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Foreign Policy.
The steady aim Of this nation as VI
all enlightened nations, should DC -
strive to bring ever nearer Ine uuy
when there shall prevail Throughout
the world the peace OF Justice Dut
there are kinds OF peace WHICH ale
highly undesirable, which are lh lne
long run as destructive as any war
The goal to set before us as nation,
the coal which should be set before ali
mankind. is the attainment OF the
peace of Justice, Of the peace "hicn
| comes when each nation is not merely
safepuorded In it's own rights, put
sc,11nulOusly recognizes and perIorhs
its duty toward others. Gehera'ly
peace tells for righteousness out
tbere Is conflict between the two then
our fealty is due first to the cause OF
| Righteousness. UnrighteOus wars are
common and unrighteous peace Is rare
but both should be Stunned. Inc
right of freedom and the responsibility
for the exercise Of that right cannot De
divorced. One of our great poets mas
we'll and finely said that freedom Is not
q Gift that tarries long In the hands or
towards. Neither does ii tarry long IN
the hands of those too slothful, too dis
/ honest or too unintelligent to exercise
If. The eternal vigilance which is the
4; price of liberty must be exercised
sometimes to guard against outside
: foes, although, Of course, far more OF
ten to guard against our own selfish or
/ thoughtIess shortcomings.
It is our duty to remember that ma
/ ton has no more right TO do injustice
/ to another nation, strong or weak. than
| an individual has to do injustice to en-
! other individual; that the same moral
! law applies in one case as in the Otter.
! But we must also remember that IL Is
as much the duty of the nation to
! guard its own rights and its own inter
! ests as 1t is the duty Of the individual
J so to do. Until some method Is devised
! by which there shall be a degree OF IN
I ternational control over offending ma
the most civilized powers. for those
with most sense of international Obli-
cations and with keenest and most gen
erouS appreciation of the difference be-
tween right and wrong. to disarm- II
the great civilized nations Of the pres
ent day should completely disarm, the
result would mean an immediate re-
oP 10 -lDo e.,
or another. Under any circumstances n
sufficient armament would have TO be
kept up to serve the purposes Of inter
national police, and until international
cohesion and the sense of international
duties and rights are far more adj
vanced than at present nation desir-
Gus both Of securing respect for itself
and of doing good to others must have
a force adequate for the work which II
feels is allotted to it as its part OF the
general world duty Therefore II fol-
lows that a self respecting. just and
farseeing nation should on the one
hand endeavOr by every means to aid
In the development OF the various
movements which tend to provide sub
nations in their actions toward one an
other and indeed toward their own
peoples more responsive TO the general
sentiment of humane and civilized
mankind, and, ION the other hand. that
it should keep prepared, while scrTlpu-
lously avoiding wrongdoing itself. to
repel any wrong and In exceptional
cases to take action which in a more
advanced stage Of international rela-
tons would come under the head OF
the exercise Of the international police.
Arbitration Treaties.
We are in every way endeavoripg IN
help on, with cordial good will, every
movement which will tend to bring IA
into more friendly relations with the
rest of mankind. In pursuance Of this
policy l shall. shortly lay before the SEN
ate treaties Of arbitration with all now
ers which are willing to enter into these
treaties with us. 1t is not possible AT
this period Of the worlds DEVELOPMENT
TO agree to arbitrate all matters. but
there are many matters of Dossible
difference between us and other ma
Furthermore, at the request OF the in
terpariiamentaTy union. an eminent
body composed of practical statesmen
from all countries, / have asked the
powers to join with this government
in second Hague conference, at which
1T is hoped that the work already so
happily begun at The Hague may be
carried some steps further toward
completion. This carries out tie de
sire expressed by the first Hague con-
ference itself.
Policy Toward other Nation. NJ
Western Hemisphere.
1t is not true that the United States
feels any land hunger or entertains
any projects as regards the other ma.
lions of the western hemisphere save
such us are for their welfare. All that
this country desires is to see the neigh
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