Show iI i- i I A Dangerous Course AXY generations of oC Americans ns have ha e 1 MANY M arx meric read with ith awe George Washington's farewell address to his countrymen The fhe difficulties and JH perplexities which were Verc to toI to I beset his h beloved country seemed em clear to his prophetic tic vision ision The The curtain parted parte for fOl forI I moment and and he saw sav Into the future as it itI itIs His wl wise advice die dic dictated I Is 15 given few to sec ce e tlc tlc- I b by love lo e and experience Has lias hitherto a S 'S hll Koni n r T t. nf r li- li 11 who o ha i tl the destinies i of r the J nation ti a-ti he fOund ld founded But Bifi another day ha ha- ha come fashions ha e have change changed and md manners and tue tle ship of oC state stat I Is to adventure into untried seas j I. I chart or coin compass compa pass I Plc President Wilsons Wilson's I ons on's suggestion to the tIme war war- powers pOWEI'S that the terms of peace shall shail L provide wro for fOI a league or alliance alance to insure FIts Its permanency must must involve the United States to a degree Washington urge urged it i I I r should never neer be be involved oed In His solemn words I are the these e t r The he great great rule Jule of conduct for or u us in regard to foreign nations is in extending extend extend- lug ing ug our commercial relations to have ha with them themes as little political connection as ms possible So far as we wc have hae alre already dy formed cn engagements let them be fulfilled fulfilled ful ful- ful- ful filled fied with perfect good g faith Here Hen let letI letus letus I us stop stol I Europe has a set et of primary Interest Interests Inter Inter- interests ests est which to us have none or a very ery remote relation Hence she must be ho engaged in frequent controversies the causes o of which are arc essentially foreign to our concerns Hence therefore it itI I must must be unwise e In us to Implicate ourselves ourselves our pur- our our- selves b by artificial ties tes in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or tho the ordinary nary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities Our detached and dl distant tant situation invites and ami enables us to pursue a different different ditt dif dit- dif dif- t ferent erent cour course e. e If It I we remain one people peo peo- I pIe under unde-r an efficient government the period is not far off oC when we ma may de defy I material injury from rom external annoyance annoy annoy- I ance when we 1 may a take such an attitude atti atti- I tude as will wi ill cau cause e the neutrality we I ma may at at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected when belligerent bolliger- bolliger ent emit nations under the impossibility of ot making acquisitions upon us us will wi not lightly hazard the giving us provocation provocation pro oca t tion lon when whon we ma may choose peace or war as our interest t guided b by justice shall I couns counsel l I In offering to you ou m my countr countrymen men I these counsels of or an old and ant affectionate affection affection- I ate ite friend frend I dare not hope that they I will wi make maie the strong ann ana lasting Imi Impression impression Im- Im i I could wish that they ther will wi control the usual current of the pas pas- I or prevent our nation naton from running run- run ning the course e which hitherto ha has marked th the destiny of oC nations but hut If It It Imay I Ima Imay ma may even en flatter myself that they may mayI be pro productive of or some partial benefit I some occa occasional ional good that the they ma may no now and then recur to moderate the thet t f fury fy of oC party spirit to warn against the I of foreign Intrigues to guard guardI I against th the impostures of pretended pa- pa patriotism this hope will be full fun wi recompense recompense pense for tor the solicitude for your our ourel Welfare welfare wel- wel fare tare b by which thc they have ha been dictated I The complexities of oC modern life Ure have I ren rendered ered impossible ible the course of statesmanship statesmanship statesman statesman- ship charted for the American America people b by the greatest man of their history Fast steamships steamships steam steam- I ships have brou brought ht New York nearer LonI Lon- Lon j I lon don on than it was to no Boston ton in that earl early day dar Development o of American industry has compelled comI com corn I polled entrance into every market arket n on tho the t I globe Commercial alliances alliances' and Intercourse Intercourse Inter Inter- InterI I course we cannot avoid nor would we if It we I COU could d but political alliances with Europe can be readily avoided and should be And for Zor or this this prudence is IR there even better I beter reason than the possibility of or entanglement in European European Eu Eu- wars It is impossible th the I United States can meddle in the affairs of ot Europe without in inviting In- In Europe to meddle in the affairs of ot the American A continent When tao United States becomes becomes a member of a 3 league league- to enforce J I peace peace the Monroe doctrine must go b by the I board for tor what we may do in 1 Europe the I nations of or Europe Europ may do here What That that might mean in the case of ot Mexico for In Instance In- In I stance tance can only r be he imagined That it would be annoying and and injurious to the tho United States and provocative pro of ot an Irritation t which I might ultimately lead to war ar there can be little doubt I It is reported that t I the state department t does not believe the President has the au an I to enter into such an alliance alance with I out ut the consent of ot the United States Senate I t Mr Ir Wilson's Wilsons own opinion as to his powers power s t Its s not available for tor he a has not publicly dial dis dis- l It it But ut the people of ot the United States State s will il of ot a a certainty demand that the Senate Senat e be consulted and the matter I mater so 80 thoroughly s' s debated that the nation naton will wi understand it itI It I. 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