The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-22
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 The President devoted virtually all 1 of his address to the world court is | sue, but he also reviewed briefly what had been done by his admin | istration to get the country "bA k on the right track" In it's domestic ! affairs Although declaring he did not come to make d partisan re- | port" he said he took pride in l pointing out that mployment had been "hauished,' financial stability restored, taxes frightened and great economies effected iH government 1 Mentions Washington.
 i Washington's farewell address was taken by the chief executive as his l point of departure when he turned to foreign relations. Amosican ad- hesion to the court, he sal. squares with the principles enunciated by ] Washington, who recognized the value of international arbitration.
 It is with that high purpose in mind that l advocate participation i by the United States in the perma : make her SO God speed him. And | God grant that America shall never forfeit the high honor borne by that tribute from Mussollni,
 Does Not Seek Compromise.
 "I cannot doubt that you will ae- cord, at least, the merit of simplicity and directness to what l have said | Understand clearly, 1 do not advocate compromise; I merely refterate and stand squarely for every pledge have made. l still reject as unwise untradittonal and un-American any foreign political alliance or entangle- ment I still favor with all my heart association of free nations, animated by considerations of right and justice, instead of might and self interest. so organized and 50 participated in as to make the actual attainment of peace q reasonable possibility strongly urge adherence to the per manent court of international justice as the one and only existing agency of peace to which we can safely subscribe without violating the basic principles of our national being.
 'l neither advance nor retreat from the position which l assumed in my recent message to the Senate. My sole purpose tonight mas been to am plfy the constructive suggestion which. at what appeared to be a proper time, l placed before the coun- try for consideration and judgment. Broadly, and yet l trust with suffi- cient particularly, l have indicated ways and means for realization of our common aspiration.
 Will Not Cocrcc Senate.
 Further than that l shall not go. l shall not attempt to coerce the Sen ate of the United States I shall make no demand upon the people shall not try to impose my will upon anybody. l shall embark upon no crusade. Hereafter. from Mime to time, as tonight, acting strictly with in. but to the full limit of my consti- tutional authority l shall make fur eli z and maturing proposals, to the end that We not only remind the world anew by our words. but convince the world by our deeds >that we do in fact. stand ready to perform our part In furthering peace and in regaining the common prosperity which can come only through the restoration of stability in all affairs.
 But l shall not restrict my ap- peal to your reason. lShall call upon your patriotism. Shall beseech your humanity. I shall invoke your Christianity l shall reach to the very depths of your love for your fellow men or wnatever race or creed throughout the world I shall speak, as l speak now. with all the earnest ness and power of the sincerity that is in me and in perfect faith that God will keep clear and receptive your understanding.
 Soul Yenns For Peace.
 T could not do otherwise. My soul yearns for peace. My heart is an guished by the sufferings of war. My spirit is eager to serve. My pas sion is for justice over force. My hope IS in the great court. My mind is made up. My resolution is fixed.
 'I pass from Washington 70 Lin- coin. With malice toward none, with charity for all accurately depicts our attitude toward other nations. All in equal measure hold our sympathy in their distress and our hope for the quick coming of better days. We would make no odiouS comparisons.
 Tt is but natural, nevertheless, that We should feel, and it is proper that we should express due appreciation of conduct which coforms notably to our own conceptions of what hon or integrity, saeacity and gratitude require of self-respeting nations consider 1t cminently fitting at this time to voice the keen admiration and enhanced regard of this country Tor Great Britain as an immediate cohsequence of her frank acknowl l. edEment and sturdy assumption of a financial obligation, which, though incurred for the preservation of her very existence. added materially to her already heavy burdens.
 Nor can l withhold from the Ger ,'"H utiiiocTtCN Ju@t recognition of US new governments clear manifes- tat;on of faiti 'n our consciousness or fairness as the chief requisite or peace settlement between her gov- ernment and our own and of our dis lhterestedness in all matters per taining to the adjustment of Euro pean affairs.
 Welcome Democracy.
 IL mas ever been an irresistible impulse of our liberty-loving peo- pie to welcome a triumph of democ- racy over autocracy and d substitu- tion or popular government for mon- archial domination. Hence our ear nest hope that just settlement terms of which We do not pretend to indicate, will be made in Europe, satisfying the just dues of dem J. cratic and heroic France, so that Germany may make good in her promises of separations. and therein ierman democracy may establish a national honor which the monarchy had not conceived, and then take her place in support of the perma- nent court of international justice
 Our neighbor to the south, for whom We have only good will and good hope. will soon. I trust. be in a position to make practicable re- sumption of fraternal relations with this country, and. following that happy conSummatlon, what more na- tural than that Mexico. too. along with Germany, and. let us hope, Turkey, should accompany the United States. upon terms equally essential to her welfare, into the great tribunal; then it will become indeed a true world court.
 Thus. briefly. my friends, I have revealed the hopeful anticipations of my mind, and the trustful longing of my heart. I feel that the time for America to take the first long stride in restnratinn of a daSnlatn anI dn.