The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-24
PATH Of PEACE
HOPE Of WILSON
President Tells Financial Con-
ference He Wishes Americans
Would Point Way To World
"HANDSOME RIVALRY" is GOOD
Ii Private Capital Does Not Build
Trade Vessels, Nation Must,
He Says

WAgIIINGTON NIuy u President
Wilson. sn,pkIug ut the oprnlng of
th. Pan. American financial conference
here t,duy ryurrssrd tbr hone that
IN. Americans might show fine world
fine patb IA reacr The president was
upnlnudrd louJ,, IA, the delegates us
he entered the hnll Of the Americas IN
the Pan. American union building.
,yherr thn meetings uru hriug held On
the uniform were members Of the cab
met while fine audience included mnny
hlyh Government offirluIS and rrprc.
srntnti,cs Of South and Central Amer
Tenn rnuutrlr.
The president dcclnrrd the people
nf rh, Americas vrrr moi irving to
mako r,,r of ONE another but were try
ing tu lee or u-. to one another. lie
spoke of the handsome rivalry
which ne said was good for nntious.
The prk of hr pb,-lruI mems uf
communication between the Americas.
be spld. slnod somewhat I'm the way of
the Jpyplopmrp of commerce and
rirpd.hip I'm advocating more ships
I'm Pan American trade. and the open
ing Of urw routes tnr president said
tnot If private rnpllnl could mot soon
rstubllsn mrnIIs. nf communication the
government must undertake to do su.
Listens 10 RESPONSE
Al thr conclusion of the president Is |
oddrn.. ne vos l,pplnudrd npniu lie
rcmpiu,I lu nr hail while Rrpr,~ru
tpti,,s of the different natiuu. rc
sppudcd to his welcome
President Wilson spoke ns follows. !
There can be- mo- sort II union ~ |
interest If There {. IL purlnsr uf pN
ulnit,ti,u ou the pgrt Of any person |
connected with great conference ~ !
this sort. We are not. therefore try
ing 10 make use Of one uuothrr. but |
we ARE irving to be- of uS, 10 one un
other
"u Is very surprising to me. II j. |
even n source NJ modification that
rnutprrucp Ike this should huyp been !
40 lopy DELAYED TINT II should never
have occurred before. that II should
have reauIrpd a crisis of the world to |
show the Americans how truly they !
were ucighbors tu one nnother. II
tbcr. l. nm, one hnppy circumstance |
gentlemen arising out W the present |
distressing rirwustuucrs of the world. |
/, TINT II has revealed us 10 one an
other. II hn, shown Ms vhnt II means
to bee ucighhors And cannot help
hnrborur the hope. the very high hope, /
tbnt by This commerce, uf minds with |
our another ns we'll ns commerce In |
popds we mn, show the world In part |
tbc untb NJ pcnrc"
Handsome Jealousy
off would hc very great thing II !
tbe Amrrlrus could ndd tn the disunc !
tlpp thr, nIrrndy wcur. nf showing the |
way to permanent peace The way 10
prnrr Tor III, at amy rntr. is manifest /.
II +, thr kind of riynlry which does
NAT m,nl,p aggression. II Is the kind !
thpt mon cpu be- nf the greatest ser. |
vice tn nur npothcr and nations " the
gr,otrst srrylre to one mother. when |
the ,pnIuu.y hrtVpeu Them is merely q |
ienlou.y OF excellence, and when The |
LnLs nf thrlr Intercourse is friend |
shin There e, only one way I'm which |
vr wish IN tokr ndynntngc of YOU and |
tbnt il hy milking better goods. by do |
ug the things we seek 10 do for each |
other b.ttrr II we cnn than YOU can |
do thrm. and 80 squirting YOU ON. II |
we MIGHT by ~ handsome a jealousy |
~ IA excel us
81 am so kecply aware that the |
bosis az personaI friendship il this
r,mnetltion In excellence that am
perfectly certain that this IL the only |
hosIs for the friendship OF nations
tbis handsome rivalry this rivalry IN
which there IL no dislike. this rivalry
which Il nnthIpv hut the common bone
NJ elevation In great enterprlses which |
v,c can urdcrtnke I'm commnn
"Th.rn IL one thing that stands I'm
our wny. among others for yon are
mara cnnversont with the clrcumstan.
eos thon am Tho thing hnve chief
ly IN mind ia the physlcol lek of
means az communication. the l,ck az
vehicles the Iark nf shIns tho lscL ~
established routes of traJa-tho lect
of those things which ore aha,lute,v
necessary n we ore to Iove trne and
intimnte commercial reletIons with one
another nnd am perfectlv clear In
nav md,,mant that ~ rri,ata ,.,J,aI