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Upon the outcome of that test dts out
come in their minds. not in ours) de-
Ponds every relationship Of the United
States with Latin America, whether In
politics or in commerce and enterprise.
These are great issues and lie at the
heart OF the gravest tasks Of the f,i.
ture, tasks both economic and political
and very intimately inwrought with
many Of the most vital Of the new Is
sues Of the politics of the world. The
republics Of America have IN the last
three years been ORA wing together in
new spirit Of accommodation mutunl
understanding and cordial. co-opern-
ton. Much Of the politics Of the world
in the years to come will depend upon
their relationships with one another
1t is a barren and provincial states
manship that loses sight Of such
thingsl
Now Problems After War.
The future, the immediate future,
will bring US squarely face to face
with many great and exacting prob
lens which will search us through and
through whether we be able and ready
to play the part in the world that we
mean to play. It will not bring us into
their presence slowly, gently, with GER
emonious introduction. but suddenly
Europe is over They will be new
problems, most Of them; many will be
old problems in new setting and with
new elements which we have never
dealt with or reckoned the force and
meaning Of before. They will require
for their solution new thinking, fresh
courage and resourcefulness and in
some matters radical reconsiderat ions
Of policy. We must be ready to mobi-
lie our resources alike of brains and
Of materials.
1t is not future to be afraid Of. It
is, rather, a future to stimulate and
excite us to the display of the best
powers that are in us. We may enter
it with confidence when we are sure
that we understand it. and we have
provided ourselves already with the
means Of understanding it.
Look first at what 1t will be neces-
sary that the nations of the world
should do to make the days to come
tolerable and fit to live and work In,
and then look at our part in what is
to follow and our own duty of prepare
ton. For we must be prepared both
in resources and In policy.
There must be a just and settled
peace, and we here in America must
contribute the full force of our enthu-
siasm and Of our authority as nation
to the organization Of that peace upon
worldwide foundations that cannot cas-
lily be shaken. No nation should be
forced to take sides In any quarrel in
which Its own honor and integrity and
the fortunes Of its own people are MT
involved. but no nation can any longer
remain neutral as against any willful
disturbance Of the peace Of the world
The effect Of war can no longer be
confined to the areas of battle. No
nation stands wholly apart in interest
when the 4, and interests of all ma
tions are thrown into confusion and
peril. If hopeful and generous enter
prise is to be renewed, If the healing
and helpful arts of life are indeed to
be revived when peace comes again,
new atmosphere of Justice and friend
ship must be generated 10y means the
world has never tried before. The ma
tons of the world must unite in Joint
guarantees that whatever is done to
disturb the whole worlds life must
first be tested in the court OF the whole
worlds opinion before 1t is attempted
These are the new foundations the
world must build for itself, and We
must play our part in the reconstruc
ton generously and without too much
thought Of our separate interests. We
must make ourselves ready to play It
intelligently, vigorously and well
Contribution to World Peace.
One Of the contributions we must
make to the worlds peace IS this: We
must see to 1t that the people in our
| lrsular possessions are treated in their
own lands "a we would treat them
| here and make the rule of the United
States mean the same thing every
where-the same justice, the same CON
| SideratiOn for the essential rights Of
| men.
| Besides contributing our ungrudging
moral and practical support to the es-
| adjustment of peace throughout the
world, we must actively and intelli-
gently prepare ourselves to do our full
| service In the trade and industry which
are TO sustain and develop the life Of
the nations in the days to come.
We have already been provident In
this great matter and supplied our
selves with the inStrumentalities Of
| prompt adjustment. We have created.
in the federal trade commission, a
means of inquiry and of accommodate
| ton In the field of commerce which
| ought both to coordinate the enter
prises of our traders and manufacture
| ers and to remove the barriers of mis-
understanding and of a too technical
| Interpretation Of the law. In the new
tariff commission we have added an
other instrumentality of observation
and adjustment which promises to be
Immediately serviceable. The trade
commission substitutes counsel and ac.
colnmodati0n for the harsher processes
OF legal restraint, and the tariff com
mission ought TO substitute facts for
preiudices and theories. Cur EXPORT
| prS have for some fine had tho al ,,o >,