The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-05-27

| Owe World a Peculiar Service.
IF that is true, we owe the world
! peculiar service. If we originated great
| practices. We must ourselves be worthy
| Of them. We among other friends
| of liberty, are asking the world to unite
| in the interest of brotherhood and mu-
| tual service and the genuine advance
mout of individual and Corporate liberty
| throughout the world; therefore We
! must set the example.
II will recall here to some OF You an
effort that | myself made some years
| ago, soon after | assumed the prosl-
denCy Of the United states, to do that
| very thing, ] was urging the other
| states of America to unite with the
| United States in doing something which
very closely resemhed the formation OF
| the present league of nations. WAS
ambitious to have the Americas do the
| thing drst and set the example to the
| world of what we are now about to real
| i've. | had a double object in it, not
| only my pride thai the Americas should
| set the example and show the genuine
ness of their principles. but that the
! United States should have n new rela-
ton to the other Americas.
Safe Also Against United States.
1.-The United States, upon a famous
occasion, warned the governments OF
Europe that it would regard 1t as an
unfriendiy act II they tried to oVerturn
free institutions In the western hem,s.
TENS of government, which at that time
were inimical to those free Institutions,
but, while the United states thus un'
dertook OF its own motion to be the
champion of America against suCh dg-
o"essons from Europe. II did not give
| any conclusive assurance that II woulo
! never Itself be the aggressor. Wnat !
wanted to do in the proposals to winch
| have Just referred was TO offer 10 inc
other American states our own POND
that they were safe against US and any
Illicit ambitions we might entertain, as
we'll as safe, so Tar as the power OF the
United States could make them safe,
against foreign nations.
"Of course. ] am sorry that happy
contamination did not come, but after
all. no uoubt the impulse was contrib
uted to by us which has now led to
sort of mutual pledge on the part OF an
the self-E governing nations OF the World
that they will be friends to each other
not only, but that they will take pains
to secure each others SAFETY and lnde-
pcudonce and territorial integrity.
Brazilian Always In sympathy.
mo greater thing has ever happened
in the political world than that, and
am particularly gratihed tonight 70
think of the hours | have had the
pleasure Of spending with DR.. Pessoa
as member. along with him, OF the
commission on the league OF nations
which prepared the covenant which. was
submitted to the conference. nave
felt as ! looked down the table and
caught his eye that we had the same
American mind in regard to the husl-
ness and when | made suggestions or
used arguments that | felt were char
acteristically American. | would always
catch sympathy in his eyes. When
others perhaps did not catch the point
at once he always caught II, because,
though We were not bred to the same
language literally, We were bred to the
same political language and the same
political thought and our ideas were
the same
Drinks Toast TO Brazil.
at is. therefore with a real sense
Of communication and Of fellowship and
Of something more than neighborly ia
genial company and that take my part
with you in paying my tribute and ex-
tending my warmest. best wishes to the
great country of Brazil and TO the gem
tleman who will wOrthily represent her
in her presidential chair.
"G ask you to join with me in drink
ing the health Of the president elect
Of Brazil
Something New Has Happened.
And a nation looks to is presi-
dent to do that; and the comradeshlp
Of an evening like this does not con-
sist merely Of the sense Of neighbor-
hood. We are neghbors. We
have always been friends. But that
is all old Something new has hap
pened l am not sure that. can put
IT into words, but there has been
added to the common principles