New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-04-01


cIudcs this CAM aim with rcf-
crencc to the actual sovercjeee1
and territorial integrity Of Nex-
leo. The declaration Of the Pres
idcnt when the expedition was
started and tn Hcs0. aGa of lie
Ncnate TO the effect that the SOY.
crelg1y ami integrity Of NeNjro
would be IN every way respected
were wise announcements and
WuSt represent the sober seut-
ment Of the American people.
If then, the United States
rings to successful conclusion
this expedition and rcliles with
a,It war with McNi.o as a nation
and people and with complete re
Srrct for Mexico S SoVercigutv.
nil Latin America may applaud
both the action and the GOOD faith
Of the t'ni'ed States and stand
back OF II even more strongly
than in he \, Is. e. mediation
Of 1911 and the Pan American
cooperation Of 1913, IN order to
J ng cosmos oat Of chaos IN Me-
lcO.
Latin America iscJust as de-.
+ rous Of the reestabIishent OF
peace and order III McXico as Is
| e United States. Its owl, great
nalnc ASA group of nations is at
stake and ii hopes for the early
! allzation Of that k;nd Of Pan
AmcrlcanlSm which means lasting
stability and prosperity for every
American nation, but it holds
that respect for the soAc, eighty
aod integrity of Mexico as a ma
ton and a land, no matter what
ncs, is an absolutely essential
element and an Underlying basic
Influence for the evolution Of that
permanent Pan Amcricanism.
which will weld the American le-
publcs into a solidarity Of poIiti-
cal interests, an intcrdcpcndcnec
OF commerce, and a unity Of plr-
pose and action, and which will
make Pan America the leader in
world civilization, in world com
nerce, and in world peace.
while many men, in undue
excitement, call for the. settle
mentiof the Mexican question. re,
gardless Of Latin American senti-
ment, they cannot deny on second
thought that the United States
crnmen: and people BY flag
rantly garding Latin Ameri-
can public opinion might wreck
and completely destroy the Pan
American ship Of state which
they have been so carefully con
structing with the cooperation of
Latin America, and which now,
under the unprecedented favor
able conditions brought about by
the European war, is about to set
: on the Pan American seas
without fear Of the mines and sub
marines Of international distrust,
envy and competition. and which,
II the Mexican situation works
out all right, will be welcomed
with acclaim in every port, so TO
speak, of North, Central and
South America from the Gulf of
Mexico to the Straits of Magellan!
- In other words, let the Unit
ed States strive TO so shape and |
settle the Mexican question and
BRING permanent order, peace and
stability to Mexico that the Unit
ed States will win forever the
and commerce of It's
swenty sister neighboring Amcri-
.an republics hay ing a population
If eighty millions of souls. an area
of nine millions Of square miles,
md an annual foreign trade with
he United States already valued
n excess Of eight hundred mil II
ions of dollars and destined, if .hc
Mexican problem is successfully
solved, to double itself, with di-
'ect effect on the industrial and
agricultural prosperity of the en-
ire South, within the next five
" ten years.
"If what | have said here
lwakcns your further interest in
an American possibilities, | beg
# you to communicate with me
the Pan American Union in
which is the great in
ernational bureau Of Pan Ameri-
an information, always ready to
10 anything in its power to pro
note Pan American commerce,
'an American friendship and Pan
american peace.