Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-26
PUBLIC WILL
CAUSES PEACE
Not Public Force, Says Pres
ident in Address Today in
Vancouver, B. c.
POINTS TOWARD EUROPE
Says Countries Across the
Sea Should Heed
Lesson

VAN COUVER, B. c., July &c. -
President Harding, in an address
made during his visit here today
the first visit by an American presi-
dent to Canada-pointed to the CEN
tury-old friendship between the peo-
pie of Canada and the people of the
United States as proof to the nations
of Europe that public will rather
than public force is the key to in
ternational peace.
1t is public will, not public force,
that makes Ion enduring peace" he
toid MS audience of Canadians, gath
ereo IN Stanley Park, "and is it not
gratifying circumstance that it has
iailen 10 the lot of us North Amer
icans, living amicably for more
than century under different flags.
10 present the most striking example
YET produced of that basic fact? If
ohly european countries would heed
ths lesson conveyed by Canada and
the United States, they would strike
at the root of disagreements, and in
.helr own I osperity, forget to
N4oA constantly DIT ours.
With his emphasis upon the long
t,[lenoshlp between Canada and the
United States, Mr.. Harding coupled
aaVlce TO the peoples of the Do.
lnlnlon 10 guard against giving en-.
couraBemeht TO any enterprise
looking to Canada's annexation IL
the United States"
| Let us go our own gaits along
, 90. Il 1,
we helping you," he added.
Mr.. Harding at the outset alluded
to his visit being the frs. ever made
by president of the United States
to Canada during a term of office.
and with the exception of the visits
Of President Wilson to Europe, the
first on any politically foreign soil.
and then continued:
But exceptions are required to
prove rules. And Canada is an ex-
ception. a most notable exception,
from every viewpoint of the United
States. You are not only our neigh
Dor, but a very good neighbor and
we rejoice in your advancement and
admire your independence, no less
sincerely than we value your friend
ship. We think the same thoughts,
same aspirations of service to each
other in times of need. Thousands
of your brave lads perished in gal
liant and generous action for the
preservation of our union. Many
of our young men followed Cana
dian colors to the battlehelds OF
France before we entered the war
and left their proportion of killed to
he af n
sons.
What an object lesson OF peace
| is shown today by our two frontiers,
no huge battleships patrol our divid-
| ing waters, no stealthy spies lurk
! in our tranquil border hamlets. Only
a scrap of paper, recording hardly
more than a simple understanding,
safeguards lives and property on the
great lakes and only humble mile
posts mark the inviolable boundary
! line for thousands of miles through
| farm and forest.
Our protection is in our frat
ernity, our armor is our faith: The
tie that binds more firmly year by
year is ever-increasing acquaint-
ance and comradeship through in
terchange of citizens; And the COM
pact is not of perishable parchment,
but of fair and honorable dealing
which, God grant, shall continue for
all time.
IAN interesting and significant
symptom of our growing mutually
appears in the fact that the
voluntary interchange of residents
| to which l have referred, is wholly
free from restrictions. Our national
and industrial exigencies have made
| it necessary for US, greatly to our
regret, to fix limits to immigration
! from foreign countries. But there
/ Is no quota for Canada. We gladly
welcome all of your sturdy, steady
stock who care to come as q
strengthening ingredient and in
| huence. We nonetheless bid God
speed and happiness to the thous-
ands of our own folk who are
swarming constantly over your land
and participating in its remarkable
development. Wherever in either OF
our countries any inhabitant of the
one or the other can best serve the
interests of himself and his family
is the place for him to be.
"a further evidence of our in
creasing interdependence appears in
the shifting of capital. Since the
armistice, / am informed, approx
mately $2,500,000 has found its way
from the United States into Canada
for investment. Most gratifying to
you, moreover, should be the cir
cumstanee that one-half of that
great sum has gone for purchase OF
your state and municipal bonds, a
tribute indeed to the scrupulous
maintenance of your credit, to a
degree equalled only by your mother
country across the sea and your
sister country across the hardly
visible border.
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