Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-27
ANS|NG ECHOES
WILSON'S UNION
/ OF ALL AMERICAS
IN n-Americanism in Harmony
With Monroe Doctrine,
Secretary Declares.

leon IN MS HeSsdBe " Noiih S9'
; supported today by the speaker:
the Inaugural session of the Sec.
j pan American Scientific Con.
SIS. A composite address of the
aentv-two speeches made would
We the Impression of general IN
fsement Of the idea.
secretary of State Lansing in his
pacity as an officer of the United
& 4fes, which invited the congress to
{ let here, and as presiding officer
the governing board of the ran
lerican Union, discussed Pan
iericanisrn as an international
icy. of the Americas" and the
Anroe doctrice as national
Icy, pointing out that the two
& re not iilharmonious.
Eduardo Suarez, ambassador oi
Tile, president of the congress re-
sd, expressing in general the at
lda of Latin-America, and, head
I the list of nineteen chairmen OF
egations, Ernesto Quesada, OF
enos Aires, made the first of the
5 minute replies.
4she first general session took place
Memorial Continental Hall, Ma
mai headquarters of the Daughters
the American Revolution. The
lefing place had been changed from
II Hall of the Americans of the Pam
lerican building in order better to
HI the members, totaling almost
10. Men and women from every
1bital of South and Central Amer
II from scores of other Latin-Amer-
8 81 cities, and from all parts of the
alfed States, were present.
zIce- President Marshall welcomed
Q, delegates in behalf of the United
ties government. The next speak
we're Secretary Lansing and Am
ssa1or SHarez. Responses, limited
I'VE minutes, were made by chair
an of the various delegations.
Pam n-Americanism, said Secretary
nsing, is an expression of the
"a of internationalism. America has
2ome the guardian of that idea,
Sieh viii in the end rule the world.
Zee the European war began other
itprs have strengthened this
ssural bond and given impulse to
movement. Never before have
i people so fully realized the
Ynificance of the words Peace and
[afternlty. ft,sf
ct another point of his address Sec
.lary Lansing said: IF the SOW
aigntv of. sister republic is men
astt- from overseas the power of the
sited States, and. l hope and be-
IFe, the united power of the Amer
I'M republics, will constitute a bull
rsrk which will protect the independ-
and Integrity of their neigh
f. tfrsr.ss - fcf faFr cfs nd
.,ion." =
Monroe Doctrine Shield,
s>Ir. Lansing said in part:
|eNearly century has passed since
nsident Monroe proclaimed to the
rid his famous doctrine as the ma
tnal policy of the. United States
was founded on the principle that
iA safety of this republic would be
aperilfed by the extension of SOW
'nTign rights by a European power
eer territory in this hemisphere
nceived in suspicion of monar-
Encaf Institutions and in a full sym
Il thy with. the republican idea, it was
|Leered at a time when our neighbors
|[ithe south had won their independ-
|rre and were gradually adapting
sn1selves to the exercise OF their
|srgiy-acquired rights. To those
nations the. doctrine be-
eif1e a shield against the great Euro
|ean powers, which in the spirit OF
|re age coveted political control over
BE rich regions which the newborn
1etes had made their own.
Is Within recent years the govern
ssfnt OF the United states has found
Eu occasion. with the exception of the
s unezuela boundary incident, to re-
|nand Europe that the Monroe Doc
ne continues unaltered a nationa
En9icy of this republic. The republics
& America are. no longer children IL
|sss great family of nations. They
i've attained maturity. With enter
.se and patriotic fervor they are
5rking out their several destinies.
During this later time, when the
I. 1erican nations have come into &
3 Utilization of their nationality and
~ fully conscious of the responsible
IS and privileges which are their:
"a sovereign and independent States
E.ssre has grown up a feeling tina
republics of this hemipshere con
tute a group separate and apar
I'm the other nations of the world
R group which is united by common
Gals and common aspirations. I be
I'VE that this feeling is genera
Il soughout the North and Soutl
cnef'ica. and that year by year 1t ha
'ersreased until it has become a poten
Z Aie1uence over our political and com
&hercial Intercourse. 1t is the sam
g ling which, founded on sympath.
& a mutual interest, exists among tn
tpenbers of family. 1t is the ii
iich draws together the .twenty-on
|,epublics and makes OF them tn
o0uerican family of nations.
ku. Pan-American Spirit.
! nj This feeling, vague at first, hai
Income today a definite and certain
s. rec. We term it the 'Pan-Ameri
n spirit from which springs tn
zisernational policy of Pan-Ameri
rr.nism. 1t is that policy which /
4 sponsible for this great gathering
I, distinguished men, who represen
Ere best and most advanced though
~ the Americas. It is policy whicl
is government has unhestitatingl
opted and which it will do all il
power to foster and promote.
When we attempt to analyze Pan
unericanism we find that the essen
FHll qualities are those of the famil
4 ''lisympathy, helpfulness and a sin
are desire to see another grow Il
Il 4U3DGIltYa dDStiltt u CONtlOuolitr
ea another's possessions, absence {
'thaiousy of another's prominence. ant
bnsove all, absence OF that spirit Q
At frigue which menaces the domesti
STAGE of neighbor. Such are tn
b aalities of the family tie among in
HiduaIs. and such should be, and
8 1ieVe are, the qualities which com
Wfse the tie which unites the Ameri
t4f.tt faff4fIv of nafi0na
isf'I speak only for the government
ID the United, but in doing so I ar
|isfne that / express sentiments whic
Mill find an echo in every republi
.hspresented here, when | say tina
sese might of this country will neve
de- exercised In a spirit of greed
e rest from a neighboring state II
nFrftory or possessions. The amb'
pns of this republic do not lie ]
Iiee path of conquest, but In the patti
peace and justice. Whenever an
we can we will stretc
I. ~ 4. a hand fo those who need hell