The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-27

Republics and makes them the Amer:
lean Family OF Nations.
"This feeling, vague at FIRST, has be.
come today q definite and certain
force. weiterm It the aPan.A American
spirit" from which springs the inter.
national policy Of Pan.Americanism.
II is that policy which IS RESPONSE.
BILE for this great, gathering OF dis.
tinguished men, who. represent the
best and most advanced thought Of
the Americas. IL Is a policy which
this Government has unhesitatingly
adopted and which It viii do all in
It's power to foster. and promote.
when we attempt to analyze Pan.
Americanism we find that the essen
tial qualities are those OF the family
sympathy, helpfulness annd a sincere
desire to see another grow In pros.
perity, absence Of coyetousness Of an.
others possessions, absence Of jeal.
ousy Of another's prominence, and.
above all, absence OF that spirit OF In.
trigue which menaces the domestic
peace Of a neighbor. Such are the quail.
tiles Of the family tie among indiyid.
uals, and such should be. and i believe
are, the qualities which compose the
tie which unites the Americal family OF
Nations. 5'4i 50
II speak only for the government Of
the United States, but in doing SO |
am sure that express sentiments
which will find echo in every republic
represented here, when say the
might of this countryswill never be 'ex.
ercised in spirit OF greed to wrest
from neighboring state its territory
or possessions. The ambitions Of this
Republic do not lie In the path Of con.
quest, but In the paths Of peace and
Justice. Whenever and wherever We
can we will stretch forth "a hand to
those who need help. II the sovereign.
ty Of q sister Republic is menaced from
overseas. the power OF the United
States. and, ! hope to believe. the uni.
ted power Of the American Republics
will constitute "a ibunwark which will
protect the independence and integrity
OF their neighbor or from unjust III,
vasion or aggression. The American
family OF Nations might well take for
Ito motto that Of Dumas famous mus
kcteers, One for all; all for once
III j have correctly interpreted Pan.
Americanism from the standpoint Of
the relations OF our governments with
those beyond the seas, 1t Is in entire
harmony with the Monroe Doctrine.
The Monroe Doctrine is a national pol.
icy Of the United States: Pan.Ameri.
canism Is an International policy OF
the Americas. The motives are to an
extent different; the ends sought are
the same. Both can exist without i'm.
pairing the force Of either. And both
do exist, and, trust, will ever exist
In all their yigor.
but Pan-Americanism extends be
You'd the sphere of politics and finds
its application in the varied fields Of
human enterprise. Bearing In imind
that the, ESSENTIAL idea manifests itself
in cooperation, It becomes necessary
for effective cooperation that we should
know each other better than we do
now. We must not only be neighbors,
but friends; not only friends, but In
Inmates. We must understand one an
other. We must comprehend our. sew
eral needat We must study, the phases
OF material and intellectual develop
ment which enter into the varied prob.
lens, OF national progress. We should
therefore, when opportunity offers
come together and familiarize with
each others processes OF thought In
dealing with legal, economic and eedu.
cational questions.
Commerce and industry, sciences
and art, public and private law, gov
eminent and education, all those great
fields which invite the intellectual,
thought Of man, fall within the pro
vince Of the deliberations Of this Con.
gress. In the exchange OF ideas and
comparison of experiences We VIII
come to tknow one another and to
carry 10 the nations which we repre-
sent better and truer knowledge Of
our neighbors than we have In the
past. believe that from the wider
knowledge a mutual esteem and
these Republics more closely politl
cally, commercially, and intellectually
and will give to the Pan,American
spirit IN impulse and power which II
has never known before.
THE present epoch is one which
must bring home to every thinking
American tho wonderful benefits to ba
gained by trusting our neighbors and
by being trusted by them, by coopera.
ton and helpfulness. by digniiied
regard fof the rights OF all, and by
living our national lives in harmony
and good will.
Across the thousands Of miles OF
the Atlantic we see Europe convulsed
with the most terrible conflict which
this world has ever witnessed; we see
the manhood Of these great nations
sheltered, their homes ruined, their
productive energies devoted to the one
purpose Of destroying tehir fellowmen.
When we Contemplate the untold mis-.
cry which these once happy people
are enduring and the heritage which
they are transmitting to succeeding
generations, we cannot but contrast a
continent at war and a continent a,
peace. The spectacle teaches a lesson
we cannot ignore.
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