unwilling to do to them. They would have a perfect right to exclude our laboring men if our Inboring men threatened to come into their country in such numbers as to jeopardize the well-being of the Chinese population; and as these were the con- ditions with which Chinese immigration actually brought this people face to face, we had and have a perfect right, whieh the Chinese government in no way contests, to act as we have act~ ed in the matter of restricting coolie immigration. That this right exists for each country Was explicitly acknowledged in the Inst treaty between the two countries. But we must treat the Chinese xtudent, traveler, and business man fn a aptrit of the broadest, justice and courtesy if we expect similar treat- ment to be accorded to our own people of similar rank who go to China, Much trouble has come during the past summer from the organized boycott against American goods which has been started in China, The main factor in producing this boy- cott has been the resentment felt by the students and business mwople of China, by all the Chinese leaders, against the harsh- ness of our law toward educated Chimamen of the professional and business classes. announced Cee eee SSeS CICS See eee eee eo Se tee ee The income of the Philippine gov- ernment has necessarily been re- duced by reason of the business and agricultural depression in the is- tands, and the government has been | obliged to exercise great economy to cut down {ts expenses, to reduce salaries, and in every way to avold a deficit. It has adopted an inter- nal-revenue law, imposing taxes on cigars, cigarettes, and distilled liquors, and abolishing the old Span- ish Industtrial taxes. The law has not operated as smoothly as was hoped, and although its principle is undoubtedly correct, it may need amendments for the purpose of oneiling the people to its provi- sions. The income derived from it has partly made up for the reduc- tion Im customs revenue. A year from next April the first legislative assembly for the islands will be held. On the sanity and self-restraint of this body much will depend so far as the future self- government of the islands is con- corned. The most encouraging feature of the whole situation has been the very great interest taken by the common people in education and the great increase in the number of enrolled students in the public schools. The increase was from 300,000 to half a million pupils. The average attendance is about 70 per cent. The only limit upon the num- ber of pupils seems to .¢ the capac- ity of the government to furnish teachers and schoolhouses. The agricultural conditions of the islands enforce more >: than ever the argument in Yavor of re- ducing the tariff on the ot the Philippine islands entering the United States, I earnestly recom- mond that the tariff now imposed by the Dingley bill upon the prod- ucts of the Philippine islands be entirely removed, except the tariff on sugar and tobacco, and that that tariff be reduced to 25 per cent of the present rates under the Dingley Act; that after July 1, 1909, the tar- iff upon tobacco and sugar produced in the Philtppine islands be entirely removed, and that free trade be- tween the islands and the United States in the products of each coun- try then be provided for by law. ——-. * * * - Immediate steps should be taken for the fortification of Hawaii. This is the most important point in the Pacific to fortify in order to con- serve the interests of this country. Hawaii is too heavily taxed. Laws should be enacted setting aside for CR -ooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee e e e e o HAWAIL * * TERRE ARERR REE RR Ree & period of, say 20 years 75 per cent of the internal revenue and customs receipts from Hawaii as a special fund to be expended in the tsiands for educational and public buildings, and for harbor improvements and military and naval defenses, SOMMMMAHAHHAHERIARERSERARAEOHEDS MERCHANT MARINE. * * * * * Lit hee eee eee ee ee eB To the spread of our trade in peace and the defense of our flag in war a great and prosperous mer- chant marine is indispensable. We should have ships of our own and seamen of our own to convey our goods to neutral markets, and in case of need to reinforce our battle line. It can not but be a source of regret and uneasiness to us that the lines of communication with our sister republics of South America * * * * * The pelnt which remains unset- OOO RO RIO ae PANAMA CANAL SR RR kk RR RnR Ro Rk iO Rk to tae should be chiefly under foreign con- trol. It is not a good thing that American merchants and manufae- turers should have to send their goods and letters to South America via Europe if they wish security and dispatch. Even on the Pacific where our ships have held their own better than on the Aalantic, our merchant flag is now threaten- ed through the liberal aid bestowed by other governments on their own steam lines, * ° © as may Seem necessary, What is, needed now ae we cotta