New-York tribune., 1918-06-11

.nougnt was led to Russia. and I said
snas we meant to stand by Russia lust
~ Tny as we would stand by France
VI aTa aTTnagland pr any other of our allies.
ing was not an audience from which I
would have expected an enthusiastic
response to that. 1t was rather too
Wen dressed. 1t was an audience. in
o,ner words, made up of a class of peo-
PIE VINO would have the most intimate
Ieeling for the sufferings of the ordi
nary man in Russia; but that audience
Jumped to its feet in enthusiasm.
Mothlng else that l said on that occa-
sion aroused anything like the enthus-
'SsnM "M ina. single sentence aroused.
~, NOW that is a sample, gentlemen.
we cannot make anything out of Rus
sia. We cannot make anything out of
cur standing by Russia at this time
inc remotest of European nations so
1ar as we are concerned, the one with
which we have had the least connec-
tions In trade and advantage-and yet
the people of the United States rose
TO that suggestion as to no other that
l made in that address.
THAT is part of America as we are
ready to show it by any act of friend
ship toward Mexico. Some Of us. if 1
may speak so privately look back with
regret upon some of the more ancient
relations that we have had with Mexico
long before our generation; and Amer
lea, II l may now so accept it, would
now feel ashamed to take advantage Of
her neighbor.
No Selfish Aggression
$50, hope you can carry back to
your homes something better than as
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contact with our people. You know
OF your own personal reception. You
know how gladly we have opened to
you the doors of every establishment
that you wanted to see and have shown
you Just what we are doing, and hope
you have gained the right impression
as to why we are doing it. We are
doing it, gentlemen so that the world
may never hereafter have to fear the
only thing that any nation has to
dread--the unjust and selfish aggres-
:. sion of another nation.
Some time ago, as you probably all
know, l proposed a sort of Pan-Ameri-
can agreement. l had perceived that
one difficulty in our past relations with
Latin-America was this: The famous
Monroe Doctrine was adopted without
your consent and without the consent
of any Central American or South
l
terms that we so often use in this
country, we said: we are going to be
your big brother whether you want us
to be or not
Seeks Agreement With Latins
eve did not ask whether it was
agreeable to you that we should be
your big brother. We said we are
going to be. Now that was all very
a.
gression from the other side of tie
water, but there was nothing in it that
protected you from aggression from
US, and | have repeatedly seen an un-
easy feeling on the part of representa-
tives of states of Central and South
America that our self-appointed pro-
lection night be for our own benefit
and our own interest and not for the
interest Of our neighbors. So I have
said:
Every we'll, let US make an ar
rangement by which we will give
bonds. Let us have common guar
antee that all of US will sign declara-
ton of political independence and ter
ritorial integrity. Let US agree that if
any one of US, the United States in
cluded, violates the political indepen-
of the others, all others will jump on
her.
~ pointed out to some gentlemen
who were less inclined to enter into
this arrangement than others that that
was, in effect, giving bonds on the
part of the United States that would
enter into an arrangement by which
you would be protected from us.
"Now, that is the kind of agreement
that will have to be the foundation of
the future life of the nations of the
world, gentlemen. The whole family
of nations will have to guarantee to
each nation that no nation shall vio-
late its political independence or it's
territorial integrity. That is the basis
the only conceivable basis-for the fut-
ure peace of the world, and I must
admit that l was anxious to have the
states of the two continents of America
show the way to the rest of the world
as to how to make q basis of peace.
"Peace can only come by trust. If
you can once get situation of trust
then you have got situation of perma-
nent peace. Therefore, every one of us,
| duty to his own country to plant the
seeds of trust and confidence instead of
seeds of suspicion.
"That is the reason / began by saying
to you that had not had the pleasure
of meeting group of men who were
more welcome than you are, because
you are our near noighbors. Suspicion
on your part, or misunderstanding on
your part, distresses US more than we
would be distressed by similar feelings
! on the part of those less near to us.
"It is you who can see how Mexico's
future must depend upon peace and
honor, so that nobody shall exploit
her. it must depend upon every nation
that has any relation with her and the
citizens of any nation that has any re-
! lations, with her keeping within the
bounds of honor and fair dealing ani
justice, because so soon as you can I'D.
NIT your own capital and the capital OF
the world to the free use of the re-
sources of Mexico it will be one of the
most wonderfully rich and prosperous
countries in the world.
"And when you have foundations Of
established order and the world ha!
come to its senses again we shall,
hope, continue in connections that viii
assure US all permanent cordiality ant
friendship"
Wallace Resigns
~ NJ W