Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-05
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extracts from an address by sena.
1or Davis before the alumni OF the
University OF Pennsylvania on .Iune 70.
United States will command the
sreatest part OF the with the
onihese Orient. We can produce every
arucie that can be sold in this new and
Ilhitless market.l To conduct that
commerce we need to o only one
ocean; europe must traverse the At
ldnlic' q Mediterranean, the Red Sea
ana the Pacific. Auxiliary to this want
age or position on the American CONT
nent we possess the Philippines. nm
doubtedly the richest of all the ISLANDS
Oh the seas, thanking the coast of China
Lor l'zoo miles, Hawaii and the insular
extension OF Alaska, which impends
over middle Asia. thus dominating
southeastern Asia and the Asiatic Pa
cific ocean.
Inc action of Secretary Hay In the
solution of this problem was diligent
ana wise. He stated to the great pow
ers what was desired and expected by
the united States, in notes of the same
tenor to each government. These pa-
pers are models in every way.
Inc assurances sought were prompt
" n unreservedly given by Greet
brltaln, Germany, Russia, France. Italy
and Japan. No diplomatic achieve.
ent In our history, excepting the tire ,ty
negotiated by Franklin by which our
independence was acknowledged and
the conventions by which Louisian,
n the provinces of Mexico were ac-
CURED, can be placed before this ne
EQUATION. 1t did not expand our pos
sessions, but it will expand our in
fuence and ascendancy immeasurably.
Time and the hour will prove that Sec
rotary Hay has, by this achievement IN
international policy, served not only
the present interests Of his country,
but has also secured for it advantages
which will be yielded with increasing
benefits through a very long future.
The foreign relations of the United
States are in every respect auep'cious
for peace. No portent is seer that can
u any reasonable fear of war. We
were ley more friendly with all ma
lions than we r e today. There is not
now, and there never was, any secret
alliance, compact or understanding be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain. Germany does not purpose any
enterprise in defiance Of the Monroe
doctrine, nor Is there any controversy
between that empire and this govern
ment which, in the least degree, war
rants the apprehension of anything
more serious than vigorous and bene-
fetal negotiations. Each state enacts
its w economic and protective laws,
and each state has it's right to do 81.
These conflicting economic policies will
in due time, be brought to the mini
mum of conflict by wise and concili2-
tory diplomacy.
The sovereignty of the United States
has been expanded immensely by the
war with Spain. | believe that for this
the American people were o9d1ined
There need be no fear for the future.
With all this, the United States will, as
always heretofore, stand for peace. II
is as true Of nations as it is of the
smallest villages, or Of two families, or
Of two men, that peace is secured by
obedience to that precept of righteous
selfishness-mind your W affairs. We
shall not entangle ourselves in the con-
troversies Of European states. nor by
an unfriendly act intermeddle with
that which does not concern us.
"The United States is the great arm
ed neutral of the world. 1t will have
peace, not as the boon Of a suppliant
non-combatant, but as the right of a
peace-loving, armored, p%uissant nation,
whose rights are secured by its mani
fest ability to cause other nations to
respect them"