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Show LAI AMERICA TO IRE IN PROSPERITY United States Marine Growth Will Benefit Many Other Countries. nil LADKLPHI A, July 26. "Latin-American' "Latin-American' diplomats, the guests of the shipping board at an inspection of the Hog Island shipyard, were told today by Chairman Hurley that the great merchant marine now being built by the United States must bring prosperity to America's neighbors, as welt as to this country, or the pride of the United States in the achievement would be diminished. "Vou may send back to your own peoples the word that these ships will ! not bo used exclusively for this na-' na-' t ion's aggrandizement in peace," ne de-, de-, elared, "any moro than they are used for such aggrandizement in the war that is now waging. Our duty now is to build a bridge of ships to our fighting front in France. Our expectation is that a large ; part of- this -bridge will be used to con- nect us more closely with our neighbors ; when the war is over a bridge that will ; be used as freely and with quite as much j advantage by our neighbors as by our- j selves. "It has been laid down as a rule of our conduct at home during the war that no excessive profit shall be made out of the struggle of humanity. That rule will not be lifted when peace comes. "The ships that are being built by the United States as instruments of war are designed to serve equally well as the instruments of peace. The great fleet that ; this country is building will be operated after the war upon principles which recognize rec-ognize human and national rights and equities. .That fleet will serve Latin-America Latin-America as it serves the people of the United States. H will serve the world as America is now serving the world in fighting for the cause of liberty. "When the war is won, as it must be if this hemisphere is to be freed from the constant menace of militarism, the ships that have served their military purposes pur-poses will play a large part- in bringing the neighboring nations of this continent closer together, reducing the delays in making personal and commercial contact, and cementing the bonds of comradeship." |