The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-12
PRESIDENT SAYS
 "LET'S SING DIXIE" Great Ovation is Given at
 Chautauqua TAKES UP TRUST QUESTION Extends Coincidence to New Orleans In Present Affllction and Says Whole Country Will Come to Res
 cue If Necessary,
TAXES UP TRUST QUESTION

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 where a stop W q e he was accorded a greeting as onate as It was en- thusiastic. All a. Ing the entire route this afternoon and this evening rain fell heavily. but the storm seemed to have little effect on the determination or the people to see the President, and if possible to hear him speak. During the afternoon President Roosevelt made brief addresses from the rear platform of his car at Salamca, Hornellsville, Elmyra and Waverly At Hornellsville the Pres ident touched upon the horrors of the yellow fever epidemic now raging in New Orleans. His address follows:
 Sympathy for New Orleans.
 My friends, in passing through Penn sylvanh and New York today, and real izing the happiness and prosperity or our people, have felt so much that We ought all of us to realize that there is one por- ton of our country now which has been overtaken by a great disaster. The city of New Orleans is suffering in its com test with yellow fever, and no one who has not been through an epidemic, or the threat of an epidemic of that kind, can appreciate the full horror that 1t brings. The national government Is now doing whatever it can do to help New Orleans. As yet that sympathy Is limited simply to the action of the medical branch. We stand ready to help that great city at any time, and I know the sympathy of every other part of the country goes out to the people of New Orleans and Of Louisiana as they battle valiantly against the foe that has come upon them.''
 Every station on the line of the Erie railroad from Hornellsville to this point was thronged with people. At one or two places where the train slowed down, but. did not stop, the President waved his hands torthe crowds which broke into cheers as the special train passed. Al Elmyra, where a convention of volun- teer fremen is being held, the President addressed his brief remarks particularly to them. crowd of several thousand persons had also assembled at the sta- tion, every conceivable point of vantage being taken by the people.
 Given chautauqua Salute.
 Let us give President Roosevelt the Chautauqua salute at its best With these words Bishop John H. Vincent to- day closed his brief introduction of the President to the Chautauqua assembly. Instantly 10000 white handkerchiefs fut- tered in the air over the heads of the vast audience in the great amphitheatre. It was an inspiring and beautiful sight and as President Roosevelt stepped for ward smiling the audience as one per- son arose and cheered enthusiastically,
 When the President was escorted to the assembly platform by Bishop Vincent the great audience rose and cheered for full minute. Under the lead of the fine pipe organ the chorus and the audience sang the Star Spangled Banner" and then at the request of President Roose- welt "Dixie" was sung amid immense en- thusiasm.
 President Roosevelt Speaks.
 To-day wish to speak to you on one feature of our national foreign policy and one feature of our national domestic policy.
 .sThe Monroe doctrine is not part of International law But it Is the funda- mental feature of our entire foreign policy so far as the Western Hemisphere Is con cerned, and it has more and more been meeting with recognition abroad. The reason why 1t is meeting with this recog- milton is because we have not allowed 1t to become fosslized but have adapted our construction of it to meet the grow ing, changing needs of this hemisphere. Fossilization, of course, means death. whether to an individual, government or a doctrine.
 'It is out of the question to claim a right and yet shirk the responsibility for exercising that right. When we announce a policy such as the Monroe doctrine we thereby commit ourselves to accept- "~f ftx< n,aA these consequences from time to time alter.
 What It Really Is.
 Let us look for a moment at what the Monroe doctrine really is It forbids the territorial encroachment of non-American powers on American soil. Its purpose Is partly to secure this nation against see- ing great military powers obtain new footholds in the Western Hemisphere, and partly to secure to our fellow-republics south of us the chance to develop along their own lines without being oppressed or conquered by non-American powers. As we have grown more and more powerful our advocacy of this doctrine has been received with more and more respect; but what has tended most to give the doctrine standing among the nations Is ous growing willingness to show that we not only mean what We say and are prepared lO Ddtk II hps Dut Aidh WI iiicnl to recognize our obligations to foreign peoples no less than to insist upon our own rights.
 We cannot permanently adhere to the Monroe doctrine unless we succeed in making 1t evident in the first place that we do not Intend to treat 1t in any shape or way as an excuse for aggrandizement on our part at the expense of the repub- lies to the south of us: second. that we do not intend to permit it to be used by any of these republics as a shield to protect that republic from the consequences of it's own misdeeds against foreign na- tions: third, that inasmuch as by thIs doctrine we prevent other nations from interfering on this side of the water we shall ourselves in good faith try to help those of our sister republics. which need such help, upward toward peace and order
 "As regards the first point we must recognize the fact that in some South American countries there has been much suspicion lest we should interpret the Monroe doctrine in some way inimical to their interests. Now let 1t be under stood once for all that no just and or derly government on this continent has anything to fear from us. There are cer- tain of the republics south of us which have already reached such a point of
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