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KZELssnmii 1 DECEMBER 9. 1904 Buffered by it The cases must be ex tremo in which such a course is jus tifiable. There must be no effort sparer to remove the beam from our eye. But in extreme cases action may be justifi able and proper. What form the ac tion shall take must depend upon the circumstances of the case; that is, upon the degree of the atrocity and upon our power to remedy it "The cases in which wo could inter fere by force of arms as wo interfered to put a stop to intolerable conditions in Cuba are necessarily very few. Yet it is not to be expected that a people like ours, which in spite of certain . very obvious shortcomings, neverthe less as a whole, shows by its consistent practice its belief in the principles of civil and religious liberty and of or derly freedom, a people among whom even the worst crime, like the crime of lynching, is never more than spor adic, so that individuals and not classes are molested in their fundamental rightsit is inevitable that such a na tion should desire eagerly to give ex pression to its horror on an occasion like that ct the massacre of the Jews in Kisheneff, or when it witnesses such systematic and long-extended cruelty and oppression as the cruelty ' and oppression of which the Armen ians have been the victims, and which have won for them the indignant pity of the civilized world. "Even where it is not possible to se cure in other nations the observance of the principles which we accept as axiomatic, it is necessary for us firmly to inBist upon the rights of our own citizens without regard to their creed or race; without regard to whether they were born here or born abroad. "It has proved very difficult to se cure from Russia the right for our Jewish fellow citizens to receive pass ports and travel through Russian ter ,. ,ritory. , Such, conduct is not only un just" arid irritatinc toward us, but it is difficult to see its wisdom from Rus sia's standpoint. No conceivable good iB accomplished by it. If an Ameri - can, Jew or. an American Christian misbehaves himself in Russia he can at once be driven out; but the ordi nary American Jew. like the ordinary American Christian, would behave just about as he behaves here, that is, be have as any good citizen ought to be have; and where this is the case it is a wrong against which we are entitled .to protest to refuse him his passport without regard to his conduct and character, merely on racial and relig ious grounds. In Turkey our difficul ties arise, less from the way in which our citizens are sometimes treated than from the indignation Inevitably ex cited in seeing such fearful misrule as has been witnessed both in Armenia and Macedonia." The Phillfplnos '' Referring to .the Philippines, the president says that great progress has been, made in the government . of the islands, and concerning the Filipinos, he says; "At present they are utterly incapa ble of existing in independence at all or of building up a civilization of their own. I firmly believe that we can help . them to rise higher and higher in the scale of civilization and of capacity for self-government, and I most earnest- .' ly hope that in the end they will be able, to stand, if not entirely alone, yet in some such relation to the United States as Cuba now stands. This -e l is not yet in sight, and it may be In definitely postponed if our people are foolish enough to turn the attention of the Filipinos away from the problems The Commoner. 13 Mm$ung$Q(M& Oarea deep Beatad Gowbaasd OoldftOronp i all r(MbMVreierj$lM, tOa. aod 2Se. pw bottle. of achieving moral and material pros-1 ijemy, oi wonting ror a stable, or lerly and just government, and toward "oolish and dangerous intrigues for a complete independence for which thov are as yet totally unfit. "On, the other hand our people must keep steadily before their minds the fact that the justification for our stay in the Philippines must ultimately rest chiefly upon the good we are able to do in the islands. "I do not overlook the fact that In the development of our interests In tbe Pacific ocean and along its coasts, the Philippines have played and will play an important part, and that our inter ests have been served in moro than one way by the possession of the Is lands. But our chief reason for con tinuing to hold then must bo that we ought in good faith to try to do our share of .the world's work, and this particular piece of work has been im posed upon us by the results of the war with Spain. The problem presented to us In the Philippine islands is akin m. but not exactly like, the nroblems pre sented to the other great civilized pow ers which have possessions in the orient." Referring to the experiment, of n elective lower house in the Philippine legislature to be tried in two years. the