Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-02
ROOT At RIO CONGRESS
Secretary of State Tells South
Americans We Are Not Seek
ing Advantage
He BELIEVES IN RECIPROCITY
A Fair Exchange Will Be Given by
United States for Favors That the
South American Republics May
Grant-lnterests of the Two contin-
onts Are Identical.

Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 2.-Secretary
Root and his party, accompanied by
members of the diplomatic corps, came
down to Rio from Petropolis on spe-
cial train. He was met by large num-
Der of prominent persons, who went
across the bay in three ferry boats.
Upon arriving, in this city he drove to
the Abrants palace.
Mr.. Root rested until $3.50, when he
left the palace to attend the special
meeting Of the Pan Am erican congress
In his honor. The pavilion was sur
rounded by troops and thousands of
students, who carried torchlights. The
streets were festooned with garlands
Of flowers and made brilliant with
many lamps.
Senior Nabuco, the Brazilian ambas-
sador to the United States, opened the
session with an address in which he
praised the American secretary. Mr..
Root replied as follows:
.Of how many shortcomings there
are in our own lands and among our
own peoples each one of us is con-
scious. Yet no student of our times
can fail to see that not America alone,
but the whole civilized world is swing
Ing away from the old governmental
mornings and entrusting the fate of
civilization to the capacity of the pop
ular mass to govern. BY this pathway
mankind is travelling, whithersoever 1t
leads and upon the success of this
great undertaking the hope of human
ity depends.
Nowhere is this progress more
marked than in Latin America. Out
of the wreck of Indian fighting, race
conflicts and civil wars, strong and
stable governments have arisen. Peace
full succession in accord with the peo-
pies will has replaced the forcible
seizure of power permitted by the peo-
pies Indifference. Loyalty to country,
its peace, dignity and honor have risen
above the partisanship Of individual
leaders. The rule of. law supersedes
the rule of man. Property is respect
ed, the fruits of enterprise are secure,
individual liberty is respected, contin-
uous public policies are followed, and
the national faith is held sacred. This
progress has not been equal every
where, but there has been progress
everywhere. The movement is in the
right direction, and it is not excep-
tional.
Future Looks Bright.
1.-THE present affords just cause for
satisfaction, and the future is bright
with hope. Not by nationl isola ton
have these results been accomplished,
nor is progress so to be continued No
nation can live unto itself alone and
continue to live. The growth of each
nation is a part of the development Of
the race.
The Real Problem.
"You are to, deal with the ethical
standards of perfecting knowledge of
conception and misunderstanding and
the resultant prejudices that are such
fruitful sources of controversy.
These are some subjects in the pro-
gram which invite your discussion and
which may lead the American repub-
lies toward an agreement upon princi-
pies that are general and practical in
their application, but which can come
only thru long and patient effort.
Some advance at least may be
made toward the complete rule of JUS
tice and peace among nations in lieu
of force and war. The association of
so many eminent men of all republics,
leaders Of opinion in their own home,
must result in friendship that will
prove of inestimable value. Temperate
and kindly discussion by you of mat
tiers of common interest will result in
the entertainment of common SYM
pathy and aim and in the dissipation
of misunderstanding that will be a
salutary exhibition to all American
people.
.sThis peaceful and considerate meth
q Of comforting on International ques-
TONS irrespective of any solutions that
may be reached, will mark a substan-
tial advance in the direction of inter-
national good will and understanding.
These benefcent results the govern
ment and the people Of the United
States of America greatly desire. We
wish no victories but those of peace.
no territory except our own, and no
sovereignty, except sovereignty over
ourselves, which we deem independ-
ence.
Reciprocity the Rule.
'.The smallest and weakest member
of the family of nations is entitled to
the respect of the greatest empire, and
we deem the observance of that re-
spect the. chief guarantee of the weak
against the oppression of the strong
We neither claim nor desire rights
privileges nor powers which we do not
freely concede to every American re-
public We wish to increase our pros
perity, expand our trade and grow in
wealth and wisdom, but our concep-
ton of the true way to accomplish this
is not to pull down others and profit
by their ruin, but to help all our
friends to common prosperity and
growth, that we may all become great
er and stronger together.
within a few months for the first
time the recognized possessors of ev-
cry foot of soil on the American con-
tinent can be, and, l hope, will be, rep
resented with acknowledged rights as
equal sovereign states at the WORLDS
congress, at The Hague. This will be
the formal and actual acceptance of the
declaration that no part of the Amerl-
cas- is to be deemed subject to coloni-
cation.
Let lis pledge ourselves to aid each
other to the full in the performance OF
duty towards humanity, in the full
sense the word implies, that in time
the weakest and most unfortunate of
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