Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-03
the correspondence on the subject with the German and English ambassadors and, continuing, said:

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 Both powers assured us in explicit terms on @ their cir parts-to r D violate the principles of the Monroe doctrine, and this assurance
 i. Sa 51at Wts F an hie so9d faitn part, At the same time the existence of hostilities in region so near our own ties of danger in the future that it was obviously no less our duty to ourselves than our duty to hptnanty to ;1 sndeavor es. z, J, frank friendliness to to ali the parties con; cordially responded, we secured resump- tion of peace, the contend1ng parties eoud ne sefe nonR be. referred to The Hague tribunal for The terms which we have secured as those under which the isthn1ian canal is to be built and the course of events in the the e1I ever growing towing infiuence % ~ of the United sssef iP the SaSe power shail redound not to the harm but to the benefit of our sister republics whose strength is less.
 The Monroe doctrine is not interna-
 ay beeome sns such tis is % not qs s as long as it,remains 2 cardinal feature of our foreign policy and as t long as we pos g. max make f' # efreetive M | Believe I T in the Monroe doctrine with all my heart and soul. of our fellow countrymen so believe in it. but I would infinitely prefer to see us ad haa 5ou t9 it qs m to sd up the efficient fighting strength which In the last resort can alone make it respected by any strong foreign power whose inter
 There is a homely old adage which runs:
 R eo fsGfty n the eag ss nason vii speak softly and yet build and Keep at psch of the highest otns go far.
 The president then rehearsed what had been done during the past two years to increase the efficiency of the navy. Tn conclusion he said:
 our favor nayg the war n s had besn Quilt and made efficient during the preceding esn o aa and ss ssntago sgs na' hsd besn B under pfevious adminIstrations with mon 9 9y preyoSSisd Sid sfx so well because they had already been trained to it by long sea service. All men who actually did the fighting, but remember too, to honor the pubic men, Ne V ,eWs it 0 that ln lsss we had had craft so so towers, in the sun turrs cts and in the en- zine rooms 1t Is too late to prepare for war when war has come, and if we only prepare sufficiently no war will ever como, We wish a powerful and efficient navy not for purposes of war, but as the surest guarantee of peace. If we have such a navy-if we keep on building 1t up-we may rest assured that there is but the smallest chance that trouble will ever come to this nation. and we may like wise rest assured that no foreign power will ever quarrel with us about the M0n- roe doctrine.
 Immediately preceding his address in the Auditorium President Roosevelt was entertained at dinner in the ban quet hall of the Auditorium by the members of the local entertainment committee. About 15O guests were present besides the president and his party.
 The programme of the day, to which the president gave his hearty approval, opened with a visit to Evanston, sew enteen miles to the northward, and a brief address there to the students of the Northwestern university; luncheon at 12:30 at the Auditorium annex, and a trip in the afternoon to the Universi- ty of Chicago, where the president re- cetved the degree of IL. D.