The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-23
WEATHER F0REGAsT. \ washingt1n, Feb. zz.--For Alabanaas
 Fair Thursdny and FFsaays Iieht varia- hie wirsfn.

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 Tn presenting the. name of Emperor William, pr MitctaIl said:
 The breadth and sarnestness of his imperial knajesty's intellectual sympa- tnies, the personal generosity which has fostered science and literature and his far-sighted interest in the Inter national exchange of university influ- ence, make 1t most fit that great university recognize in the man and in the rules of q kindted race his service to learning.
 z srherefore, at the request and by the authority os the trustees of tho University of PennsSivapia, ask provost to confer upon his imperial majesty. the German emperor and king of Prussia, through hts ambassador. the. degree of doctor rk lava"
 Other degrees were eonferred as fol- lows: @
 Doctor of Laws sif Henry Sorti- mer Durand. ambassador from Great Britain: Rear Admlral Charles Edgar Clarke, United states Naxys Senator Philander Chase Knox and David Thompeon Watson Of riktsbnrg.
 Doctor of LetteTs: Thomas Bailey Aldrfch.
 Doctor of Science: Isohert simpson Woodward, preaidank ef the Carnegie Institute.
 At the conclusion 4ok tho ceremonies Provot Harrison mada c bTIef intro- duceOry remarks and President Roose- welt delivered his orasior.
 1Gr. Roosevelt said iii part:
 AEr. RcOsesclt'a Ageerh.
 share Of great men. but he two men of pre-eminent greatness WhoI as the centuries go on, win surely loom above all others are Washingtol and Lincoln {; and 1t Is peculiarly httfnE that their birthdays should 6e calehrated every year and the meaning ef their lives ] brought home close to nk.
 ,S.s Mo oshsE sisg n as ts sanasy s sS career as Philadelphia. Be served here in 1TT5 in the Continental Congress. 1 He was here as cofpmagUEr of the Army at the time of tho battles of Brandxwlne and GermaAspwn; and It was near hers that with thar army he faced the desolate Wlntnf at Valley Forge. the winter which marked the War. Here he came again as Presi- dent of the Convention which framed i the Constitution. and then Hs President of the United states and nnaliy, ,,a.. as he had retired from the Presidency. One hundred and eighx years ago. 1 just before he left the Prt7idencys he Issued his farewell addFees, and in it
 
 he believed should gHide tho citizens 1 of this Republic for Rh tirnS 10 come. his words being. which appear to me your felicity as D people
 Washington, though h some ways l an eveu greater man than Lincoln, did not have Lincoin'H wond sftul gift ot certain speeches of the fnil.splItter | from Illinois read like thH Inspired uts terances ot the great HspEew seMsrs M \ coln's sound common aenss far-sig gfit- l ednesss and devotion fo ipfty ideal. I Like Lincoln he sought akteF the neb- i lest objeeta. and Ike tlsnee hs sought I afteF them by thakt<f f pfActicai 1 4uethods. Il.esA IVY tstst Asrets. eanB caa fafrtv hn Tea led sfs best | ainong the great YriSu Of the world
 sne gTeris gTsai5est aeS song sss nsa sctua s l practice his capacity to secure under | our system the priceless union of in- dividual liberty with governmental vices of the tyrant as from the vices | of the demagogue. To each the empty l futility of the mere doctrinatre was as alien as tho baseness of the merely
 self-seeking politician. Each was In. capable alike of the wickedness which 1 seeks by force of arms to wrong oth-
 CTS and Of the no less criminal weak | against being wronged by others. 1 Good Maxamg.
 l Among Washington's maxims which he bequeathed to his counfrymen were faith saH 's and justice toward ali nations , I and "To be prepared for war is the
 most effective means to promote
 ssss ,oxstss Tsss should sTp fOpm RTln'Ptls: ts: basis of our whole foreign policy Neither Is sufficient taken by itself. Il Us not merely an idle dream. but most mischieyous dream. to believe that smere ! crdn rwy9rl n sure us against being wronged. Yet on the other hand, a nation prepared for war is a menace to ,mankind un- less the national purpose is to treat other nations with good faith and jus tice In any community 1t Is neither | the conscientious man who is craven | at heart, nor yet tho bold and strong man without the moral sense, who is | man who to strength and courage adds a realizing sense of the moral obliga- tion resting upon him. the man who has not only the desire but the power to do his full duty by his neighbor and by the State. so in the world at large lthe nation which is of use in the pro- Eress of mankind Is that nation which combines strength of character, force | of character, and insistence upon it's | own rights, with full acknowiedg- ment of its own duties toward others l Just at present the best way in which we can show that our loyalty to the l LeHchlnRS or NdSHAh6tOu iS tOyAAAy of the heart and not of the lips only is to see to 1t that the work of build ing up our Navy goes steadily on, and that at the same time our stand for international righteousness Is clear and | Never since the beginning of our country's history has the Navy been used in an unjust war. Never has il | failed to render great and sometimes vital service to the Republic. It has not been too strong for our good though often not strong enough to dc aIl the good 1t should have done. Our possessfoh of the Philippines, our in- | terest in the trade of the Orient, ouE building of the Isthmian Canal our in- sistence upon the Monroe Doctrine, all demand that our Navy shall be of ade- Fassed eficiency. If 1t is strong enough E believe it will minimize the chance of our being drawn into foreign war If we let 1t run down 1t Is as certain as the day that sooner or later we shall have to choose between a probably dis astrous foreign war or peace kept on terms that imply national humiliation
 Insurance AgaInst WaF.
 Our Navy Is the surest guaranty oi peace and the cheapest tnsuranct agalnst war, and those who, In what ! aver capacIty, have helped to build fl m during the past twenty years have | been in good faith observing and liv- ing up to one of the most important Iof the principles which Washington | Iais down for the guidance of his coun- trvrnen Nor was Washington the only Ione of our great NPrssidents who showed far-sighted patriotism by SUD- nort of the Navy. When Andrew Jack Lson yyas in Congress he voted for the first warshIps we ever built az part oi