New Britain herald., 1915-12-27

-America'' Keynote.
 'Tt is the Pan-American spirit and the policy of Pan-Americanism to which I would for a few moments d. rect your attention at this early meet ing of the Congress, since it is my eranest hope that 'Pan-America' will be the keynote which will influence your relations with one another and inspire your thoughts and words.
 Nearly century has passed since President Monroe proclaimed to the world his famous doctrine as the na- tional policy of the United States. It was founded on the principle that the safety of this Republic would be inn perilled by the extension of sover- eign rights by a European power over territory in this hemisphere. Con- cefved in a suspicion of monarchial institutions and in a full sympathy with the republican idea it was ut- tered at a time when our neighbors to the south had won their indepenc ence and were gradually adapting themselves to the exercise of their newly acquired rights. To those strug- gling nations the doctrine became shield against the great European powers, which in the spirit of the age coveted political control over the rich regions which the newborn States had made their own.
 U. s. Small Nation Then.
 "The United States was then a small nation, but a nation which had been tried in the fire; a nation whose in- domitable will had remained unshaken by the dangers through which it had passed The announcement of the Monroe Doctrine was a manifestation of this will. It was a courageous thing for President Monroe to do. 1t meant much in those early days, not only to this country but to those na- tions which were commencing a new life under the standard liberty. How much it meast we can never know since for four decades it remained un- challenged.
 During that period the younger Republics of America, giving expres- sion to the cirile spirit born of in7 dependence and liberal institutions, developed rapidly and set their feet firmly on the path of national pro- gress which has led them to that plane of intellectual and material prosperity which they today enjoy.
 Have Attained Maturity.
 within recent years the Govern ment of the United States has found no occasion, with the exception of the Venezuela boundary incident to remind Europe that the Monroe Doc Urine continues unaltered national policy of this Republic. The Re- publics of America are no longer children in the great family of na- tions. They have attained maturity. the yare working out their several des- With enterprise and patriotic fervor tinies.
 During this later time, when the | American nations have come into | of their nationality and are | fully conscious of the responsibilities | and privileges which are theirs as sovereign and independent States, there has grown up a feeling that the Republics of this hemisphere consti- tute a group separate and apart from the other nations of the world, a group which is united throughout North and South American, our political and intercourse: It is the same feeling which, founded on sym pathy and mutual interest, exists among the members of @ family. 1t is he tie which draws together the ,Wenty-one Republics and makes of hem the American Family of Nations.
 Definite and Certain Force.
 This feeling, vague at first, has become today a definite and certain orce. We term it the "Pan-American pirit," from which springs the inter- policy of Pan-Americanism. t is that policy which is responsible or this great gathering of distinguish d men, who represent the best and most advanced thought of the Ameri- as. It is policy which this govern nent has unhesitatingly adopted and which it will do all in its power to oster and promote.
 When we attempt to analyze Pan- we find that the essential ualities often those of the family helpfulness and a sincere esire to see another grow in prosper .y, absence of covetousness of an- ther's possessions, absence of jeal- 2 usy of another's prominence, and, { bove all, absence of that spirit of l intrigue fhich menaces the domes- c peace of a neighbor. Such are the ualities of the family tie among in- | ividuals, and such should be, and I r elieve are the qualities which com s ose the tie which unites the Ameri- f an Family of Nations. f
 No Spirit of Greed. t "I speak only for the Government ( r the United States, but in doing so t am sure that I express sentiments t hich will find an echo in every Re- V ublic represented here when I say V lat the might of this country will fl ever be exercised in a spirit of greed is wrest from 8 neighboring state its k rritory of possessions. The ambi- f; ons of this Republic do not lie in the lth of conquest but in the paths of g ,ace and justice. Whenever and D herever we can we will stretch forth el nd Tn thoSa who mad haIn -,