Evening star., 1924-09-06
Must Remain NOn-PartiSan.

ITO continue to be independent we
must continue TO be Wholeheartedly
American. We must direct our policies
and lay our course with the sole con-
sideratiOn of serving our own people.
We cannot become the partiSanS OF one
nation. or the opponents of another.
Our domestic affairs should be entirely
free from foreign interference, whether
such attempt be made by those who are
without or within our own territory.
America is large country. II is n toll
Grant country. 1t has room within its
borders for many races and many
creedS. But it has no room for those
who would place the interests of some
| other nation above the interests of our
own nation.
ITO be independent. to my mind. does
not mean to be isolated. to be the
priest or the Levite, but rather to be
the good Samaritan. There is no real
independence save only as We secure
it through the law of service.
THE course of our country in re-
cent years has been an example of
these principles. We have avoided
entanglements by reserving to our
own decision when and how we
should help. We have not failed to
help. We have contributed hundreds
of millions of dollars to foreign char
tiles. We have given freely of our
counsel to the settlement of difficult
ties in Latin America and the adjust
ment of war problems in Europe. We
are still pursuing that course. 1t
has been a practical course, and it
has secured practical results. One of
these most important results is'found
in the disarmament treaties, which
have saved our own country to date
about s300,000,000, and likewise re-
lieved other nations. Another impor-
tant result has been the adoption OF
the Dawes plan for the settlement of
reparations. The effect these will
have in averting war and promoting
peace cannot possibly be overesu-
mated. They stand out as great
monuments, truly directing the course
of men along the way to more clVll1-
zation, more enlightenment and more
righteousness. They appear to me
properly to mark the end of the OLD
order, and the beginning of new
era. We hope they are the END OF
aggressive war and the beginning of
permanent peace.
Lafayette's Fight Successful.
"Great changes have come over the
world since Lafayette first came here
desirous of aiding the cause of free
dom, His efforts in behalf of an
American republic have been alto
gether successful. In no other coun-
try in the world was economic oppor-
tunity for the people ever so great
as iS is here. In no other country
was it ever possible in like degree
to secure equality and justice for all.
Just as he was passing off the stage,
the British adopted their reform
measures, giving them practlcaiiy
representative government. His own
cin welcomed
into the family of republics. Many
others have taken like course. Ihe
cause of freedom has been triumph
ant. We believe it to be, likewise
the cause of peace.
But peace must have other guar
antees than constitutions and cove
nants. Laws and treaties may heip,
but peace and war are attltuoes Oh
mind. American citizens, with the
full sympathy Of our Government,
have been attempting with apparent
success to restore stricken Europe:
We have acted in the name OF Worlo
peace and of humanity. Always the
obstacles to be encountered have been
distrust, suspicion and hatred. Ine
great effort has been to allay ana
remove these sentiments. l believe
that America can assist the world
in this direction by her example. We
have never forgotten the service done
us by Lafayette, but we have long
ago ceased to bear an enmity toward
Great Britain by reason of two wars
that were fought out between us.
We want Europe to compose it's diff
ficulties and liquidate its hatreds.
Would it not be we'll II we set the
example and liquidate some of our
own? The war is over. The mill
tarism of central Europe which
menaced the. security of the world
has been overthrown. In its place
have xpunS up peaceful republics