The Washington herald., 1918-08-28
UNION OF ALL
THE AMERICAS
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and are already bearing fruit. 1t
is for US to scatter the seeds through
out the earth until oil nations learn
mitting to the bonds which make
all peoples free"
An Echo In Every Heart.
Your excellency." continued Mr..
Lansing, addressing DIR. Brum. II
cannot refrain from expressing Try
sincere admiration for the nobility of
your thoughts tonight. They will find
an echo in the heart of every man
who loves his fellow men, and who
longs for the day when peace and
prosperity again come to this bleed
ing and exhausted world. In the name
of the President and the American
people l thank you. As an apostle Of
Pan-Awericanism and of world unity,
as a prophet of a glorious future for
mankind, you will be remembered
when you have left our shores. But
above all. we who have met you fIce
to face will ever think of you as the
generous and sincere friend of the
United States. friend upon whom We
can always depend because he knows
Us and understands u.s.
DR.. Brum, in his address. declared
the idea of a Society of Nations
would receive its greatest impetus by
the examples given by nations of The
new world. He recited how arbitra-
tion had averte6 strife time after time
in South America. and he portrayed
the spirit of cordiality which followed
it. He added:
Feeling of Solidarity.
when we note the feeling Of SOL
ld1rIIy which animates the peoples Of
the American continent; when we ob-
serve the numerous historic Irece-
dents which confirm the triumph Of
honorable and pacific doctrines in the
development of the international Ie-
lations Of its countries: when we see
tbs mts. powerful OF its nations, the
richest and best organized. launch
into tbis apocalyptlc war. which is de-
stroying the world. with the solo
idealistic and salutary program OF
wiping out forever the predomInance
Of might and Of permanently estab-
fishing the reign Of righteousness.
equalizing all countries and enforcing
respect foI all sovereignties; when We
see and feel all this, we must have
in the fraternal future OF
America, and We must believe thar
the auspicious hour has arrived to
group together In such q way that in
justice and aggrc ssion shall be for
ever banished from International re-
lations.
i am sure that this Is the ideal
Tor everybody. and since Il Ia the
ideal Of everybody. we must hope
that II will some day be Transformed
into q tangible reality. hereby ex-
press my earnest hopes that it may
not fall and that the, public men OF
all countries may unite their efforts
In order to contribute toward its reali-
zation.
Gentlemen. on a certain occasion
President Wilson. in one OF his mas
terly political speeches in which he
was studying with the clarity and
precision Of prophet the transforma-
tions which the old order OF things
had undergone. exclaimed in a beauti-
ful gesture filled with bitterness. In
referring to men who are capable OF
depressing and being unjust: 4 do
not see how they can sleep calmly
"Ah. gentlemen, the present hour is
perhaps the historic one which ought
to be utilized In order to impart TO
the world the final impulse which
will organize II for Justice and love;
and let US hope that the generations
OF the future. when they Judge the
work accomplished by this generation,
may not have to employ In order 10
It. In referring to the
manner in which Il reconstructed the
world on the ruins Of the present dis
aster. the same sentence which has
already once burst forth from the
noble President Wilson, I DO not see
how they can sleep calmly"