The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-08
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loNirs paragraphs a',4,-nt s,~l ~ tho
Nrrea-sft siintona
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= ~" -prins ~ ip1 ~ ~harngupns w.
tI'irens ~ California rfpn tl,r dutira
Opportunities ,ni irst Mics lissrrn N,y
and NAV ~ " that vstr 'hysrraul.rt
lelivrr~i IN thai State ~ f~rr than
hrv-'wr oasrfully prepared eI,,..rs 200
-tv nothing ~ The %un,uunirl ,],irrisl
rrinarks 80 lhr r~nplr f.nm ,tp,ni ,nl
csrriag" IN tho vulutn" vt ur,,rv ,n.l
IN tho variety and novelty ~ thanh,ir-
conceived under the lnspirriorp,f now
surroundings and u ncr,ruslv smulat-
ing atmosphere. ~ are MI, aurs bat The
record ~ that fortnight has eve been
surpassed. sven hv VIZ Rnu~ryrt hun.
-"lf This question: however. l- min
I"rtani
~ tho Mechanics Pavilion In san
Francisco. m Nav ~. Nr RoosNtLT
first outlined that theory ~ M" ftur,
domination If tho pacihc wh,h hr-s,.it
to the western coast and h- ,unsant
desire to say things locally Agreeable
and productive " immediate arplu~c
had suggested 20 his mind Will" writing
this speech. He then said
pe'orc came ~ 'rr p,.frr S.sr, v,.,p
-IrsnsonIs, applause aur after hs, NJ hen
here I fNl 20 understand now snv man con iu,d
"fhis country : greatness ant -lsd ma, his rouut,
should challenge with proud conndrncc the mlghN
future can be anything but an cypsn>ionis,
plause IN the century that is oprufng the ,ou
merce and the command Of ,hc Ps,Irc WI b
factors Of incalcuInhle moment ~ rnc world ,
n story
The President then briefly %recitel the
history Of the transfer of sea power from
Tyre and Sidon 10 Athens and Rome and
Venice and Genoa in the Mediterranean
To the cities of the Net herlands and the
Hansea'ic ports; to England. Spain, Por-
tugal and France, making the Atlantic
Ocean to the greater modern world what
the Mediterranean had been To the lesser
world OF antiquity and he went on 10 say;
" Now, men and women Of california. In our own
day the greatest OF all the oceans, Of all the seas
and the last to be used on a large scale by ch llilcd
man. bids fair to become in It's turn the Erst In I'm
portance. Applause. The empire that shifted
from the Mediterranesn viii In the lifetime Of those
now children bid fair to shin once more westward
10 the Pacific. . Americas geographical posi-.
,ion on the Pacific IL such 40 90 insure our peaceful
domination OF Its waters IN the future " only We
grasp win sufficient resolution the advantages Of
tina, position"
II will be observed that up to this point
Mr.. ROOSEVELT had been speaking ex-
clusively of the victories of commerce, of
the fleets Of a mercantile navy, of the
peaceful" domination of the Pacific; and
his programme had not differed much
from that which the late JOHN Hay, with
infinite patience and remarkable diplo-
matte skill, had devoted so much of his
official life TO promoting along the line
81 peaceful development. But Mr.. Hay
probably thought less about battleships
- unn.Jo. - -
~ '" VA
ca. "o'u' 'ic'h
o'e'y "" n""u'os W MS e~Sis'encc,
awake OF asieep' III Is entlrely charac-
teristic of the Presidents mental proc
esses that the mention of a peaceful
domination" OF Pacific waters should
suggest to his mind the inevitable alter
native We accordinglv find him oa,,;nr
IN tha var, raxt hr,oth.
oness VIC snow Ourselves weak unless we
sno" ourselves degenerate sons OF the s'res from
"no"0 'o'"S w "p'1nk' VIC mus' Ro on WIN the
n.,,,v hone tina, mi, WORK win ever h. NJ, n.sos,a
character. We Infinitely desire peace, and the ,ur.s,
way of obtaining it Is to show tina, we are no, afraid
of wsr. We should deal In a spirit OF justice and
fairness with weaker nations, and we should show
to the strongest 'na' ~o are able 10 maintain our
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