The Washington times., 1915-12-27
Americanisn1 Is Urged
On Savants byLansir1g|
Secretary Says New Ideal Is Monroe Doctrine Deve
oped Beyond Political Sphere-Asserts Present
War Shows Evils of Nationalsm

operation. II becomes necessary for ,f-
fectivc cooperation that we should know
each other better than we do now. We
must not only be nelghbors. but friends
not only friends. but intmates. We
must understand one another. We
must comprehend our several needs.
We must study the phases of material
and intellectual development which en-
ter into the varied problems of national
progress. We should. therefore. when
opportunity offers. come together and
famliarizc ourselves with each others
processes of thought in dealing with
legal. economic and educational rucs-
tions.
Commerce and industry. science and
art pubic and private law, government
and education, all those great fields
which invite the intellectual thought OF
man, fall within the province of the de-
liberatlons of this congress. In the cX-
change of ideas and comparison of cX-
perienccs we will come to know one
another and to carry to the nations
which we represent n better and truer
knowledge of our ncighbors than we
have had in the past. believe that from
that wider knowledge mutual esteem
and trust will spring which Will unite
these republics more closely politically,
commercially and intellectually. and VIII
give to the Pan-American spirit an
impulse and power which 1t has never
known before.
Benefits of Trust.
"The present epoch is one which must
bring home to every thinking American
the wonderful benefits to be gained by
trusting our neighbors and by being
trusted by them, by corporation and
helpfulness. by dignified regard for
the rights Of all, and by living our ma
tional 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 sec
the manhood of these great nations
shattered, their homes ruined, their
productive energies devoted to the one
purpose Of destroying their fcllowmen
When we contemplate the untold misery
hich these once happy people arc on
during and the heritage which they are
transmitting to succeeding generations
we cannot but contrast a continent al
war and a continent at peace. The
spectacle teaches a lesson we cannot
ignore.
IF we seek the dominant ideas In
world politics since We became indie
pendent nations. We will find that we
won our liberties when individualisn
! bsorbed mems thoughts and inspired
their deeds This idea was gradually
supplantcd by that of natiOnalism
which found expression in the ambi-
tions of conquest and the greed for ter
ritory so manifest in the nineteenth
century. Following the impulse OF ma
| tionalism the idea Of internationalisn
| began to develop. 1t appeared to be
an increasing influence throughout the
civilized world. when the present war OF
| empires, that great manifestation Of ma
| tionalism stayed its progress in Europe
! and brought disbursement to those
1 who had hoped that the new idea would
usher in an era of universal peace and
| Justice.
while we are not actual participants
/ in the momentous struggle which Is
! shattering the ideals toward which civ
| iliZation was moving and is breaking
| down those principles on which interna'
| tionalism is founded. we stand as anX'
| ious spectators of this most terrible eX'
! ample Of nationalism Let us hope that
! it is the final outburst OF the cardinal
! evils OF that idea which has for nearly
a century spread its baleful influence
| over the world.