The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-07
WILSON ON PAN-AMER|CA
POLICY OF GOVERNMENT
Inc Nations Should Guarantee
Each Other Political In
dependence.
!. ON MONROE DOCTRINE
united states Will Maintain II ~,
her Own NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
towards Others.

washington, Jan. 6.-The JTnita5
states Governments Pan-Amer;oon
poiicy was revealed indetail bv pros-
lueht Wilson tonight in an addroo,
oeiore the second Pan-American
1''ehtihc Congress. He expIained
lhe proposals submitted to South and
Cehtral American diplomats here ,ast
week by Secretary Lansing 90 ho
SIS Tor an effective agreement ~
tween all the republics of the we,t-
erh hemisphere not only for tbo
'n'ernational peace of America. but
'ne domestic peace of America >,
Ihis program, as outlined Inv ,ho
PRESIDENT, proposes that all tho
american Nations shall take CON
certed action as follows:
Guarantee to each other absolute
poiitlcal independence and territor-
ial integrity.
agree to settle all pending boun-
dary disputes as soon as possible bv
amicable processes.
Agree to handle all disputes aris-
ing among them by patient imnar-
tial investigation and to settle tbon,
b" arbitration.
Agree that no revolutionary exne-
dltion shall be outftted against or
supplies for revolutionists shinned
to neighboring States.
He said the Monroe Doctrine al
ways had been and always wou1d ba
maintained by the United States on
lts own authority, but that the doo-
trine did not disclose what .ttituao
the United States would assume to-
wards other Nations of the hemis-
phere' and consequently the other
Natlons had been distrustful of n
In this connection the presidept
said:
me Monroe Doctrine was pro-
clalmemd by the United States on ber
own authority. 1t always has heen
maintained and always will be main
tanned upon her own responsibility
But the Monroe Doctrine demanded
merely that European Governments
should not attempt to extend their
pollticai systems to this side of the
Atlantic. 1t did not disclose the use
which the United States intended IN
make OF her power on this side of
the Atlantic. 1t was a hand held nm
IN warning, but there was no promise
In IL or what America was going to
40 with the implied and partial pro-
tectorate which she apparently was
trying to set up on this side of the
water and / believe you will sustain
me in this statement that it has been
fears and suspicious on this score
which have hitherto prevented the
greater intimacy and confidence and
trust between the Americans The
States of America have not been
certain what the United States would
do with her power. This doubt
must be removed.
And latterly there has been a
very frank interchange of views be-
tween the authorities in Washing
ton and those who represented the
other states OF this hemisphere, an
interchange of views charming and
hopeful, because based upon an
increasingly sure appreciation of the
spirit in which they were undertaken.
These gentlemen have seen that II
America is to come into her own, in
to her legitimate own, i'll world or
peace and order, she must establish
the foundations of amity so that M
oNne will hereafter doubt them.
i hope and / believe that this can
be accomplished. These conferences
have enabled me to foreseen how 1t
would be accomplished. 1t will be
accomplished in the first place by
the States OF America uniting in
guaranteeing to each other absolute
political independence and territor-
lal integrity. In the second place
ana RS necessary conrollary TO that,
guaranteeing the agreement to set
tie al pending boundary disputes
among themselves should they un-
happily arise, will be handlel by
patient, impartial investigation and
settled by arbitration; and the agree
meut necessary TO the peace nf The
Americas, that no State Of either
Continent viii permit revolutionary ,