The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-07-27
U.S.-Canadian
Peace Lesson
for Europe
So Harding, First American
President to Set Foot on
Canadian Soil, Declares
at Vancouver.
By International News Service.


Vancouver. 3. c.. July 26.-Presi.
dent Harding made history today. He
came to Canada--the first American
president ever to set foot on Cana.
dian soil-with an inspiring message
of American friendship and peace
which has existed more than 100
years on no firmer foundation than a
scrap of paper.
This enduring record of Canadian.
American peace-peace maintained
without frontier Notifications or war.
like display along the Great Lakes
affords an object lesson to the entire
world. President Harding declared In
livered before a distinguished au.
dience at Stanley park.
Particularly. President Harding as.
serted, the Canadian-American pic
ture of contentment and prosperity
without quarreling or arming should
provide a great moral lesson to those
European countries that continually
criticise and envy North American
prosperity, yet who consistently re-
fuse to tale the medicines which
would cure their ills and provide them
with similar peace and prosperity.
just Human Nature.
'Jf only European countries would
heed the lesson conveyed by canada
ana the United States,'' declared the
president, they would strike at the
root of their own continued disagree
ment and. in their own prosperity
forget to inveigh constantly at ours. .
THAT we would reproach them for
their resentment and envy" con-
tinued the president, after all is but
a manifestation of human nature,
but rather should We sympathlze with
their seeming inability TO break the
shackles Of age-long methods and re-
joice In our own relative freedom from
the stultifying effect OF old world
customs and practices. We are not
palsied by the habits Of thousands OF
years. Others derive satisfaction from
contemplating their respondent pasts.
We have relatively only the present
to regard. with eager eyes fixed chief
ly upon our future"
No Ancient Grudges.
President Harding said we have no
departing greatness. no lost prov
inces to regain, no new territory TO
covet, no ancient grudges to 'gnaw
eternally at the heart OF our national
conscience" The president mention
ed no names in citing these oft-used
causes for war, but the application TO
Central Europe was unmistakable.
The president referred to England
as the motherland, to Canada and the
United States as sister lands, and told
his audience the ancient bugaboo of
the United States scheming TO annex
Canada disappeared from all our
minds years ago" Continuing, he
said: Heaven knows we have all
we can manage now" Then added
humorously: "If / might offer a
word of advice to you 1t would be:
Don't encourage any enterprise look
ing to Canada's annexation Of the
United States. You are one OF the
most capable governing people in the
world. but I entreat you Cor your own
sakes think twice before you under
take the management Of the terri
tory between the Great Lakes and
the Rio Grande."
More rather than aspiring to each
others possessions. President Hard
ing stated. let Canada and the United
States travel the road to peace
prosperity and happiness side by side
mutually helpful.
The president said one OF the
greatest aids to Canadian-Americar
accord was the constant Interchange
Of citizens. He pointed out that the
United States had restricted Euro
pean immigration but that there
were no restrictions to Canada and
also pointed out the heavy American
investments In Canada.
"Our protection is In our fraternity
our armour Is our faith" the presi
dent said, ''and God grant that II
viii continue through all time"