Evening star., 1915-06-13


welfare of humanity.
Should Be Extended.
"In order to secure the whole-soltd
support of the Monroe doctrine
throughout the breadth and length OF
the continent, that doctrine must be
carried to the extreme length of its
logical development The Monroe doc
trine has closed effectively the con-
tinent to European conquest put IL nd >
not prevented the exercise OF conques.
in both sections of the coht1hent. an
formulating no indictment, my con :
tenton is surely analytical. III shouiu
be enacted and covenanted among an
the nations of the continent tnat the
territory of the American nations IS
no longer a subject for conquest erther
from within or from without the hemi-
sphere.
such a declaration. as far as the
United States are concerned mas di.
ready been made by the President or
the United States; it is not to be sup
posed that any other American repub-
lie should be less explicit. Internal m
volatility is the essential toundatlon
of inviola bility from the outside. Ihe
proposition that violence and pillage-
that is to say. conquest-are inlqu1tles
in the stranger and virtues IN the
nelghbor is unworthy to be maintained
or accepted by self-respecting peoples
This continent stands pledged to the
proposition that justice is not a question
of quantity, but of essence: that crime
cannot become virtue because it is exer-
cised collectively. and that there is no
human power that can give to iniquity
the character of patriotism
Looking backward to the history of
this land and to the written precepts of
IT'S collective efforts, and to the achieve
believe in our hearts that such are your
guiding principles. We do not call you
perfect, and no man and no nation has
ever been perfect. But we believe in
your sincerity Of purpose, as you must
believe in ours, and so we may go hand
IN hand toward the rising sun.
Trod Hallowed Ground.
Were you to demand f1attery al your
due. my lips would he dumb to utter
ance and my heart closed to admira-
ton. We depart now taking a message
of. gladness to our peoples. We have
trod on hallowed ground, where the act
of independence was signed and where
the will of the people crystallized into
law: we have stood beside the tomb of
Washington, and we have crossed the
silent plains where the spirit of Lin
coin hovers as memory of immortal
fragrance, and now we stand on the
soil twice consecrated to liberty. where
men first fought and suffered and died
for the liberty of the land, and later
for the liberty of the slave. We have
seen your boundless fields rich in the
promise of the coming harvest. We
have seen your cities eager and mag
nificent, your heaving workshops, and
we have felt the conquering throb of
life in field and city, wherever we turn; !;
we have seen the prosperous multi
tudes, the happy homes, and the busy
marts: we have seen the wandering
seas in their pilgrimage and the inland
oceans enclustered, and we have been
told that all that prodigy is but a
fringe of your imperial purple: that
beyond in all directions the miracle eX-
tends immeasurable and resplendent-
And we know that such achieve
ments could only have been accom-
plished under the protecting wing of
liberty, and that your essential treas
ure, more precious by far than your
wealth and your progress, lies in the
principles of liberty, and the equality
of your institutions. and your loyalty
to them. Were your loyalty to cease,
your greatness would vanish like
MONDAY dream, and thus We bid you
farewell. There Is perennial dawn
on the horizon. for the task of men
is endless. and every noble American
is a rising sun. Ours means the union
of America for the liberty of man.
President Sends Greeting.
WOrd from 1reSlUeHl "llSoH was
brought to the assembly by Andrew
j. Peters, assistant secretary of the
Treasury, who said:
In behalf Of the President of the
United States, l wish to thank the
members of the Boston Chamber of
Commerce And with the mention of
the Presidents name we are reminded
that today he is facing a situation of
the gravest Importance He is giving
to it the most careful deliberation.
Possibly as never before the President
needs the support of his countrymen.
1t is A singular privilege therefore to
express the confidence, as l see you
gentlemen here tonight, that the Pres
ident may count on the unbounded 10y
atty of those who never fail at such
a time as this, the patriotic citizens of
Boston,.
Among the speakers were President
Lowell of Harvard University and
Senior Gonzalo Vergara BulneZ of Chile.
Senior Bulnez declared that the re-
cent financial conferences showed
clearly that there were many vast
problems confronting the two Amer
icas which might not hold out any
prospect of actual and immediate prof
it. but which must be solved by men
of heart and intelligence.
The delegates will see more of the
sights of Boston tomorrow. leaving
late in the day for New York where
the party disbandS.