Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-11-20
PEACE DEPENDS
ON THE DOLLAR
Closer Commercial Relations
Will Serve to Pre-
vent War

Kansas city, NOV ia world
wide peace. substantial and endur-
ing, made possible by closer COM
mercial and friendly relations between
nations was the keynote Of a notable
speech delivered here tonight by Eli
hu Root, secretary of state. Follow
ing Mr.. Root. the diplomatic represen-
tatives Of the Latin-American repub-
lies made speeches along the same line
Offering trade extensions between the
countries as q means OF bringing
these countries into closer and last
ing relationship. The occasion was
the twelfth annual banquet given BY
the Kansas City Commercial club In
co-memoration OF the signing OF the
John Hay commercial treaty. Five
hundred plates were laid and many
notable persons were present.
Besides Secretary Root. the speak,
ers, in order Of their rank. were
livia; Felipe Pard0, minister Of Peru;
Enrique Cortes, minister Of Col0n-
bia; sylvino Gurgel, first secretary of
the Brazilian legation: Alberto Yoa-
cham, charge d'Anaires OF tho
Chilean legation; John Barrett, United
States minister to Colombia; Or. will
lam Jay Schieffelin, OF New York.
great grandson bf John Jay. who
| spoke to the toast, THE Value OF the
Life ana Example Of John Hay" p.
I'M, Hartman. president OF the Union
Pacific railway. who talked inf0rinAl-
| " On trade conditions In general; Sec-
retary Root vsho addressed himself
to the toast, Our Relations Wittl
| South America. !" III a
| Mr.. Root spoke In part 40 follows:
~. IssStNs spesch
| "Sincs John Jay made the tarin
treaty which Ii commemorsted by the
annual dinner Of this club. the United
States has, passed through d period
OF comparative isolation and indiff-
erence in foreign affairs. Now. how
ever, our growth has been 50 great
as to bring us Asain on the wideI
field OF the worlds trade and con-
structive enterprise In contact with
. all the great nations OF mankind. WI
have entered q new eras It IL . fiela
In which the guiding principle laia
down by Warrington. OF. ''friendshiI
for all with. entangling alliances witl
none." 10 as wise rule OF conduct =
It was in WshingtoE's time. 81
true as It was then as to the primar
interests in which we are not con
cerned and into which, we should no
permit ourselves to he drawn: vet II !
field In which we care no longe
to be ignorant. In this time OF vas
I Immigration, OF investment and own
ership Of enterprises OF enlarge
. peaceful intercourse and aRov- II
OF steadily progressing popular 80,
ernment, q new diplomacy hae foun
place. It ts q, representative dipls
macy and answers not to the judi
81 ments OF courts or sov-reigns but
, the judgment OF the great populz
masses. II grows continually moi
true that the sentiments. feelings an
opinions OF the people dkteruiil
peace and war and. estabiish thpl
<sympathlesi between. nations whnc
4 are more powerful than written "a
|. signed treaties of alliance. a ne
responsibility upon the pe1ple who
y representatives are 70 40 their WI
e in shaping their treatment AZ foreil
N nations. Nations have soulc ard col
,e sciences az truly as ,ndividuals II
!. life OF the just and faithful and kin
!. !, " man who is respected and below
8 by his neighbors - the type Of VII;
e we should wish thia, our own con
try. to be In Its relations to AL 9th
countries. To be narrow and hal
selfish and graspink; to - arroyo
Al. toward the weak ana tiInid IN NAL
~ tanning the right against the str0,
to- to be unwilling to cive kindly q
u. sideration to the rights and intefe
and feelings OF others, to be withs
sympathy or helpfulness for the /
OF manlind-ali these things make
Individual despised ana hated In
community. We should take
- same pains to help our country. avs
them that we would tatr 70 av
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