The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-03


. g-"st of their governments II was
, deemed that 10y the acceptance Of these
, invitations we might appropriately c1.
pres, the real respect and friendship
lu which we hold our sister republics
OF the southern continent. and the sec
rctIry accordingly visited Brazil. Uru-
quay, Argentina, chile, Peru. Panama
and Colombia. lie rcfraIucd from
visiting Paraguay Bolivia and Ecun-
dor only bccnusc the distance Of their
capitals from the eoahoard made II I'm
practicable with the time ot his dis.
posul lie carried with him message
Of peace and friendship and Of strong
desire for good understanding ana mu-
tual hclpfuluoss, and he was every.
whore received ln the spirit Of his
message. The members Of the govern
mrut the press, the learned professions.
the men Of business and the great
masses Of the people united every
whore in emphatic response 10 his
friendly expressions and In doing hon
or 10 the country and cause which he
represented.
In many parts Of South America
there has been much mlsundcrstand-
Ing " the attitude and purposes Of the
United states toward the other Amcri-
can republics. An idea had become
prevalent that our assertion Of the
Monroe doctrine implied or cnrrlcd
with II an assumption Of superiority
and Of n right to exercise some kind OF
protcctoratc over the countries 10
whose territory that doctrine applies.
Nothing could bc further from the
truth. Yet that impression continued
10 be n serious barrier TO good under.
standing 10 friendly intercourse. 10
the Introduction Of American capital
and the extension Of American trade.
The impression was so widespread
that apparently II could not be reached
10y any ordinary means.
1t was part of Secretary Roots mis-
sion 10 dlspcl this unfoundcd lmprcs.
sion, and there Is Just cause to believe
that hc has succeeded. In an address
10 the third conference at Rio on the
3lst Of July-nn address of such note
that | send II In together with this
mcssagc-hc said:
I'VE wish for no victories but those
Of peace, for no territory except our
| own, for no sovereignty except the
sovereignty over ourselves We deem
the Independence nnd equal rights OF
the smallest and weakest member Of
the family of nations entitled to IA
much respect ns those of the greatest
| empire, ana we deem the observance
OF that respect the chief guaranty OF
the weak against the oppression of the
strong We neither claim nor desire
any rights or privileges or powers that
we do not freely concede to every
American republic. We wish to In
crease our prosperity, TO extend our
trade, to grow In wealth. In wisdom
and I'm spirit, but our conception of the
true way to accomplish this is not to
/ pull down others and profit by their
! ruin, but TO help all friends TO com
mon prosperity and common growth
that we may all become greater and
stronger together.
/ "Wlthln few months for the first
/ time the recognized posscssors Of cv-
/ cry foot OF soil upon the American con.
| tlnrnts can bc and | hope will bc rep
resented with the acknowledged rights
OF equal sovereign states in the great
world congress Mt The Hague. This
will bc the worlds formal and final
acceptance of the declaration that no
part of the American continents Is 10
be deemed subject 10 colonization. Let
us pledge ourselves 10 aid each other
In the full performance of the duty 10
humanity which that accepted dcclnrn-
tlon implies, so that In time the weak.
est and most unfortunate of our repub-
lies may come 10 march with equal
step 10y the side of the stronger ana
more fortunate Let us help each
other 10 show that for all the races of
men the liberty for which we have
fought and laborcd is the twin sister
of Justice and peace. Let MS unite In
creating and maintaining and making
effective an all American public opin
ion whose power shall influence inter
national conduct aud prevent lnterna-
tluual wrong ana narrow the causes of
war and forever preserve our free
lands from the burden of such arma
mcuts MS are masscd behind the from.
tiers of Europe and bring us ever
nearer 10 the perfection Of ordered llb-
crty SO shall como security and pros
pcrity, production and trade, wealth,
learning, the arts ana happiness for us
all"
The Monroe Doctrine.
These words appear TO have been re
pni\pl with ntslYFt4 Itt .,,r,. ,.,rt =
South America. They have my hearty
approval, as | am sure they viii have
yours, ana l cannot he wrong I'm the
conviction that they correctly repre-
sent the sentiments of the whole Amer
lean people. | cannot better charac.
tcri2c the true attitude of the United
States IN It's assertion Of the Monroe
doctrine than In the words Of the dis
tiugulShcd former minister Of foreign