Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-01
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Mr.. Harding also pointed to the
good offices performed by American
| representatives at Lausanne, assert
| ing that although cynical critics
sneered at our unofficial represen-
| tatives" he was firmly of the belief
| that american influence at Lau-
| same played a becoming part, and
an influential, part, in making for
peace, when all the world stood in
| apprehension Of an armed confla-
! grafton"
Latin American Victories
Turning to Latin-America, the
chief executive reviewed a long list
of victories in statecraft and of evil
dences of good will toward the
| United States. Among these he in
cluded the agreement by Costa RIGA
and Panama at the behest of the
| United States to accept an arbitral
award in their boundary dispute;
| economic recovery in Cuba; estab-
lishment of provisional government
in the Dominican Republic; restora =
(, ton of peace and order in Haiti !:
settlement of the Tacna -arica dis
pute by Chile and Peru through the
, friendly offices of the United States:
the recent Central American Confer
ence and the recent fifth internation-
! al congress of American states at
Santiago, Chile.
Mexican Situation
| Our feeling toward the Mexican
people is one of entire and very cor
DIAL friendlineSs. and we have deem
ly regretted the necessity for the
continued suspension of diplomatic
| relations said the president in his
| reference to Mexico.
| I'VE have no hatred toward
| Mexico; no selfish ends to serve at
her expense. We have no promptine
| other than those of neighporIy
! friendship. We have no desire to
| interfere in the internal concerns OF
Mexico. We respect in the Mexican
! people the same rights of self deter
minatlon which we exact for our
| selves. 1t is not for us to suggest
WI, Mhat laws laws she shall have relating to
the future for we willingly acclaim
Mexico as the judge of her own
domestic policy. We do. however
maintain one clear principle which
lies at the foundation of all interna
| ti9nal intercourse. When a nation
has invited intercourse with other
! nations and has enacted laws under
| which investments have been legally
made. contracts entered into and
property rights acquired by citizens
of other jurisdictions, it is an es-
sential condition of international in
tercourse that lawful obligations
! shall be met. and there shall be nc
| resort to confiscation and repudia-
| tlOn No h.
form of any particular assurance
against confiscation. but we do de-
sire the substance of such protection
! Such assurance Is in the interest OF
permanent friendly relations. We
| have sought to have this wholly de-
| feasible attitude understood by our
| Mexican neighbors ever since the
| present administration came into
| power.
II am happy to say that we now
| have our commissioners in conference
at Mexico City and it is earnestly hop
| ed that there may be definite and favor
| able results from their exchange of
| views with the Mexican commission
| ers. We crave not only friendly rela-
| tionship, but we wish it to be founded
| upon an understanding which will guar.
| antee it's permanence. Upon such an
| the most neighborly friendships which
shall be to the mutual advantage of the
, two republics"
Replying to the argument that Rus
STA should be recognized by the United
| States as a means of alternating dis
! tress there. the president said:
1.-THE establishment Of basis Of per.
, manent improvement in Russia lies
solely within the power of those who
govern the destinies Of that country
| and political recognition prior to cor.
recting fundamental error tends only
| to perpetuate the ills from which the
Russian people are suffering"
1.-THE property of American citi-
zens in Russia, honestly acquired
! under the laws then existing, have
; been taken without the color of COM
pensation without the process of
law by the mere emission of count
less decrees," he added. such a
policy challenges the very ground
work of righteous intercourse among
peoples, and reris the basis of good
faith everywhere in the world"
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