The Washington herald., 1912-05-28
PAN-AMERICANISM
is KNOX'S THEME
coptiaued from. PaEe One.

among ether changes supprsssing TIE od8es of Vic
President Of the republic"
Hers In the United States. too. 4 tines We ID
much harm with thoughdc8 Wrtih1 IN which
tie self-hypoosis of a brilliant journalism lulll
! 70 sleep the nobler and more essential qualities
| of truth and patriotism At TINES, too, wo sudel
more than We should fron the etiects q loooe and
uninformed taIk o. foreiRa relations By persui
whose names give to their words authority In spttl
of thsir LACK q ocial responsibility. Thess thingi
I think, are improving. With the broadeninE q
people better informed and more truly imbued With
the spirit Of the hxed diplomatic policies of ouE
government. In the meantime. II should Be renen-
bered that the true minor d American foreign
policy Is the reord Of the acts q our diplomacy.
Denies Intervention RumOr.
Representative sulzer, chairman Of the
Foreign Affairs Committee, gave a dra-
matte speech, in which he -asailed Amer
lean Intervention in Mexico.
Representative Sulzer's speech, in part
was as follows:
As 1 have frequently said since this trouble IN
Mexico began, think it would Be = hlHndz worse
than = crime for the government q the United
States to invade MEXICO. Thss are nearly io.ooo
| be in jeopardy inst As soon As the troops q the
United States crossed the Me1icAn frontier. This
| Is very serious aspect 0 the case and deserves
frum all in authority the greatest consideration IN
81 900 1900 Of American money invested In MsEico.
and the invasion Of the country b. the United
| States would doubles cause much Of ih tnmsdi-
ate destruction
The loss Of life would be terrible. The Mszicans,
of eourse, would promptly Est together As a mat
ter Of pure patriotism TO repd invaders, and We
would Be handicapped and at . great disadvantage
OF course the present situation in Mexico Is -
grettAble but II Is not cause for a declAraton
Of war the part Of the United States
There must be no war Of conquest. A var Of
/ f-ta
opposed to the invasion Of Mexico for the SAKE
of conquest. Such . poiey, in my Judgment Is
eontr1g to the patriotic sentiments Of nne-tsnths
q our people and gives the lie to our declarl-
lions for peaos and for elosz commercial rela-
tions With our sister republics on the Western
Hemisphere
Americans Grabbing Territory.
What VIII Latin-Amsrica think Of the great 70
public II 1t ruthlessly inTades the territory Of
friendly but distracted sister rspublo for the
sake q conquest, and fOrcibly takes away a part
Of her domAinf
II Is no wonder that the republics TO our south
view with suspicion the expansion policy Of the
United States since the war with Spain, and
peciany 50 since the establishment by force Of
the republic Of Panama
Our sphere Of world influence hJ virtue Of the
Monroe doctrine is essentiaIly on the Western
Hemisphere. In order 70 make that influence beneh'
cent and In the uue interest Of civilization, We
must have the respect. the good will, and the
friendship 0 our sister republics. and we cer-
slightest pretsEt to despoi their countries.
Ambassador CalerO's Speech.
Ambassador Calero voiced the senti-
ments Of his country when he said:
Mutual respect, q necesSAry condition Of friend
ship among men, nay, the TeTJ essenos Of home
life, is a conception which, from the point Of
view Of international intercourse, marks norious
step in civilization As Is the case among mem
bers Of a highly cultured community, 80. too.
among nations mutual respect demands that the
great and powerful consider Itself the equal Of the
weak and mail; and it is this condition which
brin1 about a happy understanding, and leads
them. united. 20 strain toward the highest Lsptra-
ton Of humanity. the reign of Justice among men
and among nations
Mexico stands shoulder 10 shoulder with yuu
doubt II not. We Mzicans love perchAnos with
fanatical Grdor. what y truly purs; our language
our history with its tsaTs and its Joys our hb-
critics 90 dearly won. our undergraduates Jet
possess q mind ready TO receive and welcome
Erat idealS
Ard what say Of Mexico, 1 feel authorized TO
add Of Guatemala well z Salvador, Of Hon
duras and Of NicaraguA. too. Of Costa Riea, Of
Panama, oS OubA Of SEntO Domingo, and Of
Haiti. The Latin spirit 4 everywhere the EGme;
ready to scale ths lOfeest heights q human sen-
timent