The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-16
Deeds Instead of Words.

Finally. il behOoves ali of rs to remem-
! her and especially those of MS who either
make or listen TO speeches. that there are
lew more mschieVous things than the
Nustom of uttering or applauding senti-
hents which represent mere Oratory. and
which are not. and can not be and have
not been translated from words into
deeds. An imprisoned Grafton about
peace which includes an imDassioned de-
mand for something which the man who
makes the demand either knows or ought
% know can not, as q matter OF fact. be
done, represents not gain. but loss. for
the cause Of peace: for even the noblest
cause is marTed BY advocacy which is
either insincere or foolish.
These warnings that / have uttered do
not mean that ! believe We can do moth
ing 10 advance the cause of international
peace On the other hand. / believe we
can do much to advance Il. provided only
We act with sanity, with self-restraint
with power, which must be the prime
qualities in the achievement of any re-
form. The nineteenth century saw, on
the whole, a real and great advance in the
standard Of international conduct, both
among civilized nations and by strong ma
tons toward weaker and more backward
peoples. The twentieth century will
believe witness a much greater advance
iu the same direction. The United States
has a right to speak on behalf of such a
cause, and to ask that its course during
the half dozen opening years OF the cen
fury be accepted as a guaranty of the
truth of its professions.
Record Of Six Years.
During the six years we can consci-
sntiOusly say that without sacrificing our
own rights we have vet scrupulously re-
speCted the rights of all other peoples.
With the great military nations OF the
world. alike in Europe and in that new
est Asia which is also the oldest. we
have preserved a mutually self-respect-
ing and kindly friendship. In the Philip
pine islands We are training people in
the difficult art of self-government with
more success than those best acquainted
with the facts had dared TO hope We
are doing this because we have acted in
a spirit of genuine disinterestedness. gen
nine and single-minded purpose to ben
eft the islanders. In Panama we are
successfully performing what is to be the
greatest engineering feat of the age; and,
while we are assuming the whole burden
OF the work. we have explicitly pledged
ourselves that the use is TO be free for
all mankind. In the ISLANDS OF the Car
rbbesn we have interfeTed not as con-
queTors. but solely to avoid the need of
conquest The United States army Is a
war. but to restore Cuba TO the position
OF a self-governing republic.
With SantO Domingo we have Just ne
gOJiatea a treaty especially designed TO
prevent the need of any interference,
either by US or BY any other foreign ma
u0n- with the internal affairs Of the
Island. while at the same time assuring
20 honest creditors their debts and to the
governments of the islands a secured in
come and giving the islanders themselves
The chance. if they will only take advan-
tage OF it. to achieve the international
peace they so sorely need. Mr.. Roots
Trip through South America marked the
Enltting together IN the bonds OF self
respect and friendship of all republics of
ms continent. It marked step toward
tae creation among them OF a community
o. public feeling which Will tell for JUS
zee and peace throughout the western
hemisphere. By the joint good offices Of