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' i for any man t' a ths t; : it LY lit last r.ijht . As (-'on ss his roice could be h?ard - i: :Vc . .h, In a lew words, an-' an-' " I (' t the Nation's Chief Exec-u'-.ve c:i be made welcome to the !ty ty irayor Harrison, who then i-;ok brief.y, extending 'tothe .rresl-' t'-nt a hearty welcome and expressing the pleasure felt by the people of Chl-tsro Chl-tsro at Ms visit and offering to him '.Vrlr test wishes for & happy' and :' ' ;.r.t trip during his two months' 'nccj'Ion. .. , ... '. .. ..... , . The President bowed his thanks to '.'ayor Harrison and to Mr; MacVeigh ho Introduced him 'to his audience, , ?nd expressed his pleasure at the cor-."' cor-."' -1 receftloa extended to him on the f.rt step of his long trip, and then, frrrl.-j directly to the audience in front of him, proceeded in his peculiarly peculiar-ly enerretic manner to deliver his ad-dress. ad-dress. 1 he address was as foLlows: The Iloaroe Doctrine. . Mr. Chairman.'Ladies and Gentlemen: Today I wish to speak to you, not merely about the Monroe doctrine, but about ur entire position In the Western hemlsr-here a po.-.tlon so peculiar and predominant that o it of it has crown the acceptance of the Monroe doctrine as a cardinal Xea-J'ire, Xea-J'ire, of our foreign policy; and in particular par-ticular I wish to point oui what has bea done durinr the lifetime of the last Coa-rre Coa-rre to make rood our position in ao-wdance ao-wdance wiih thl historio policy. I.ver since the time .when we definitely jxierided our boundaries westward to the Paciic and southward to the Oulf, since tha time when the old Spanish and I'or- t .. - ti: to' the south cf ts as-sertl as-sertl tt-'r lnorpendence, our l'tion has 1"! 1 t st be'usa cf i-s T' nav In l-tt .li or.j t:.9 r.at. '-s of t .e .est- rn l ,- ere it rs e-riili duties and r; .iih....nes w hlcn o 'e it to take a lea..in? x n.rt thPieon. S'e hold that our lntf-rr in : this, fce 5;-'-here are greater i -se of'ery i .i:run power pos-t pos-t ijr Cfcn be, r, i t1 at oar d-ty to our- tiv- and ti't!;'tiitr reputlics who sre our r' ..bors requires us. to see that none cf ., grest' miUtary powers from semes the seas shall encroach upon the territory cf the American republics or acquire ac-quire control thereover.. VTLat Policy Is. This policy, therefore, not only forbids us to acquires In such territorial acquis!-, tlon. but also causes us to object to the acquirement of a control whicit would In hi ffct be equal to-territorial efn-an-disement. This is why the United Mates fcaa steadily believed that the construction of the great isthmian canal, the building of which is to stand as the greatest material mate-rial feat of the twentieth century greater than any similar feat In any preceding century should be done by o foreign ration but by ourselves. The csnal must of. necessity go throuah the territory of one of our smsller -sister republics. We have been scrupulously careful to abstain from perpetrating any wrong upon any .of these republics tn this matter. We do not wish to Interfere wits. thlr rlghta in the least; but. while carefully safeguarding them, to build the canal ourselves under provisions which will enable us, tf necessary, neces-sary, to police and proteot it, and to guarantee guar-antee its 'neutrality.' we being the sole guarantor. . Our intention was steadfast: we desire action- taken eo' that the canal could always be used" by us In time of peace and war alike, and in time of war eould never be used to our detriment by any nation which was hostile to us. Such action, by he circumstances surrounding it. was necessarily for the benefit and not the detriment of the adjacent American republics, i -. .. v Objects Fulfilled, .w.-. j' , - ' After considerably more than half of a rp"t irv tv.c cMcts rave ben eTactly X ... ! If i s 1, ,.. ' n and treaties of t i l t" !. ... V 3 " o we v t rs 10 frt r adv-ced tjwaid.the cii.. rt. kn cf the 1: .imlan ear.al on our terms than we had bn during the precedirg elifhty yesrs. liy : the Hay-Funcfute Hay-Funcfute treaty, ratted In lecmbr, 1 U ai old treatv Creat l-ntsln. which tad been held to stand In the way, was sbro.