The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-03
TAKING PROFIT IN WAR.
United States Interests Can Do 1t Only
By Cooperation of Government.

Washington. d. c., Feb. 3.-ln an adj
dress before the chamber of commerce
of the United States, in convention here
to -day. on the subject of Our National
Policy as to Investments Abroad, sam
uel MeRoberts, president OF the Ma
tional City bank, declared the United
States could take profit by the CONNER
cial opportunities of the European war
only by cooperate on of the government
in opening new markets and diplomatic
Intervention for protection Of trade and
investment.
"The security of the right of property
and the enforeeent OF equal justice i
essential To any commerce said he
"Ought there to be any question that a
citizen investing in the Instrumental
ties of trade in foreign lands should
not be promptly protected in his rights
in case they should be threatened
through failure Of government, injus-
tice. oppression or confiscation! These
questions do not concern US 50 much as
10 our trade in Europe and the more adj
yanced countries OF South America, but
there is large section of the world
where these are vitality significant.
'In the Orient, in the Caribbean, in
the northern part OF South America,
in Mexico, we have the opportunity 70
do great constructive vlorkand BY so do
ING win place OF our own in the future
commerce OF those lands, Just a. Eng
land did in India or the Argentine un.
der even more difficult conditions The
uncertainty Of protection stands square
iy in the way II you want 70 do any
thing in these countries. the standing adj
vice is 10 get under tho English, French
or German flag As long a. question
can be raised ls 10 the property rights
OF Americans in respect TO invest
mcnts made outside OF the terri
tory Of the United States. our foreign
commerce will languish. No broad and
comprehensive campaign will b. possible
without the same certainty Of support
aud protection that is afforded BY the
foreign Offices Of every world power bat
our own.
This defect IN our foreign policy can
only ~ remedied by 4 wider and clearer
understanding of the whole question and
the resultant action ~ phhlic opinion
What We need + 4 settled and depcnda-
bic policy. and under orr form q gov
crnment no policy can b. constant un-
less based upon 4 compelling public opin.
ION. That We have wise and courageous
men n the head ~ our government does
not suffice. -Four ycar- j. as a day IN
the liio OF n nation. and effort j. vast
"a a. long as IL Is possible 20 have one
foreign policy on March 81 and another
on March 9Th Furthermore. our public
men are necessarily limited iH their ac-
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induced D. follow them and We must
rrcocnizc that limitation
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half 1ozeu men On this snhiegt before
being confronted with sneh questions as
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