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ms,ysrnmeat Of the frst named He de-
s0'@ n sse delegate from Alaska In
que Foreign Pokey.
m,s steady aim OF this nation, as Of
4 ~ enlightened nations should Be toI
10 bring ever nearer the day
'a sao there shall prevail throughout
w. NV world the peace Of justice, butt
,o are kinds Of peace which are
sass,v undesirable, which are in the
rs w. run as destructive as any war.
ss Ss coal TO set before US as a nation,
4. coal which should be set before all
r.nEiud. is the attainment Of the
soce of Justice, OF the peace which
.,ros when each nation is not merely
.staguarded In Its own rights, but
Cautiously recognizes and performs
1. duty toward others. Generally
ss.ca tells for Righteousness, but If
,ssra is conflict between the two then
~ ,aalty is due first to the cause Of
Ssbtsousness. Unrighteous wars are
.'mmon and uarighteous peace is rare
:, both should be Stunned. The
M Of freedom and the responsibility
!, The exercise Of that right cannot be
,,rorced One of our great poets has
~oIl and finely said that freedom is not
gtt that tarries long In the hands Of
awards. Neither does it tarry long in
so hands Of those too slothful, too dis
oDest or too unintelligent to exercise
The eternal vigilance which is the
,ce of liberty must be exercised
'motlmes TO guard against outside
hos although, of course, far more Of
M to guard against our own selfish or
houghtless Shortcomings.
II Is our duty to remember that ma
hu has no more right to do injustice
another nation, strong or weak, than
Individual has to do injustice to an
hQr individual; that the same moral
Nv applies in one case as in the other
but we must also remember that it is
much the duty Of the nation to
Euard its own rights and its own inter
sy as it is the duty of the individual
10 do. Until some method IS devised
which there shall be degree Of in
national control over offending ma
bus 1t would be wicked thing fol-
most civilized powers, for those
FL most sense Of international obi
nons and with keenest and most gen
10 appreciation of the difference be
veen right and wrong, to disarm. Il
Be great civilized nations Of the pres
h day should completely disarm, tht
sult would mean an immediate re
ndescence of barbarism in one form
another. Under any circumstances
Ehcent armament would have to b
pt up to serve the purposes of inter
HHonal police, and until internationa
Fheslon and the sense of internationa
uues and rights are far more ad
inced than at present a nation desir
Is both Of securing respect for itsel
ni Of doing good to others must hav'
force adequate for the work which |
Rss Is allotted to it as it's part Of th'
neral world duty. Therefore it fol
Fs that self respecting. just AM
seeing nation should on the on
nd endeavor by every means to ali
the development of the variou
9vements which tend to provide sub
II 1utes for war, which tend to rende
lions In their actions toward one an
per and indeed toward their owl
ples more responsive to the genera
lument of humane and civilize
u. nElnd, and, on the other hand, tina
mould keep prepared, while scrupr
NY avoiding wrongdoing itself, t
ri any wrong and In exceptions
as to take action which In a NOR
anced stage of international rela
III ~ would come under the head Q
- exercise of the international polic'
NH Arbitration Treaties.
les1 ~ are in every way endeavoring
on with cordial good will, ever
IL 'ement which will tend to bring I
M more friendly relations with tt
O. VI mankind. In pursuance Of TIL
y Shall shortly lay before the ser
W. treaties Of arbitration with all pow
PIN mmch are willing to enter into thes
'es with us. 1t is not possible {
gsra period Of the worlds developmeI
S'ee to arbitrate all matters. bl
I, are many matters of possib
aence between us and other nj
which can be thus arbitrate'
-s.more, at the request Of the Il
s'namentary union, an eminel
imposed of practical statesme
al countries, | have asked II
- 70 join. with this goyernmer
|y 'sond Hague conference, at whie
I0ped that the work already
:! begun at The Hague may
some steps further towar
~uon- This carries out the d
.plessed by the first Hague co
y Itself.
Inward other Nations I
"sssern Hemisphere.
MI true that the United stat
sS lana hunger or entertain
n ''yeeis as regards the other "a
- y 'ne western hamisphere sa'
s,. a's Tor their welfare. All ID
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