-eted end it was agreed that t e f--l nou!d be conftructf i on r the si.?;.ics of the Government of the United (btates, and that this Government should : have the exclusive right te regulate and i manage it. becoming the sole guarantor of ita neutrality. . " Guaranty of Neutrality. . It was expressly stipulated, furthermore, that this guaranty of neutrality should not prevent the United States from taking any measures which it found necessary In order or-der to secure bv its own forces the defense de-fense of the United States and the maintenance main-tenance of pablio order. Immediately fol lowing this treatv Congress passed a law Under Which the President wss authorized to endeavor to secure a treaty for acquiring acquir-ing the rlffht to finish the construction of, and to operate, the Panama canal, which had already been begun in the - territory of Colombia by a French company. , The rlfrhts of this company were accordingly obtained and a treaty negotiated with the republic . of Colombia. This treaty has Just been ratified by the Senate. It r serves all of Colombia's rights, while guarsnteeing all of our own and those of neutral nations, and specifically permits us to take any and all measures for the defense of the canal, and for the prefter vation of our Interests, whsnever in our judgment an exigency may arise which calls for. action on our part, la other words, these two trestles, and the legislation legisla-tion te carry them out, have resulted irt our obtaining on exactly the terms we desired the rights and privileges which we bad so long sought in vain. - These treaties are among the most important that we have ever negotiated in their-effects upon the futura welfare of this country, and mark a memorable triumph) . (Continued on page 4.) , f r V ' J x ft I n 1 S - . t . i 6 1 . . i ' i . , f . 1 v . t f f c I ' f t t f . t I ' V , ( '.''.'!)' ' I I " ' . ' " ' 'It. t r f ' - t t t . 1 ,.' 1 t i i 1 :y t ! i i , i ' ' i '--ri ' , -!".. .?.- . . :i. I r' r 15. J . v ir. Von. 1 n, r I In. c s a i -c. .. 1 ' ' t rf,-'y to t t y.'i c.j i e t: ? r ta liav v i t r- i i aturUay, tr p vr, f.;.Cy youra, , J C . . . .' 1 - AT." "Th Fr-' -t H l.!t t '?: of th Srd ct I'cer..ur, -..'- t-. foaowtnj 1,. -r-::?: , f -it ti-.pra tnuct ia no frri'crl a--ran c " :' r,t e-y r n-Air"-i a rn.-P at t-.a rt c fry ra-!.-.. i- I ''er n Ar"rl i smII. It "l n r.o . l-'n-lfd as hst. to iv r , !i t' C.J Vorid "'H..I J,x. ij-u-ift I- r.v . x to 69 w!tH tha commerci 'l re I'U-ir.a cf American powf-r. ave tiiat It in t' . i t!ow tch ff thra to forn s h as ic c r-a. Nv'e do rot r'Jariir.: e-y t..ete srainst r-nT.Hhnent it it ti'.i -or -ijcta itsflf. pro. vtaad that junihr.--t nova rot taka tha form of t!.r sciju.n.ilon of territory by any rson-An .tcan rowr.'. , "ll.t i;xce..er,t'y t..e Germn r.wvaa flor, on his rf t return from lierlin, conveyed personai-'y to th I'reoiJant tha assurancd cf t German Emrerop that his ii8ty'a G3Vriir"nt- bad no pur. poaa or Intention to mi even the anialU est ac5Uiaitlon of territory on tha bovtl American- ci'i:"-""t or tha ii-ljida adja. cer.t, Ihia voi intary and friensiijr decia ration afterward repeated to tha Secretary of Elate, and was received by t-a President and tha ppla of th Ur'.ted E -.te in tha frar.li end cordial rpirit In wr.icn It waa o'. -red. In tha meTioraridum of ta 11th rf December, hia Liceuency the Usrman i;mlvaa8ador repeat theaa a. urancea aa ' follow: Ve declare espe. ciaiiy that under no clrcumxtance to we ecnsidr In ur prooaadinrs the aeiulaitlo or the permanent occupation ot Venue-Un Venue-Un territory,' "In tha aaid roemorarSu-n of the 11th ot December, the German twrernment in-form in-form that of the United Etatee that It ha certain Just cialm for money and for Jama?"9 wronefuuy withheld from Ger wan aubject by the'Govarnment of Van. ezuela, and that It propoeea to taka certain cer-tain corclva .measure described tn tha " rnemorandum to enforce tha payment pf t.iee Just claim. ( ; "The President of the United 6tatea, ap. freciatlnr the ourtesy of -tha German j Government In making; him ' acquainted with the fate of affaira referred to, and not reBrardtna; Mmaelf a called upon to enter into the consideration of tha claim In question, believe that no men urea win ba taken In this matter by the asrent of the German Government which are not In accordance with the well-known pur-poae, pur-poae, above eet forth of hie Majesty th German Emperor.'' ,- - ' Sir Michael Herbert to- the Marqula of