The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-13
A FRIENDSHIP TEMPLE.

A FRIENDSHIP TEMPLE.
 "A temple dedicated to International friendship" Is the phrase Secretary Root applied to the new peace build ing at the dedication of its corner stone. Tt marks our recognition" said Pres ident Roosevelt, "of the need to knit ever clorer together all the republics of the Western Hemisphere through the kindly bonds of mutual justice. good will and sympathetic comprehension ' The accredited representatives of twen- ty-one republics in the Americas heard and nodded their approval We doubt not but that James Monroe must have turned in his grave because of it. nov ed by feelings of satisfaction and de- light. It has be n eighty-fve years now since the fifth President of the United States sent his annual message to congress In 1923. at a time when it seemed certain that the powers in the Holy Alliance would concertedly inter fere in South America in behalf of Spain. That message had it's results in the Monroe doctrine In 1t President Monroe said: We could not view ar interposition for expressing them (the South American republics) or controll- ing in any manner their destiny by any European power, In any other light than as a manifestation of an unfriend. ly disposition toward the United states The American continents should nc longer be subjects for any new Eu. ropean colonial settlement" The new building erected for the use of the In. ternational Bureau of American Re. publics comes as a culmination of tho efforts started in this direction by President Monroe and will be a per. manent monument to his foresight erected in beautiful Van Ness park upon the Potomac river at Washing ton.
 To be sure there were some ineon gruities manifested upon the occasion The president of Guatemala, whose country is now and quite generally ii the throes of unrest and dissension sent a message in which he said h. hoped the building would truly repre- sent "the consolidation of the frater nal relations of the American family President Castro of Venezuela, whici of the hands of foreign claimants, sen no message. Probably matters of wa and peace are taking all his time as | is President Roosevelt thanked th representatives of the South American countries for the generous and court eous hospitality which has been show to the American fleet on it's trip aroun' the Horn and to Secretary Root on hi recent tour, all of which was quite fit ting and opportune. But the keynot of the occasion was struck when tn President mentioned the glorious fut rre which none can deny Is eurel ahead for the vaet, resourceful con tinent to the south of us. Tn the cen tury that has now. opened said he, " believe that no other part of the worl will see such extraordinary develop ment in wealth, in population, in al that makes for progress, as will be seeI from the northern boundary of Mexic through all Central and South Amer lea" If from the building about { b. erected in Washington Is to spring { spirit of mutual helpfulness betwee countries of such calibre and potential ity, it's future importance cannot b overestimate1 as effecting the Unite States as well as our many smalle sister republics.
 Then tendency Is too marked in thi country to think of any friendly rela tionship that may exist or that may developed between the United state and the States of South America a largely, if not wholly beneficial to tn latter. That this will be decreasingl the case seems to be certain. Our glori ous country has limitloss resource still untouched our schools teach ut but 1t is taking a congress of all tn governors and of many of the greates minds in the country in Washington { discover ways and means whereb what resources we have may be con served. South America "has not yt reached that period of existence whe conserving it's energies is made neces sary and will not, from all accounts for many generations to come. It Is be the America of the future, unles ali signs fail, and whatever may bin ,ur country more closely to them wi