New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Chief Executive, Re-elect-
ed, Pays High Tribute to
Americas Motives
Represent All llFreemen
Main Foreign Policy Will Be
to Promote Amity Of
Western Republics
By Roy w. Howard
President Of the United Press. Associa-


ton
SAC PAuLO, Brazil. May 10
Brazil will follow the course of the
United States to the end of the war.
Tho change of administration will not
alter our policy of backing up the
leadership of the United States in the
most friendly and genuine way
The speaker was President-elect
Rodriguez Alves, who will return to the
Presidential chair of Brazil for the
second time on November Is.
In most convincing manner and
without equivocation, the next Chief
Executive IN an interview Thursday,
the first he has given since his cleo
ton, outlined his war policy, about
which speculation has been rife.
Before making his statement the
President-elect read very carefully the
original copy OF President Wilson's let
ter of January 16 to the United Press,
in which ne outlined the aims of the
United States.
Lands L. S. Stand
Speaking slowly and seriously. he
said:
Tho sentiment expressed in this let
OF tho United States. 1t carries the
same conviction which has made the
recognized spokesman of the Allies
man whose genius was not suspected
before the war crisis.
''The attention drawn by his com
manding style and unquestionable sin
cerity, based on extreme prudence and
patience before action, has enabled
him to carry South American thinkers
along with him in sentiment, If not
always in action.
"The self-abnegation Of the United
States in offering themselves as sac
rifices in the war, and in abandoning
the pursuits Of peace without selfish
individual ambitions and without sim
gle objective which is not guaranteed
10 all peoples, has given President
Wilson unprecedented moral authority
and has raised the United States in
universal estimation to position from
which it can accomplish the absolute
solidarity Of the democracies of the
Western Hemisphere without melting
the slightest envy or suspicion.
THE unanimity of support the
United States is giving to President
Wilson. coupled with his own faithful
ness to democratic fundamentals. has
,nprecedentedly strengthened the pos
sibilities of his benign activities.
the rest of the world. the latent preju-
dice that the United States is open to
suspicion of sel1ishness.
"The course of the United States
during the war crisis stirs my personal
pride that, during my previous admin
istration, from 1903 to 1906, with
Senor Rio Branca as Foreign Secre-
tary, we gave much attention to pro-
noting the closest relationship with
the United States.
Valued Roots Visit
by raising our Washington lega-
tion to the rank of an embassy and
promoting the second Pan-Amer;can
Congress We so manifested our regard
that Brazil was honored with a visit
from that other great statesman, Elihu
greatly advanced South American un-
derstanding and appreciation of the
high purposes of the United States.
For even stronger reasons the same
policy will be followed during my sec
ond administration. Our main foreign
policy will be to eliminate prejudices
and suspicious among all American
countries, just as on the occasion of
Mr.. Roots memorable visit to Brazil
personally and heartily indosed exten-
sion Of the trip to the other great
Eouthern republics.
* repeat that this will continue to
be the basis Of BraziPs international
policy Meanwhile, we recognize that,
by the enormity of her sacrifices and
her unselfsh contribution to democ-
racy IN the present trouble, the United
States, in the opinion Of Brazilians, has
earned the right to the liberty of voic-
ing and interpreting the sentiments Of
the Western republics to promote unity
which arc most essential to the COM
mon rood of all -