president says: "It is a good thing to try the experiment of rivinir them a legislature; but it is a far better thing to give them schools, good roads, railroads which will enable them to get their products to market, honest courts, an honest and efficient con stabulary, and all that tends to pro duce order, peace, fair deal in c as be tween man and man, and habits of intelligent Industry and thrift." The president deprecates criticism of the administration's Philippine policy, saying: "Tnero is need of a vigilant and disinterested support of our public servants in the Philippines by goo-J citizens here In the United States. Un fortunately hitherto those of our peo ple nere at nome wno have specially claimed to be the champions of the Filipinos have in reality been their worst enemies. This will continue to bo the caso as long as they strivp to make the Filipinos independent, and stop all Industrial development of the island by crying out against the laws which would bring it on the ground that capitalists must not 'exploit' the Islands. Such proceedings are not only unwise, but are most harmful to the Filipinos, who do not need indepen dence at all, but who do need good laws, good public servants, and the industrial development that can only come If the investment of American and foreign capital in the Islands Is favored in all legitimate ways." Here the president earnestly recom mends that there be no halt in the work of upbuilding the American navy. He says that the navy Is "the strong arm of the government in enforcing respect for Its just rights in interna tional matters." Russia, and Japan Referring to the war between Russia and Japan, the president says: "The war which now unfortunately rages in tbe far east has emphasized in striking fashion the new possibilities of naval warfare. The lessons taught are both strateiric and tactical, and are politi cal a3 well as military. Tne experiences of the warN have e own in conclusive fashion that while sea-going and sea keeping torpedo destroyers are indis pensible, and fast lightly armed anJ armored cruisers very useful, yet that the main reliance, the main standby, itiv "aw worthv the name must be the great battleships, heavily armored and heavily gunned. Not a Russian or Japaneso battleship has been sunk by a torpedo boat, or by gunfire, wbilo among the leas protected elilpo cruiser after cniiscr has been destroyed when ever the hostilo squadronB hnvo gotten within range of ono another's weapon. Thoro will alwayB bo a laruo field of usefulness for cruisers, especially of tho moro formidable tvno. Wo nnod to Increaso tho ntimbor of torpedo boat destroyers, paying less heed to their having a knot or two of oxtrn speed than to their capacity to keep tho seas for weeks, and. if necessary, for months at a time. It is wlso to build submarino torpedo boats, as under cer tain circumstances they might bo very UBeful. But most of all wo need to con tinue building our fleet of battleships, or ships so powerfully armed that Jioy can inflict tho maximum of damage upon our opponents, and so well nrn- tccted that they can suffer a sovoro hammering in return without fatal im pairment of their ability to light and maneuver." Here the president devotes some at tention to tho protection of our coasts and recommends an oxtensivo systom of floating mines for uso in all Im portant harbors. Tho rapid settlement and develop ment of Alaska is hero referred to and tho president recommends that tho salaries of the district judges and dis trict attornoys in Alaska be increased so as to make them equal to tliQse re ceived by corresponding officers in the United States, aftordeducting the dif ference in the cost of living. Here the president dovotes some at tention to the subject of forests, recom mending that the forest work of the 'government lie concentrated In tho department of agriculture. On tho subject of national parks and game preserves tho president says: -urvery support snouia be given to the authorities of tho Yellowstone park In their successful efforts at preserv ing tho larire creatures thorofn; and at very little expense portions of tho public domain in other regions which are wholly unsuited to agricultural set tlement could be similarly utilized. The limits of the Yellowstone park should be extended southwards. The canyon of the Colorado should be made a na tional park; and the national park sys tem should include the Yosemlte and as many as possible of the groves of giant trees In California." The president hero recommends an annual census of live stock and pays a high tribute to the department of agriculture in experimenting with the growth of foreign grains and fruits. rrfcxrr. JLVSA fMMV' for Carl m m mmT tli a La rtli nrrtem aat at tho work of i-jO. 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