Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-11
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1927

never consent to see these islands taken
possession of by either Of the great COM
mercial powers Of Europe"
Whether it was destiny, or the, develop
ment of propinquity, or the influence OF
our colonists, or faith in our institutions,
Hawaii came under the flag in 1898, and
relo1ces today as part OF our republic
The lure Of the waters or the march
fof empire, or the call of commerce, or
| inscrutable destiny led us on, and we
went to the South Seas and planted the
flag In Samoa. Out of the war with
Spain came our sponsorship in the Phil
ippines, and the possession Of Guam; and
so we are deeply concerned in the mid
Pacific, the South Seas and the very
center Of the Far East. We crave peace
there as we do on the continent, and we
should be remiss in performing a ma
| ti0nal duty if We did not covenant the
relations which tend to guarantee 1T.
For more than a half century we have
| had a part in influencing the affairs Of
the Pacific, and our present PROPOSED
commitments are not materially different
IN character nor materially greater
| in extent, though fraught with vastly less
danger, than our undertakings in the
past.
OUR REAL CONCERN
IN THE EAST
We have convinced the unlocking and
interested powers that We covet the pos
sessions of no other power in the Far
East, and we know for ourselves that
We crave no IuTLHeT or greater govern
mental or territorial responsibilities
there. Contemplating what is admit
! teddy ours, and mindful of a long time
and reciprocal friendship with China, we
do wish the opportunity to continue the
development of our trade peacefully, sand
on equality with other nations, to
strengthen our ties of friendship and to
make sure the righteous and just rela-
tionships of peace.
Holding the possessions we do, enter
these
ambitions, why should we hot make re
ciprocal engagements to respect the ter
ritory of others and contract their re-
spect of ours, and thus quiet apprehen-
sion and put an end to suspicion!
There has been concern. There has
been apprehension of territorial greed, q
most fruitful cause Of war. The confer
eDce has dissipated both, and your raul
dcation of the covenants made viii sta
Billie a peace for the breaking Of which
| there is not a shadow Of reason or real
excuse. We shall not have less than be
fore. No one Of us shall have less than be-
hampered Independence. no shattered SOW
ereignty. no added obligation. We will
have new assurances, new freedom from
anxiety and new manifestations Of the
sincerity Of our own intentions. new
demonstration Of that honesty which pro-
claims q righteous and powerful re-
public.
l am ready to assume the sincerity and
the dependability Of the assurances OF
our neighbors Of the old world that they
VIII respect our rights, just as | know
We mean to respect theirs. I believe
there is an inviolable national honor and
I bring to you this particular covenant
in the confident Lellef that 1t is the out
standing compact of peace for the Pacific,
which will Justify the limitation of ar
mament aud prove a new guarantee to
peace and liberty, and maintained SOW
ereignty and free institutions.
No allusion has been made 70 the
n iuE a ha a
the submarine, and the prohibition Of
noxious gases I'm warfare. Since we are
asking the worlds adherence, II IS easily
assumed that none in America will hold
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