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CLOSER RELATIONS
URGES ROOSEVELT
Former President Gets Ova-
ton In Speech At Rio
De Janerio
GIVEN MEMBERSHIP
Panama Canal Will Benefit South
American Countries, He
Says.

Rio de Janerio, Oct. 24.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt was given an en-
thusiastic reception tonight in the
Government University assembly
room, where he delivered an address
before the President of Brazil, mem
bers of the cabinet, the diplomatic
corps and larg number of army and
navy officers. A large number of wo-
men were present.
Colonel Roosevelt's address was a
plea for closer relations between the
nations of the American continent and
for the maintenance and defense of
the Monroe doctrine. The Panama
Canal, he declared. would bring the
nations of North and South America
into much closer contact, commercial
ly, and the benefits from the closer
commercial relations would accrue
mainly to the South American ma
tons. To get the greatest benefit
from this commercial intercourse,
Colonel Roosevelt said the nations of
this continent must inspire conf
dence in one another
Senior Galbo, on behalf of the Uni
versity, replied to Colonel Roosevelt's
address, welcoming his at the guest of
the University and presented him with
a diploma of membership. Senior
Galbo's address wasa delivered in Eng
lish. The hall was decorated in Bra
lillian flags interviewer with the stars
and stripes.
In his speech, Colonel Roosevelt
made a plea for closer cooperation
among the nations Of the western
hemisphere, both in diplomatic and
commercial phases; plea for COM
mon ideal toward which each wouid
work, with the support, both moral
and physical OF. all the other nations.
The subject Of Col. Roosevelt's adj
dress was american International
ism," which according to Mr.. Roose-
welt concerns the attitude of all the
American nations to the rest of the
world as we'll as their attitude toward
each other.
The countries of the western hemis-
phere, said, Mr.. Roosevelt, are essen
tall different from those of the
eastern half of the world. The two
Americas, North and South, are new,
have no vast adjacent territories con-
trolled by barbarous or semi-barbar
Gus nations, as have the European
countries, and do not have to fear the
huge military ornaments of their
neighbors.
He then brought attention to the
fact that practically all the govern
ments in this half of the world are on
a similar basis and the plane of Gull
ture and civilization in each of these
countries, is on an equal basis with
the culture and civilization of every
other nation, while in the Old World,
not only are the governments at var
lance, but in many cases the degree of
culture and civilization is different.
With this premise established, Mr..
Roosevelt continued:
"In consequence, there is far bet
ter chance here than elsewhere to
work out some scheme of common in
ternational conduct which shall guar
antee to every nation freedom from
molestation by others SO long as it's
own skirts are free from wrong-doing
and so long as it does not itself sink
into a condition of mere impotent
anarchy. There are two sides to con-
slider; first, our common attitude to-
wards Old World powers; and Sec
ond, our relations among ourselves"