Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-26


i faith of the United States in it's atti-
:, tude towards its sister republics. there
+, is no question that II deep and broad
1 wave Of true Pan-Amcricanism Will
sweep over the entire Western Hcmis-
! pherc and make the Americans not
! only forever leaders In the civilization
and commerce Of the world. hut a COM
4 bncd power OF unprecedented strength
/ for peace and progress.
i Drawing conclusions from the atti-
4 tude OF the press of America
I which. as in the United states, is tho
! best barometer Of public sentiment il
I would appear true that while the gov
\ crnments and peoples OF I.atin-Amcr-
! lea arc sympathetic with the United
+! states government and people in the
! matter Of many distressing incidents
1 ;,nG raids that have occurred along the
I boe aud Of the losses Of life and
re,crty in the interior OF Mexico and
+ do not blame the United States for
\ making most earnest representations
i and protestations. as they themselves
/ would DO under similar circumstances,
\ they, on ths other hand, do not believe
! that conditions and situation have
arrived where war and armed interview
I ton would he juStiitable Again. while
I Latin America for its own good name
/ is just as anxious as the United States
I for the rc-establishncn; Of peace and
/ order in Mexico. it believes that the
4 interior problem OF Mexico is one that
! belongs solely 10 that country. and
must be worked out by the Mexican
! government and people without the
/ impairment OF Mexican sovereignty
! by another republic.
Let. therefore, the editors Of Nir-
| Ginia and tn" United States. in deter
/ mining their attitude towards the Mex
| lean situation. think not alone Of bor-
| der troubles and veXatious incidents
"a IN at
/ were causes for war and intervention
! but let them look beyond to all Latin
| America Let them think Of the i'm
/ portance OF promoting alike the conf
i dencc ana commerce Of twenty sister
! republics. having combined popula-
/ ton Of s0.O00.0oo, an area OF 5000
I Gao square miles. or tire. times that
I OF the United states. and an annual
foreign commerce valued at nearly s3.-
! ooo.oOo.o0o in which the share of the
/ United states, according TO the latest
statictics. is nearly one third or be-
You'd 5000. 100000
1T is also gratifying 10 add that tho
! Virginia Press Association and the ed
! itors Of Virginia have been we'll COM
I pimcntcd and recognized In the mat
/ ter Of their co-opcr; ton for PAN
/ AmericaniSm by the recent appoint-
ment Of Robert s. Barrett, the prcsi-
! dent Of tho association and editor of
the Alexandria Gazette. to represent
Z tnc department ot commerce in invcS-
tigatng important trade conditions in
I South America.
| All hail. therefore. say. to the di-
rect interest OF the Virginia Press As
socfation in promoting Pau-American
commerce. Pan American friendship
y and Pan-American peace"
NEWSPAPER MAN As SEEN
BY PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
4 Secretary OF the Navy Daniels spoke
n
public official. He emphasized tho
fact that newspaper man never vio-
/ latcs confidence. and that he has
/ saved many a great man from errors
which would have utterly wrecked the
latters career. Secretary Danielss ad-
! dress, in part, was as follows:
4 Editors hre coming into their own
IN editor sounded the keynote ut each
OF the great nominating conventions
recently held. That is a change when
most editors were skilled in making
music out of their party organ. And
! they keynoted in a way TO satisfy their
parties. IN the Republican convention
] El.tor Harding kcynoted so satisfac-
( tori? that no other keynote was
deemed necessary. lii the Democratic
/ convention Editor Glynn keynoted so
cloaueni!E as to capture the convention,
and got almost as much marching and
heating of drums Bryan or Roose-
welt received when they were named
for the presidency Such honors as
were conferred upon these two great
editors by their respective parties
would seem TO indicate that they were
justified in allowing tho lure OF journal
ism 10 beckon 10 them in their younger
days when they were casting about 10
I find their life calling.
/ CoNSTA NTIY REMINDED
or HIS "GUILT" As EDITOR
Il never have been 50 constantly
I reminded of the guilt Of being a coun-
/ try editor as ! have since had III"
/ honor to be appointed by President
/ Wilson as Secretary Of the Navy. Tho
/ opposition has apparently found il
more or less useful for campaign pur-
+ poses 10 charge that the American
navy was going down IN efficiency be-
\ cause il was managed hS Il country edi-
/ tor. And this in spite 81 tho fact
I that there are fifty-SiN more ships in
I commission now than on March I.
! 1918: there arc 5000 more men aud 4
1 larger number Of officers and an au-
/ thorization by tho Senate OF enough
! additional men 10 fully man every
! lighting ship in the navy. SO that to-
| day twenty-five battlcships = more
| than ever before--are engaged with
| the Atlantic Fleet in mancuvcrs; and
| the Senate has just passed a naval hill
carrying the largest appropriation ever
given in any naval bill in amy country
IL the world. II has neither been my
| teaching nor--I hope may say il with
becoming modesty-my experience that
the ownership and cditorShip Of moro
or less country journal has tended TO
incapacitatc men for the holding OF
n public position. Two Presidents OF
the United States before President
Wilson saw fit to appoint country cdi-
tors TO be Secretaries of tho Navy.
President Lincoln appointed Gideon
Welles TO be head IF what Lincoln
himself called the 'wcb-footcd' arm OF
the service. and President Arthur APP