Evening star., 1938-08-18

cepting any title from q foreign prince,
potentate or power. Queens Univer.
sity Is not a prince or potentate, but
1t is q power. Yet can say, without
constitutional reserve, that the ac-
ceptance Of the title which you confer
on me today would raise no qualms In
the august breast Of our own Supreme
Court.
Civilization is not natonal-it is in
ternational-even though that observa-
tion-trite to most Of Us, is today chal-
lensed In some parts Of the world
Ideas are not limited by territorial
borders, they are the common In
heritance Of all free people. Thought
is not anchored in any land. and the
proflt Of education rebounds to the
equal benefit Of the whole world. That
is one form Of free trade to which the
leaders Of every opposing political
party can subscribe.
In large sense We In the Americas
stand charged today with the main.
tanning Of that tradition. When
speaking recently in . similar vein in
the Republic Of Brazil, I included the
Dominion Of Canada in the fellowship
Of the Americas, our South American
neighbors gave hearty acclaim. We
in the Americas know the sorrow and
the wreckage which may follow Il
the ability Of men to understand each
other Is rooted out from among the
nations.
Destruction Of Mems Minds.
Many of us here today know from
experience that Of all the devastations
Of war none is more tragic than the
destruction which 1t brings to the
processes Of mems minds. Truth Is
denied because emotion pushes II
aside. Forebearance Is succeeded by
bitterness. In that atmosphere human
thought cannot advance.
1t is impossible not to remember
that for years when Canadians and
Americans have met they have light
heartedly saluted as North American
friends. without thought of dangers
from overseas. Yet we are awake to
the knowledge that the casual as
sumption Of our greetings in Garlic,
times today must become a matter fol
serious thought.
A few DAYS ago q whisper, fortu-
nately untrue. raced round the world
that armies standing over against
each other in unhappy array were to
be set in motion. In q few short
hours the effect Of that whisper had
been registered in Montreal and New
York, in Ottawa and IN Washington,
in Toronto and in Chicago, in VIM
couver and In San Francisco. Your
business men and ours felt 1t alike
your farmers and ours heard 1t alike
your young men and ours wondered
what effect this might have on their
lives.
We in the Americas are no longer
far-away continent, to which the
eddies Of controversies beyond the
seas could bring no interest or nc
harm. Instead, We in the Americas
have become consideration to
every propaganda ONCE and to every
general stad beyond the seas. The
vast amount Of our resources, the
vigor Of our commerce and the
strength Of our men have made us
vital factors in world peace whether
We choose or not.
Contribution to Peace.
Happily, you and we, in friendship
and in entire understanding, can
look clear-eyed at these possibilities,
resolving to leave no pathway unex-
plored and no technique undeveloped
which may. If our hopes are realized,
contribute to the peace Of the world.
Even II those hopes are disappointed,
we can assure each other that this
hemisphere at least shall remain q
strong citadel wherein civilization can
flourish unimpaired.
The Dominion of Canada is part of
the sisterhood of the British Empire
I give to you assurance that the peo-
Piles of the United States will not
stand idly by if domination Of Cana
dian soil Is threatened by any other
empire.
We are good neighbors and true
friends because We maintain our own
rights with frankness, because We re-
fuse to accept the twists Of secret
diplomacy, because we settle our dis
putes by consultation and because We
discuss our common problems in the
spirit of the common good. We seek
to be scrupulously fair and helpful
not only in our relations with each
other but each of us at home in our
relations with our own people.
But there is one process which we
certainly cannot change and probably
ought not to change. This is the feel