Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-01-13

Washington. Jan. 6.-rhc United states
governments Pan-Amercan policy was
revealed in detail by President Wilson to-
night In an address before the second Pan
American Scientific Congress. lie ex
planned the proposals submitted TO South
and Central American diplomats here last
week by Secretary Lansing as a basis for
an effective agreement between all the re-
pubics of the western hemisphere. mot
only for International peace of America.
hut the domestic peace Of America"
This program. as outlined by the Presl-
dent proposes that tho American nations
shall:
THE GUARANTEES.
Unite in guaranteeing to each other
absolute political independence and terri
torial integrity:
Agree to settle all pending boundary
DISPUTES as soon as possible by amicable
process;
Agree to handle all disputes arising
among them by patient, impartial in
vestigation and to settle them by arbitra-
tou:
Agree that no revolutionary expedition
shall he QUILTED against or supplies for
r'volutionists shipped To- neighboring
states
These arc very practical suggestions"
said the President. "and for my part
believe that they are going to lead the
way to something hat America has
prayed for for many a generation"
, EXPANSION OF MONROE DOCTRINE
L., Il set,
had been and always would he main
tanned by the United States on its own
authority. but that the doctrine did not
! disclose what attitude the United States
| would assume towards other nations
Of the hemisphere. and in consequence
the other nations had been distrustful
of it,
! Enthusiastic applause from the dele
| gates greeted the Presidents remarks
An excursion to Mount Vernon and
! the selection of Lima. roru. as the
meeting place for the next congress in
1921 occupied the delegates during the
day
After expressing regret at his In
ability TO be present to greet the con-
gress at its opening session tho Pr"sI-
dent in his address said in part:
y DREA NJ COME TIKI r.
THE dra wing together Of the Americas.
ladies and gentlemen, has long been
dreamed OF and desired. 1t is a matter #
peculiar qualification therefore, to see This
great thing happen: to see tho America {
drawing together. and not drawing to-
gether upon any insubstantal founda ton
of mere sentiment.
After all, even friendship must &c
based on n perception OF common sym
pathes. OF common interests, of common
ideals and Of common purposes. Men
cannot he friends unless they intended the
same thing. and the Americas have NOR,
and more realized that in all essential par
ticulars thel intend tho same thing with
regard to their thought and their life and
their activities.
Put ladies and gentlemen. or
thought cannot pause At the artificial
boundaries Of the fields OF science and
OF commerce. All boundaries that di-
vide life into sections and interests
are artificial because life is all OF q
, piece. No one who reflects upon the
progress of science or the spread OF
the arts of peace or the extension ano
perfection Of interests of any practical
arts Of life can fail to see that thcr,
is only one atmosphere that thcs.
things breathe and that is an atmos
phere Of mutual confidence and o.
peace and of ordered political lif,
among the nations. for nothing stir'
passion like political disturbances ant
passion is the enemy Of truth,
FlNANCIERS HELPLESS.
These things were realized wit
peculiar vivdness and said with unusua
elopucnce in a recent conference he'd i
this city for the purpose of cousiderln
the financial relations between the tW
continents of America. because 4 wa
perceived that tnanciers can do moth
ing without tho cooperation "f govern
t mcnts, and that if merchants would dca
. with ono another, laws must aCrc" wit
h.. one another--that vow cannot make law
vary without making them contradc
and that amidst contradictory laws tn
easy flow OF commercial intercourse
impossible, and that, therefore. tinar
cial congress naturally led 10 all tho in
fcrcnccs OF politics. For politics I cor
coiVe to be nothing more than III
r science OF tho ordered progress of SC
q ciety along tho lines of greatest uscfu
e ness and convenience to itself
Il For my own part, congratulate my
self upon living in time when IN
< nents have more and more come int
@ candid trustful mutual conference con-
g pairing views as to the practical an
{ friendly way of helping one another an
t of setting forward every handsome on