Evening star., 1940-04-15
Pun-Americun

the right to impose their way of
life on other nations. We encounter
economic compulsions shrewly de-
vised to force great areas into politi-
car spheres of influence.
"All of this is not of mere academic
interest. We know that what hap
pens in the Old World directly and
powerfully affects the peace and
well-being of the New.
Meet Any Eventuality.
ut was for this very reason that
we have adopted procedures that
enable us to meet any eventuality.
At Buenos Aires we agreed that we
would consult. should our peace be
threatened. At Lima we agreed to
stand together to defend and main
tain the absolute integrity of every
American nation from any attack,
direct or indirect, from beyond the
seas. At Panama we worked out
ways and means for keeping war
away from this hemisphere.
Il pray God that we shall not
have to do more than that; but
should it be necessary. I am con-
vinced that we should be wholly
successful. The inner strength of
a group of free people is irresistible
when they are prepared to act"
The origins of the American way
he traced back to the Conference
of Panama, arranged by Simon Boil
var, the South American hero, in
1926. and he cited the development
OF the American way through the
first Inter American Conference here
in 1889 and 1890, and it's fruition in
recent years at the Buenos Aires
Peace Conference in 1885, the Lima
Inter-American Conference Of 1898
and the Panama Conference of last
october.
Have Found New Order.
The Presidents speech gave birth
Immediately to the question Of how
far-reaching his mention of force"
to protect the Americas went, and to
the question also of the reaction the
other 20 American republics would
give to his expansion of the doctrine
agreed upon by the foreign ministers
of the republics at Panama.
I'VE of this hemisphere" Mr..
Roosevelt said, "have no need to
seek a new international order; we
have already found it."
Then he adverted by indirection
to what everybody recognized as a
resume of the situation in Europe,
especially in Germany. He said that
the American international order
was not won by hysterical outcries,
or violent movements of troops. We
did not stamp out nations, capture
governments, or uproot innocent
people from the homes they had
built. We did not invent absurd
doctrines of race supremacy or claim
dictatorship through universal revo-
luton.
Devotion to Moral Order.
"The American order was
not built by hatred and terror. It
has been paved by the endless and
effective work of men of good will.
We have built foundation for the
lives of hundreds of millions. We
have unified these lives by a COM
mon devotion to moral ORDER
The speech climaxed the seven
day celebration of Pan-American-
ism's 50th anniversary.
After the address the President
entertained the members of the
Governing Board and Secretary of
State Hull.
Relations between the United
States and its 20 neighbors to the
south have never been better than
on the 50th anniversary, even
though a major controversy with
Mexico over the appropriation Of oil
properties appeared a possibility.
The day at the Pan-American
Union began early.
At 9 am. DR.. L. S. Rowe, the
unions director, was presented with
message by Miss Hildemar Esca-
lante, niece of the Venezuelan Am
bassador, on behalf of the Latin
American. Students Federation in
New York.
Portrait of Roosevelt.
At 10 am. there was an unveiling
of life-sized painting of President
Roosevelt, the gift Of the Latin
American consular corps and the
Pan-American Center of New York.
The portrait is the work of Flores
Penedo, Guatemalan artist, and the
presentation was made by q dele