The sun., 1916-10-04
Cornerstone Of Security.

out the world.
Cornerstone of Security.
"Tha Is the cornerstone OF our Sc
curity that Is the essential basis Of our
peace. We are not. as I have said,
truculent we are not counting struggle.
but l do say will all seriousness that
we have been living in a period of ma
iIonal humiliation. tMr. Roosevelt :
Good 80 and cries OF "Bravo!")
"Our citizens have been murdered.
their property destroyed and our com
mercc Interrupted. The alternative OF
Il weak and vacillating policy il not
war it liz a firm insistence upon known
rights In o world where all nations de-
sire our friendship. and We desire the
friendship of all. and where only the
most i~nexcusable laundering could drag
us into strife
W are alive to the fact that we face
q time in which economic problems Will
present themselves of "a very serious
character. our opponents have a good
heal to say about their desire to facili-
tate American trade. We listen 20 words
and ambitious promises. We test what
Ia said by what has been done.
instead OF facilitating American
.rade. the men who have been willin, to
carry American enterprise throughout the
world have been deserted by the Ad-
m~inistration when they should have had
suIiort and encouragement.
When men who are found In a neigh
boring country engaged In lawful pnr-
suits ask for American protection the In
quiry liz made OF them whether they did
not 90 beyond the borders OF THE ma
ton In order to make money. IL there
are any who have forfeited their rights
under international law let them be sim
gled out.
III this nation desires to promote
American enterprise It must be known
of all that American rights with respect
to lives. property and commerce VIII be
s~afesuarded in every part OF the world.
Expansion Of I%nterests.
we have great opportunities In the
future for she expansion OF American IN
~tercsts. Our policy Is protection. not IN
u limited and narrow sense. II Is pre-
paredness. not simply with respect &c
military preparation. II IL industrial
preparedness and protection to every
lawful enterprise.
AS I have frequently said. we have
had our surgical operations. have
had something TO do with them. W.
have had an American administrator
under republican auspices In state ant
nation turn Its attention to the necessary
work of correction.
What we need to-day in American
business is hygiene. ana ] stand FOR every
legitimate achievement and desire 10 se'
the door open to every honorable effort
Disciplined nations. organized ana VIII
extraordinary s~elf-knowledge. with eN
traordiuary capacity. which has been ue
veloped In n period OF great stress IN
yolving their very lie. will come INTO .
Held Of commercial rivalry. ana we mus
have I'm this country the fostering car'
government TO the end that while ever,
evil ~ repressed. every loot sha'' We ope'
for honest enterprise.
We have witnessed an Adm!nisiratso
failing To protect American rights. uh'
In , country close to u border. j"inini
Us. where II wa OF the utmost lnpor
tance to our influence in th- hemisph'r
that "A correct policy shotild DC main
famed. We have seen an ofic!niE int!
m,ldllns on the one haud and Il deser
ton Of our citizens on the other
As | have frequently aid. II ~ not
question whether Hu,tta should nav
been recognized or not. ] read Inc o'ne
day the authorized statement thr s'd'r
men, tina, was authorized by the lresi
den, TO De made to "A foreign Minister l
Mexico, tat II lIuerta Hid not g"i on
he would De pu, out tina, the Presiden
pt.f.fr.d IL should bc done by dornesti
means II possible. but that II Il could no
Ne done by domestic means "ihcr mean
adequate for the purpose would DE- i'
sorted TO. Our citizens were ie't L" nm
their " way out. sometimes hiding IN
only WAY OF rescue through IN" proM"re
services OF German and British warsh!p'