Evening star., 1927-10-15

In these dire and difficult days
through which we are passing the
future lies with the American ma
tions, militant or peace seeking,
backward or progressive. From the
Rio Grande to Cape Horn there is
an unmistakable appeal. The mold Of
our heroes, apostles and saints was
cast in our zero hour. We live from
day to day ever uncertain OF sue
cessful solution of our problems.
The American peoples struggle in
sea of confusion. 1t is therefore our
sacred duty in this trying time to
realize the words of President Cooi-
idge: I'VE live in peace with all ma
tions: we shall never cease our eff
forts and sacrifices for the welfare
Of the word"
Christ stands today open armed at
the center of our civilization. We
feel His presence in our lives. We
are moving toward a policy OF CO.
operation. Hope enkindles the i'm
perative need for action. We are at
the parting of the ways. Shall we
now follow socialism. the Monroe
doctrine or the postwar Wilsonian
ideals?
Back of the Monroe doctrine of
today lies a century-old trail OF
calamities!' In theory it Is true that
this doctrine offers the protection or
the United States to the South
American nations against possible
invasion of the powers OF Europe.
History. however, reveals steadfast
utilitarianism, soundly scourged by
Rodo, the poet of Urugua. in his
Ariel" the symbol of spiritual cul-
ture and the lofty and noble aspect
of human aspiration. 1t plainly
shows that this doctrine has failed
to keep the fourth demand set fortn
in the letter of George Canning. Eng
lands minister, to the representative
in England of the United states:
Neither England nor the United
States desires any part of the Spanish
colonies"
TwO-Party Agreement.
This two-party agreement. enec-
lively attested by President Cleveland
in his special message to Congress,
would have maintained Republican
rule in North America and would
have guaranteed the sovereignty OF
the Ibero- American nations ana OF
the people represented by Juarez OF
Mexico and Netzahualcovotl, the In
dian poet, who at this very momenL
cry out for Justice as did France ana
Belgium in the war of 1914. Not
preconception but a more searching
consideration is their due. They ASK
for Judgment more in accord win
their coura geous course toward con-
quests in democracy.
In this manner only Will our span
ish.Indian temperament be fully un-
derstood. Out of the self-sacrifice of
Cuauhtemoc and the impulses OF
Cortez we have been created In us
you will And the mysticism Of Atahu-
alpa and the spirit Of the Cid and Don
Quixote.
And further. Even though one did
believe in the possibility of creating
an empire in Mexico, the Monroe doc
trine Is no longer needed there. Never
again shall Cero de las Campanas be
repeated. Mexico is moving steadily
toward the conquest of liberty. Ideals
are today back of the Mexican revo-
luton. Economic concepts. ideas and
opinions are undergoing change. Our
people, after years Of suffering and
sorrow, are writing with their lives
the gospel of equality.
The economic problems of today are
different from those of the past. They
must have different solution.
Methods adapted to the spirit of the
time are needed. 1t is imperative that
there be established among all of the
American nations a policy of brother.
hood and cooperation based on inter-
national law. Geography. history and
common desires unite us. A crescent
of light was cast by the accomplish.
ment of Bolivar over the lofty noun.
tain peaks Of South America. The
triumphal arch of Lindbergh thrown
across the waters of the New World
like the rainbow of hope between the
fianks Of two continents completes the
circle.
Desire for Unity.
A profound desire for unity charac.
teriZes the present. European civiliza.
ton, undermined by causes which
Stoddard points out and which has
been called decadent by Oswald
Spengler, must be superseded. Pan.
Americanisnl, in its archaic phases, ir
which the Latin Americans lack faith
on account of it's policy OF absorption,
must be replaced. Upon IL program
Of real democracy, under real moral
leadership. WeA must create a new
America; new colOnists; we must dis.
cover 81 new and better world. And I'm
this America. under the leadership
Of the United States, will come true
the dream of Simon Bolivar, League
OF American Nations. No policy OF
imperialism. howevsr. we repeat, must