Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-10-25

lions between Noftn ana south
America are certain to become much
closer in the future; the develop
ment of South America will be the
most striking growth feature of the
twentieth century, as the develop
ment of North America was the most
striking growth feature Of the nine
teenth; the only desire of the United
States toward it's neighbors of the
western world is to see them stable,
orderly and prosperous-suc are the
highlights Of Theodore Roosevelt's
first speech in South America, de
livered today at the government uni
versity here,
Colonel Rooseyelt's speech was as
follows
"The western hemisphere is slowly
working out for itself its own theory
Of that part of international policy
which concerns both the attitude of
all the American commemorative in
the face of the rest of the world,
and also their dealings with one an
other. You, my host and hearers,
and | your guest, and all our fellow
countrymen alike belong to the young
nations Of the New World. Because
Of the fact that it is new world,
and that we are young nations, we
suffer certain disadvantages and have
} certain peculiar difficulties of our
own to face
, Nevertheless. also because Of
these very facts, we enjoy compen.
! sating advantages which more than
] outweigh the disadvantages Promi-
nent among these advantages is the
! fact that we have an almost free
! hand for fair dealing in American
J international relations. being fet
I tered by comparatively few of the
! wide inequalities of culture and civil
ization, and the bitter memories Of
J history, which of necessity prevent
I any community Of feeling among
! races which stand at the opposite
!. poles Of human existence; whereas
= in the Old World, in the huge cont
mental mass composed of Europe
( Asia and Africa. there exist many
Y vast and populous regions sunderet
from one another by the well-nigl
, impossible CULTS which lie between
civilization and barbarsm.
n From Canada and Alaska to Pata
= gonia, from Quebec, Montreal ant
Q Winnipeg TO Rio Janeiro, Monte
10 video, Buenos Ayres and Valparaiso
the leading countries and cities ar
held, and have been built up by, pee
: pies, differing in important respect
each from the others, it is true, bu
sundered by no such CULTS as thos
which lie between the countries an
capitals of Asia and Africa and thos
of Europe indeed not even by sue
CULTS as separate certain of the Eur
pean countries from one another
"All Of the American nations whiC
- are sufficiently advanced, such
Brazil and the United States, shou
participate on an absolute equality
the responsibilities and developme
!. Of this doctrine, as far as the int
ests Of the western hemisphere as
whole are concerned 1t must
made continental and not u
lateral doctrine 1t should be treat
as already such, as far as eoneer
all American nations sufficiently
vanced in stability solidity and
tential armed strength-that is,
-" OF our nations sufficiently stable a
orderly not to invite, and sire
Ia enough to repel Old World aggr
sion. Both Brazil and the Uni
states have reached this point; 8
SO have various other American
:. tons.
"The history of my own coun
teaches this lesson Like your CO
try, like Brazil, we had to deal "
The problem of the abolition of s
cry We showed less ability t
you did to deal with it in wise
coolhanded fashion You abolis
it peacefully and without bloodsl
whereas in our case 1t cost us a
rible civi war and brought the
ton to the verge Of destruct
= During that period we lost all pc
a,,,s to help other nationalities in
,,ons hemisphere, or to enforce res
from others for our own RIG
whether in America or elsewf
,a,r Had we remained disunited had
r.na come subject to chronic reyou
o,o airy disturbance, we should have
But uuceu Ourselves W U'sei 49, ~
sd full impotence in the face Of the
lions of mankind; and one n
would unquestionably have been
America would once again have