Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-05
POINTS TO WIsE WORDS or FiReT
PRESIDENT UPON ENTAN6-
LING RELATlONs.
UPHoLDS INTERNATIONAL LAW
Colonel Fsvore Adequate Prepared
noes Against Aggression In Wssh-
lnoton Birthday Address Before
oalesbura Business Men.

Gaiesburg, ILL.,. Feb. 22.-The Wash
ington birthday address. under the
auspices OF the business men of this
city, was delivered at the Galesbufg
club tonight by Col. Frank O. Lowden
of Oregon, III. Colonel Lowdon re-
peatedly quoted from the patriotic
farewell address OF the first president
to sustain the points made by him
against entangling alliances end In Ia
yor of preparedness for peace and the
maintenance of morality. There are
men today who boldly assert. SAID
Colonel Lowceo, that because inter-
national law has been violated by eli
the beiiigercnts, we need no longer
concern ourselves with internaiioaai
law. This assumes that the old rule
OF force, and force alone. must COW
ern In relations between pattofas- n
means that international morality u
a chinera- It means that tho great
words-Good Faith. Justice. Gaered-
ness of Plighted Word-stop at a ma
tons boundaries and ore obsolete
when applied to nations In their deal
ings with one another"
After quoting washinstoa's advice
to observe good faith and justice to-
wards all nations" Colonel Lowden de-
clared: Tt has been graveiy urged In
some quarters that We should 30
shape our course as, at the end OF the
var, to be in position to divide with
some other nation the trade Of the
world. Here materialism again speaks.
II we listen to this seifish appeal. We
win have abdicated our high position
In the councils of the world. We have
but one duty and that is to ASCERTAIN
strictly what our rights and duties
were under international law. es It ex-
listed ct the outbreak of this war. and
then insist upon our rights and per
form our duties. absolutely Indifferent
as to whether or not It shatl profit us
IN the end. II rs peculiarly the mis-
sion of America. which was founded
upon law, to insist upon the prtnei-
pie OF Law In international relations
Listen again to this wonderful ad-
Gross: But even our commercial poi
Icy should hold an equal and Impair
tial hand; neither seeking nor grant
ting exclusive favors Of preferences.
War Of Alliances Raging.
we have heard often OF recent
years, and we shall hear oftener In
the future, of permanent alliances.
either with some power OF Europe or
with the growing countries In South
America The spccious plee will be
mnde. and indeed has beon made, that
we can form en- alliance which will
preserve the peace OF the world. When
has an alliance ever had this effect?
The greatest war in history which is
now raging is q war between alliances.
We are told that the Monroe doctrine
can only be maintained by a Pan
American alliance. do not know
whether or not we can maintain the
Monroe doctrine alone, but do know
that II we must depend upon the re-
maintenance we would better aban-
don IT.
"'"Tis our true policy to steer clear Of
permanent alliances with any portion
of the foreign world SO says this
great address Of Washington, and
these words are truer today than ever
before in our history. No treaty OF
alliance can be made by which you
can receive foreign aid without be-
coming responsible for foreign faults.
In the maintenance Of peace with
other lands, we have got all we can
do to answer for the transgressions OF
our own people. without taking upon
ourselves the trarsgregsions of 9TH
. ers.'