New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-07
United States Attitude
Toward Other Countries.

I The former President then discussed
! international affairs. He said.
/ In International affairs this country
should BEHAVE toward other nations ex'
I actiy as an honorable private citizen .Hs-
heves toward other private cluIehs' W
! should DO no wrong 10 any nauon' Nedh
or strong, and re should submit 70 10
/ wrong Above all, we should never IN
any treaty make any promise Wnicl ".
/ do not intend IN good faith 10 iulIll.
/ believe Il essential that our smah army
should be kept ~ high pitch OF PC To-
ton, and IN no way can Il pc 60 oall-
aged as by permitting II 70 become ~
piaything OF men In congress VINO Wlsn
TO craufy either spite OF faS oriusmi 81
20 secure 10 localities ADVANTAGES 10 N'1-NN
those localities are not enutled 90. -
Tho navy should be steadiIy built up.
and the process u upbuii0ing must nO'
be stopped untll--and not oeiore-it piOn
ross!oie 20 secure b. International as1ce-
ment general reduction OF sTInas"S
The Panama Canal must be forunea !.
would have been crimIna! 10 puia ~ !,
we were not prepared 10 fortify u aug
g. keen our navy AT such Ft~" ~.
strength az 70 render X unsafe 10Y an.
foreign power 10 attack us and get con-
troll ~ n We have a perfect night 70 per
mit oar coastVisc trafilc with VIC.
there can DC no coupe tuoT oy h.e az.
chant marine OF any foreign hauon1E
,Est there is no discrimination aeaus
nc foreign 11ar,re) 70 pass through ina,
~.r,i or an terms We choose. ana 1
personally think that no toll soouid oS
charged on such tTaFc. 49,. al
Moreover. IN time or war. NnsIe q.
,reaties between warning nations. say !
those connected with the manaHeineht -
tAe war. a. once lapse, me Cshsi -. -
Of course be open 10 the Use OF 90 Na,
Aims and closed 10 warships OF the nd
o. nth a-hich We were engaged IN nos
,iIitiez Rut AZ all times the canal SiloULl
70 Cpeund on equal terms 10 the shlps y!
M nations. including our own eHb' :
in International commerce lhat va ~.
wndcrttandjng OF the tresty when X Wa
-6CcisJ and the United states musi al
-, a. . matter 81 honorable ooh9 =
tio1 and with tcruDulous nicely. i've up
~ every understanding when SIC H~S GU
tered into with any Foreign power
Z, sunmfns VI the spectre policies ex-
pounded r. his address M Roosevelt
spoke as follows.
surely there never was hsht Better
worth making than the one in wn'ch We
are engaged. Il little matters VIA
falls any one 81 us VINO TOT we ttI'.s
being stand II the foretront o. ~ ~
lie I nope We shall win. aaa osLlsH
tha' II w can wake the people 70 VIA
mo night really means We snah YIN
Elt win or lose. We snail no. iH.tt.
Whatever fate may az the myreht, os w,
,,kA avv OF Us the movement ltsell ~
80 ston our cause T. based on ths
eternal principles Of righteousness ene a
even though we who nov les1 ulA9 ~,
the time fall. in the end the cause Hse'i
So az weeks ago. here in Chicago, spoS e
20 ne honest representative % . OVi,,
vartf0r "a hiCn Wa not dolnlidsC~
noras- men. d convention wherein sat-
nIa., " ma io~ity OK men who. with sneeI,,
Ing indifference 10 every pria'' issn, :.
80 cn5 uarrv which had been founoed
sra- LAX = century ago by men in whose
souls burned tho fro OF lotty enaeS s,'..
80 20 YOU men who, !l your turL, "a,
80 ,osatIer TO spend and be spent N
tho endless crusade against t.. w52aE and 5G
co1ads-t. 10 you who strive IN a spIrit
90 inI,rgoS,h,tsrhood Tor the betterment OF our
2atioE 70 You Sho sirt Ourselves Ssysrssdi h0T
s.,. o. ci1sinS what IN that speech ! salo
An closing we stand AZ Arnlaseu"0''
and we battle for the LORD