Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-05-04
UNITED STATES HAS
NO DESIRE FOR
EXPANSION
HAVE ALL TERRITORY WE
NEED DECLARES TAF 7
President Protests Against
Persistent Attitude of SuS-
piclon Maintained By Latin
Races Toward This Country,
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Baltimore. May 3.--President Taft,
In his speech at the opening of the
third national peace conference here
today. said the United States would
keep hands off and not seek To ex-
tend Its domain or to acquire foreign
territory.
He made no mention Of Mexico, but
10 those who heard him II was evident
the trouble there and the suspicion in
the South American republics as to
the intention Of this country in re-
gard TO It's southern neighbors had In
spired HIM
zone Of the difficulties the United
States finds is the natural suspicion
that the countries engaged have or
the United States In rendering its
good Offices" continued the presi-
dent. "Asservation OF good faith
helps but little where the suspicion is
real, and yet like to avail myself Of
an opportunity in such presence as
this to assert that there is not in the
whole length and breadth OF the Unit
ed states among It's people any desire
for territorial nggrandlzement and
that its people as a whole will not
permit its government, if 1t would.
to take any steps In respect to foreign
peoples looking to a forclble extension
of our political power.
I'VE have had wars, and we know
what they are. We know what re-
sponslbilltles they entail. the burdens
and losses and horrors. and we
would have none of them. We have
a magnificent domain OF our own IN
which we are attempting to work out
and show the world success In pop
ular government and we need no
more territory In which to show this.
But we have attained great pros
perity and great power. We have be-
come a powerful member of the COM
OF nations in which we live,
and there s therefore. thrust upon us
a care and responsibility
for the peace Of the world In our
neighborhood and burden Of helping
those nations that cannot help them
selves, II we may do that peacefully
and effectively
The president spoke to several thou
sand persons in the Lyric theater.
Cardinal Gibbons Secretary of War
Senator Gore OF Oklahoma
Andrew Carnegie and more than a
dozen leaders in the movement for
world peace, sat on the platform with
he president.
Cardinal Gibbons and Hamilton
Holt, president of the conference, who |
spoke before the president. voiced the |
opinion that the negotiation of the !
arbitration treaty between
he United States and Great Britain
would mark the greatest step toward |
universal peace that the world has
,ver seen.
The president was particularly In
crested In a speech by Dr. j. A. Nc
Donald, editor Of the Toronto tCan-
lda) Globe. a warm advocate Of recl-
,roeity.
III that arbitration treaty between
our country and England Is ratified.
aid Or. Macdonald, "the name OF
William Howard Taft VIII be remem-
'ered In world history so long ms man
owes peace"
President Taft returned to Wash
ngton Immediately after the meeting.
The night session OF the congress
vas held In Mccoy hall Of Johns Hop
ilns university Addresses were de-
Ivered BY President Charles +.
'hwing, OF Western Reserve unlver-
lty. Miss Eleanor f. Lord Of Balti-
more ana Talcott Williams of the
Press.
Or. Williams topic was "lnterna
Ional Responsibility for International
'eace." lie recommended that inter-
atlonal commissions be formed by
he stronger nations of the world TO
AXE over temporarily the weak and
lerelict states and readiusi their
International affairs until they are
BILE IT, take up self-sovernmeut on
lane equalt the greater powers.
He said that II China were taken
old of in this manner she would no :
niger be huge derelict afloat In a