Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-21
PANAMER|CANISM IS
A CIy!LIzINC FORCE
NabuCO Says: peoples of America as Much
Washingtons Children as We Are
Columbus Children"

sity much that remains hidden. The
founders are only beginners Ger
tainly the statesmen who conceived it
hardly imagined that the little bureau
devised at it's origin only for the dis
gress of the American Republics was
to become such strong political bond
between them. Yet the diplomatic
representatives of the American coun-
tries could not meet regularly every
month in the state department under
the presidency of the secretary of state
without feeling and imparting to the
world the impression of united Amer
lea celebrating in common. That i'm
preston win now necessarily increase
a hundred fold with the magnificent
gift of Mr.. Carnegie, enabling us to
raise III Washing ton worthy abode
fn,- the permanent council of the
American nations. That cannot fail
to impress all of them with great
er sense of the affinities that make al
ready of all America in many respects
a single political body.
Panamerieanism q civilizing Force
We'll, and this is another of the
lessons and prophecies of Panameri-
canism: however limitd the respon-
sibility of each associated nation, we
counld not form an International union
without being bound to greater mutu-
al forbearance. to mutual peace. and
without being more and more permc-
ated by the influences which prove to
be the noblest around each of us.
have a foreign friend now out of the
diplomatic service who thought once
of writing book on Latin America
to be called THE Revolutionary Conti-
nent." do not know if ne secured
would look now an Anticipated one. 1t
would not be goth century history.
The right of revolution looks mere and
more every day as reasonable a claim
as that of a child who insisted for the
absolute freedom of entering into con-
vulsions. Revolution as a permanent
state is a very different thing from
revolutions incident to opposed evo-
luton. The working together of the
American republics will give to The
best elements they contain permanent
ascendency over the revolutionary
cells, which in order to survive need
keeping up the fermentation. tt
remedy for the state of things which
keeps revolution alive and in many
cases would justify it, were it no in
capable of creating order and liberty
is publicity and association, foreign
capital and foreign immigration. For
publicity and association, for foreign
capital and immigration, the policy
of Panamericanism is a most potent
factor, so much so that Panamerican-
ism can be pronounced a certain cur !.
of the old evils among American re-
publics.. as they all arose from seclu-
sion and exclusiveness. No nation in
the full tide of Panamericanism,
wishing to join in all it's extensions,
to, share it's destinies. could grow
in its blood the germs of such political
cancers as revolution and tyranny.
In that direction one may look forward
with great confidence to the develop
ment of Panamericanism. / for my
self see in it that liberal Leauge of
the continent. whose creation l al
ways considered the only means of
bringing all our countries to a same
level of civilization and order. l thus
echo here again with the most wishful
hope the noblest words of Mr.. Root be-
fore the Rio conferences: Let US
unite in creating and maintaining and
making effective an all-American pub
Tic opinion whose power shall influ-
ence international conduct and pre-
vent International wrong, bring us
nearer to the perfection of ordered
liberty That believe is the soul Of
Panamericanism, its true and COM
plete measure. when fully developed.
Panamerieanism and lnterneeine Wars
81 will point to one lesson and pro-
phecy more, as in another respect
also you can see the work that has
already been accomplished. Wars
between American republics lie al
ready under general interdict that
makes at least the gratuitous ones i'm
possible. Whenever a government has
the means to prevent two nations
from running into war; and that act
ion is disinterestedly exercised and if
1t does not create a moral wrong
against one of the disputants. does