Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-02
In its last analysis Germany's re
ply is friendly but unsatisfactory.
n THE PAN-AMERIcAN CONFER
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;#55 Most important just at this time Isl
the Pan-American financial confer
ence now being held in this country
Conferences for various purposes
have been held before on numerous
occasions, but nothing has come Of
them, to speak Of, and very little at
tention has been paid to s them
by the people OF the United States.
We're. 1T not that about all Of 'Eu-
rope Is now embroiled in war It Isl
probable that this meeting Of dele
gates representing the countries OF
North, Central and South America,
would go almost unnoticed. Because
Of this European war, there Il has
risen q feeling among the various
peoples OF the western continent that
they have been living too much apart
"a feeling that their interests are
mutual and that there should be
closer relationship, both in business
and as nations, one needing the
friendship and confidence OF the 9TH
$er at all times. M n; KS sIs
The first thing to have clearly I'M
#derstood, as the president, in his
speech, automatically pointed out, is
that one nation shall not cove that
which another nation has; that no
nation shall assume its right to ex-
plot another nation because that ma
ton be the weaker. This point be-
ing understood, the way to closer re-
lations, commercial and otherwise, is
easier as we are aware that our
dollar diplomacy has caused dis
trust OF US on the part Of our neigh
bors. MI 4; 35 N.
5s Secretary McAdoo went to the
point in his speech to the delegates.
He said So long as we are in a
large part finan cially depende nt up
on the nations of Europe for our in
ternal development and economic sta
bility, 80 long are we exposed to the
hazards Of their internal strife and
eternal wars. This seems to be the
opportune time for the development
Of the spirit, at least, Of continental
this was seen and this was RESPONSE
BILE for the Monroe Doctrine, warn
ing Europe away from this hemis-
phere. And yet during all these
years no conference ito talk over the
situation" has been held. It took
such q catastrophe as the European
war to bring us to realization that
an understanding Of each other, of
each others aims and ambitions, and
a union of interests to better
advance the prosperity, as well as
the peace and comfort of each other,
was absolutely necessary and had
been necessary for long, long
time. RI sa
Ri It cannot be expected, commercial
ly, that the markets of the world
shall not be open to all because the
people Of this hemisphere will trade
where they can trade to the best ad-.
vantage, but it is necessary to place
such machinery in operation that the
nations OF this hemisphere will have
no artificial handicaps in trade with
each other. To that end this finan-
cial conference will work. The Unit
& ed States, in better position than ev-
er before, must arrange financial ac-
Communications for nations on this
continent less favorably situated.
The United States must arrange suit
able and adequate transp ortation ia
cilities 1t was this latter handicap
the administration had in view when
it sought to have a law passed Gre
ating an American merchant marine
and which bill petty politics defeated:
Now when the worlds marine serv-
ice Is shattered and freight rates as
high as the heavens, we are con-
WINGED that the refusal of the senate
to pass the bill amounted almost to
crime. But, we do not doubt, 1t
senators had foreseen what has hap
pened, they, regardless of politics,
would have supported the bill. -.
Great good is to come froms this
conference Ways and means are to
be provided to not only enable the
western continent to do business to-
gether on 3 profit sharing basis, as
it were, but from this conference
will come a friendship everlasting
union of peoples whose purpose
will be to strive for the good of hui
manity, for peace, for liberty.