The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-03-07
CANAL WILL BRING
CLOSER RELATIONS


thrown into relations with the
COUNTRIES OF the asthmian region
which, with our geographical pro-
! pinqulty. make broader under
standing and more sympathetic re-
ciprocai interest between US an es-
scntial basis for the realization OF
the splendid possibilities which
Seems to have been decreed from the
beginning OF time.
THE president of the United
States believes that the early cpm-
lPletlon Of the Panama canal should
mark the beginning of closer rela-
itions to all Latin America and espe-
cially to the Caribbean littoral, as
we'll as the relations of these coun-
tries to each other. and, impelled
by the thought that this is an au-
spicious moment through better &C
quaintance to lay the foundations
upon which there should rest a
broader confidence. closer SYM
Ipathy and more practical reciprocal
helpfulness, has sent me hither as
a bearer Of message OF good will
to our sister American republics.
1t is the presidents desire that l
might personally meet your most
hospitable people, might see for my
self your beautiful countries, with
their boundless resources ana eco
nomic possibilities, to the end that
such direct personal knowledge,
understanding and appreciation
might result in mutual advantages
and in cooperation for the devel-
opment OF all our countries. Re-
spending to the hospitality OF the
country which has first so generous
ily received me and with which the
relations OF my country are so cor
daily intimate, j take this oppor-
tunity Of assuring all the American
republics that the purpose Of the
United States towards them is that
we should live in amity and essen
tial harmony and that we desire
only that more peace, more pros
,perity. more happiness and more Sc
curity should come into and become
"a part OF their individual and ma
tional lives.
While it is entirely clear to those
who have fairly and intelligently
considered. the history of the rela-
lions of the United States to the
other American republics that our
policies have been without trace
of sinister. motive or design. craving
neither sovereignty nor territory, yes
it is true. that our motives towards
you have not always been fortunate
Ely interpreted either at home or
faithfully represented by some OF
our nationals who4ihav resided in
your midst MI .,s
while we have much;,to learn of
each other and are an to BE VASTLY
prohted ~ clear, and more sympaE
thetic ties. yet between. the kelder
and the younger republics there Is
much in common. " w
"A commonwealth founded on
freedom of conscience and security
of individual rights is not an exclu-
Isive heritage of Saxon America but
one shared by all the peoples of the
hemisphere who, like ourselves,
have passed through the sore trials
that attended the founding of two
communities in a new land How
ever diverse our physical environ
ments, however great the contrast
between the national obstacles to be
surmountea,, whether amid the
SHOWS and pine. forests Of the North
, or in the Sierras OF the, Equator and
the pa1npas Of the South the aim Of
lour respective enterprises, ex.
pressed in the undying words of Lin
coln, has been the same, Ito bring
forth on this continent new nations
/! conceived in liberty and dedicated to
the proposition that all men are
created equal
Much has been said about the eff
feet of the opening of the Panama
canal, but believe it is given to
few of us to realize what magic pos.
sibilities are potential in that event.
AS ! conceive it, it will create for
our Western world an entirely ne ~
situation, a situation fraught with
possibilities so vast that daze the
fancy of the mind. In this new