The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-10
need not FEAR
President Taft Assures Mexico and oh,
er Countries South
NO IMPERIAL DESIGNS

Speaks at Peace Conference, and AS
sures Our Neighbors That We De-
sire to Take No Lands, Nor Wish
to Interfere With Mexico or South
american Republics.
President Taft In his speech at the
opening of the Third National Peace
conference at Baltimore Wednesday
morning declared that the United
States would keep hands of and not
seek to extend its domain or to ac-
quire foreign territory. The presi-
dent made no mention specifically Of
Mexico, but to those who heard him
it was evident that the situation
there and the suspicious in the South
American republics In regard to the
United States intentions relative to
her neighbors had inspired him.
The president had been speaking
of the recurrence Of international
disturbances in countries not so well
able as the United States to main
tain order and had said that it was
incum bent upon the great nations OF
this hemisphere to exercise their
kindly and peaceful influence as
much as possible.
zone of the difficulties the United
States finds is the natural suspicion
that the countries engaged have OF
the motive which the United States
has in rendering It's good Offices,
continued the president.
Assertions Of good faith help but
title where the suspicion is real,
and yet, I like to avail myself OF an
opportunity in such presence as this
to assert that there Is not in the
whole breadth of the United States
among It's people any desire for ag-
grandizement and that its people as
a whole will not permit it's govern
ment, II it would, to take any steps
in respect to foreign peoples look
ing to. ! forc.ble extension OF our
political power.
eve have had wars and we know
what they are. We know what re-
sponsibilities they entail, the bur
dens 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 to show to the world sue
cess in popular government and we
need no more territory in which TO
show that.
But we have attained great pros
perity and great power. We have
become a powerful member Of the
community of nations in which we
live, and there is thrust upon us
necessarily a care and responsibility
for the peace of the world in our
neighborhood, and a burden OF help
ing those nations that can not help
themselves If we may do that peace
fully and effectively
The president spoke to several
thousand people In the Lyric Thea
tire. Cardinal Gibbons, Secretary
Dickinson, Senator Gore Of Okla
homa, Andrew Carnegie and more
than dozen men prominent in peace
movement sat on the platform with
the president. Cardinal Gibbons
and Hamilton Holt, who spoke be-
fore the president, voiced the opinion
that negotiations Of peace between
the United States and Great Britain
would mark the greatest step to uni
versal peace the world had ever seen.
can arbitration treaty between TWO
great nations of the world" said
the president, would be a very I'M
portant step in securing the peace
of the world. If such treaty can.
be concluded I have no doubt that
an important step will have been
taken, but 1t will not bring an end
Of war. 1t IS step only, and we
must not defeat our purposes by
enlarging the expectation. of the
world as to what Is to happen and
by then disappointing 1t.
eve must realize that we are
dealing with world that Is fallioie
and full OF weakness, with somewhat
of wickedness in git, and tnat re-
forms that are worth having are
brought about little by little, and
not by one blow. I think we are
more like to make more progress II
we express our hope with moderation
and realize the difficulties that are to
be overcome than If we procalm that
we have opened the gate to eternal
peace with one key and within one
year"
The president was much interest
ed in a speech by DR.. ). A. MacDon-
aid, editor Of the Toronto (Can.)
Globe, warm advocate Of recIpro-
city.
"If that arbitration treaty be-
tween your country and England is
ratified" said Mr.. Macdonald, the
name of William Howard Taft will
be remembered In world history 80
long as man loves peace"
President Taft returned to Wash
ington Immediately after the meet
ing.
Andrew Carnegie, who followed
the president, was introduced as the
dreadnaught Of peace
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