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day should completely disarm. the
result would mean an immediate re
crudescence Of barbarism in one form
or another. Under any circumstances
a sufficient armament would have
to be kept UP to serve the purposes
of International police: and until in
ternational cohesion and the If
international duties and rights are
far more advanced than at present, d,
nation DESTROYS both Of securing ra-
spect for itself and of doing good t.
others must have a force adequate
for the work which it feels is allotted
to it as it's part of the general world
duty. Therefore it follows that a sell
respecting, just, and farseeing nation
should on the one hand endeavor by
every a to aid in the develop
ment of the various movements which
enc to provide substitutes for war
which end to render nations IN their
actions towards n another, II in
deed toward their own peoples. more
responsive to the general sentiment
of humane and civilized mankind:
keep prepared. while scrupulouslv
avoiding wrongdoing itself, to repcI
any wrong, n in exceptional cases
to take action which in a more advanc
ed stage of international relations
would come under the head of the
exercise of the international police.
A great free people owes it TO itself
and t all mankind not TO sin into
helplessness before the powers of ev
il.
We are in every way e~ndeayorina
to help on, with cordial good will.
every movement which will tend t.
bring us into more friendly relations
with the res of mankind. In pur-
suance of this policy | shall shortly
lay before the Senate treaties Of ar
bitration with all powers which are
willing to enter into these treaties
with us. 1t is not possible at this
period of the worlds development &c
agree to arbitrate all matters, but
there are many matters of possible
difference between us and other ma
lions which can be thus arbitrated.
Furthermore, at the request of the
Interparliamentary Union, an eminent
body composed of practical statesmen
from all countries, | have asked the
Powers to join with this Government
in a second Hague conference, al
which it is hoped that the work al
ready so happily begun ut The Hague
may be carried some steps furthe.
toward completion. This carries out
the desire expressed by the frs,
Hague Conference itself.
Policy Toward Other Nations of the
Western Hemisohere.
~ IL l1Ol u uG Jud LHC 0uIlGu States
feels any land hunger or e%ntertaias
any project as regards the other ma
of the Western Hemisphere
such as are for their welfare.
All that this country desires is to see
neighboring countries stable, ord |
erly, n prosperous. Any country
nnnnIo oor54 |
well a count upon hearty friendship
1t a nation shows that it knows how
TO act with reasonable efficiency ard
1ecency in social and political mat.
ters. if it keeps order and pays It's
it need fear no inIerfer-
from the United States. Chronic
or an impotence which
results in a general ~loosening of the
les of civilized society, may II Amer
ca, as elsewhere, ultimately require
Intervention by some civilized nation
in the Western Hemisphere the
adherence of the United States to The
doctrine may force the Unit
ID States. however reluctantly, in
cases of such wrongdoing or
impotence, to the exercise of an inter
rational police power. If every coun
ry washed by the Caribbean Sea would
how the progress in stable and just
utilization which with the aid Of The
'latt amendment Cuba has shown
ince our troops left the island. and