Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-28

template the scenes Of the frs dis
Doreries OF this remarkable ma iga-
for and. lastly. 10 view the specter
piles marking the spot whore took
place me tragedy OF the ill .ated
Maine that Involved this country in
var with Spain, but resulted 10 the
birth OF the free Republic OF Cuba
A. BOO this land. where there is
every geographical extreme. fryry Dc
northern pine forests 10 the sol thsrn
palms. and from the granite hills Of
.ue Fast fo fhe fertile plains that
fringe the Pacific on the west. Go
enc secfi0n can fairly represent the
hole 20 there I beheld one favored
region after another. washed By boz
'niar sn4g and lowered with an iu
nnit" ariefy Of physical conditions
and au 0eccptional abundance Of nat
ural resources Though my surround.
ings we're new and strange I felt
myself in congeuial atmosphere as
I partook ~ the gracious and gener.
cus hospitalitics designed 10 express.
oordiality toward the American peo-
pie. and was comforted by the
thought that although the hills and
plains remain perpetually apart the
peoples OF all these countries can be-
brought together I'm congenIal broth
erhoOd
u vas my privilege 10 bear with q
Ifrll heart 10 the peoples Of the Car
Iibbean countries the brotherly greet
ing that befits the moral and mater
ial relations between Ms All the
/ l.rtin Americans have This IN common
with us ~ M" North they have, lie
ms. won their Independence Wit . ~
sword and like us they haveNSon
served the incstimable boon Of M,
institutions Of civic freedom for them
selves and their children's children
The same principle sol democracy nm
J derlic our respective political orgaui-
/ cations Like u.s. they have passed
through The fires 81 domestic conflict.
and. like MS. they have risen with re-
newed strength as \ntaeus from his
contact with the eternal mother
earth For ms an. Independence and
liberty are like mother earth of tho
fable We are iuvincihle so long as
We hold 10 that sure basis
The principal motive Of my mis-
sirf was 10 make the approachinr
opening Of The Panama Canal m,
'cNt Of message of traternal greet
ing 10 all the peoples within the i'm
mediate sphere of the benefits that
great work rs 10 bring. through IN,
ann'hilation ID q physical obstacle. r.
m" natural course of the worlds com
mercia, intor,hanges. an dto assur,
them OF our confident hope that thi,
breaking down OF a seemingly per
netual barrier between the people,
should mark the initiative OF nov
era Of closer relations between al
the Americas We assumed ,hi,
great task. not for selfish ends. moi
for self-aggrandizement or poJitna
mastery. but rather for the comb br
benefit OF the Western v,QIl
all mankind 20 bring -hSyfU-E-'
Of the greatest good to all. the Cana
should be. and 7 am confident vii
be-. the instrument Of producing
closer sympathy. broader conf
dence. and q greater degree OF prac
teal and helpful correlation % M,
western nations in the several bu
ideutic accomplishment of self-doyel
.Opmont Wv address at panam.
, struck tho keynote OF the President
message tc Latin America As I thpi
said, ! say now that the purpose %
the United States toward an 'hc Am
erican Republics is that We Shout,
live in amity and essential harmony
and that our only desire Is that NOR
peace. more prosperity. more han
piness and more security shall com,
into and become part Of our indi
yidual and national lives.
No one is better able 10 appreciate
In It's true light the policy OF m,
United States toward these countrie
than those OF you who have had N,
opportunity 10 reside in Washington
In representation Of your govern
ments and thus learn from first-han,
evidence the real motive underlyini
the policy OF this government VI
wish 10 see the other nations OF thl
hemisphere grow greater. stronec
and more stable as the wears roll ON
and desire that good will may mar
the intercourse OF our countries h
the future as In the past. n this
10 come about. as We pray II ma,
We must understand each other. boa
constant confiding loyalty 90 one mn
! Other. and cast aside all unvo~ff
iwnrflfions % sinister motives "a
ualeyoloHt designs
Nauy difficulties confront fha he
torment OF our mutual relations an
among tHom not fhe '1st s tr. r
adequacy of press facilities leru..
orr various couufr'Dr frnar.r
persons who. THROUGH tls m'srrf.