The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-06-21

agree and conspire together for the pur-
pose of embarrassing or weakening our
government or of improperly influence
ing or coercing our public representatives
in dealing or negotiating with any for
eign power. We charge that such con-
spiracies among limited number exist
and have been instigated for the purpose
of advancing the interests of foreign
countries to the prejudice and detriment
of our own county We condemn any
political party which, in view of the
activity of such consplrators, surren-
ders it's integrity or modities It's policy.
Preparedness :
Along with the proof of our charac
ter as a nation must go the proof of our
power to play the part that legitimately
belongs to us. The people of the Unit
cd States love peace. They respect the
other nations. They desire neither any
additional territory nor any advantage
which cannot be peacefully gained by
their skill. their industry, or their en-
terprise; but they insist upon having
absolute freedom of national life and
policy and feel that they owe it to them
selves and to the role of spirited indie
pendence which it is their sole ambition
to. play that they should render them
selves secure against the hazard of in
reference from any quarter and should
be able to protect their rights upon the
therefore. favor the maintenance of an
army fully adequate to the requirements
of order, of safety and of the protection
of the nations rights. the fullest devel-
opment of modern methods of seacoast
defense and the maintenance Of an ade
quate reserve of citizens trained to arms
and prepared to safeguard the people
and territory of the United States
against any danger of hostile action
which may unexpectedly arise: and a
fixed policy for the continuous develop
ment of navy worthy to support the
great naval traditions of the United
Sfntaq and fuliv a1na1 tho al
tionai tasks which the United States
hopes and expects to take a part in per-
forming. The plans and. enactments of
the present congress afford substantially
proof of our purpose in this exigentt
matter. .s4.- ,..s.,@ ss
Pan-Amsrican Concord. -... ID.
We recognize, now as We have always
recognized, a definite and common inter-
est between the United States with the
ern hemisphere in ali matters Of ma
tional independence and free POLITICAL
development. We favor the establish |
ment and maintenance of the. closest re-
and maintenance of the closest relations
Of amiity and mutual helpfulness between
the United States and the other repub-
lies of the American continents fort
the support of peace and promotion of
a common prosperity. To that end We
fasJr all measures which may be neces-
saEy to, facilitate intimate intercourse
ed States and her neighbor to the south |
Of us, and such international understand |
ing as may be practicable and suitable |
to accomplish these ends.
We commend the action of the demo- |
cratic administration in holding the |
Pan-American conference at Washington
in May. 1915, and organizing the inter- |
national high commission which repre- |
scented the United States in the recent |
meeting Of representatives of the Latin /
American republics at Buenos Aires, |
April, 1916, which have so greatly pro-
NOTED the friendly relations between
the people Of the western hemisphere.
Mexico , ......rs...E
the. principle of democratic faith. That |
doctrine guarantees the independent re-
publics of the two Americas against ag-t
gression from another continent 1t i'm
upon our part for the sovereignty of
each of them. The want OF a stable, re-
sponsible government in Mexico, capable |
of depressing and furnishing maraudersl
en- the lives and seized and destroyed thel
property of American citizens in thatf
but have insolently invaded curl
SOL. made s war upon and murdered y. our
temporarily to occupy, by our armed
forces, a portion Of the territory of thatt
friendly state. Until. by the restorationI
of law and order therein, a repetitionl
OF such incursions is improbable.
Intervention, implying as it does, mili-I
tary subjugation, is revolving to the peo-l
pie of the United States, notwithstand-l
ing the provocution to that course has
been great and should be resorted to, i'll
at all, only as a last resort. The stub-l
born resistance of the president and his
advisers to every demand and suggestion
to enter upon it, is creditable alike to
them and to the people in whose name
he speaks.
For the safeguarding and quickeningl
of the life OF our own people we favor
the conservation and development of the
natural resources of the country byl
means of policy which shall be posi-
tive rather than negative, 4 policy which
shall not withhold such resources from
but which, while 'permittingl
and encouraging their use. shall pre-
vent moth waste and monopoly in their
and we earnestly favor the
passage of acts which will accomplish
these objects.
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