Lanndowna. "Washin;ton, November IS, 1908. X communicated com-municated to Mr. Hay this mornim tha autance of your Lordahip'a telegram of i the 11 th mat. "His Excellency stated In reply, that I th UnttM State Government, although they regTetted that European powers should use force aaralnat Central and. South American countries, cori' not object ob-ject to their taking steps to oo tain redress re-dress for Injurle auffered by their ub-Ject. ub-Ject. provided that -no acquisition f territory ter-ritory was contemplated." , Astirae cf Po-wer. '' Both powers assured us fn explicit terma that there wa not the slightest Intention In-tention on their part to Violate th principles prin-ciples of th Monroe doctrine, and this assurance was kept with an honorable good faith which merit fuU acknowledgment acknowledg-ment on our part.- At the same time, the existence of hostilities in a region o near our own borders wa fraught with1 such rssibilitles of danger ia th future that wa obviously no leas our duty to ourselves our-selves than our duty to humanity to endeavor en-deavor to put an end to that. Accordingly, Accord-ingly, by an offer of our good service In a spirit of frank friendliness to all- tha parties concerned,' a spirit in which they quickly and cordially responded, we secured se-cured s resumption of peace the contending contend-ing parties agreeing that ths matters which they could not settle among themselves them-selves should be referred to Tb Hafue tribunal for settlement. The United States had most fortunately already been able to set an example to other nation by utilizing the great possibilities for good contained in The Hague tribunal, a question ques-tion at isas between ourselves and ths republic of Mexico being tb first submitted sub-mitted to this -International court of arbitration. ar-bitration. . . , runs: "BpeaV softly and carry a big stick: you will go far." If the American Nation will spetk softly, and yet build, and keep at a pitch of the highest training train-ing a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe' Mon-roe' doctrine will go far. I ask you to think over this. If you do, you will come to the conclusion that It is mers plain common sense, so obviously sound that only the blind can "fall to see its truth and only the weakest and most lrreaoluts can fall to dalr to put it Into fore. BuildinsT.tha 27avy. - Well, hi th last two years I am happy, to say we have taken long strides in sd-ranee sd-ranee as rerards our navy. The last Con-rrees. Con-rrees. in adaltlon to smaller vessels, provided pro-vided nine of those formidable flghtinr ships upon which the real efficiency, t any navy In war ultimately depends. It provided, moreover, for the necessary. adr dltion of officers and enlisted men to make th ships worth having. Meanwhile the Navy department has seen to it that our ships have been constantly exercised st sea, with the great run, and In maneuvers, maneu-vers, so that their efficiency ss fighting unit, boU individually and when acting together, has been steadily improved. Remember Re-member that all of this la necessary. A warship is a huge bit of mechanism, well-nigh as delicate and complicated as ft is formidable. . It takes years to build it It takea years to teach th fflcers and men how to handle it to good advantage. ad-vantage. It Is an absolute Impossibility to Improvise a navy at the outset f war. No recent war between any two nations has lasted as long ss It takes to build a battleship; and It Is Just as lmpossibls to Improvise the officers or ths crews aa to Improvise the navy. Would Bo Crime. To lay up a - battleship and only send it sfloat at ths utset of a war. with a raw crew and untried officers, would be not merely a folly but a crlni. for It would Invite both disaster and disgrace. Tb navy which so quickly decided in our favor the war in 1&8 had been built and mads efficient during the preceding- fifteen fif-teen years.. The ships that triumphed off Manila and Santlasro had been built under previous administration with money ap-nropriated ap-nropriated by previous Congresses. The officers and the men did their duty so well because they had already been trained to It by long sea service. All honor to tha rallant officer end gallant men who actually ac-tually did the fifrhting; but remember, too, to honor ths publla men, the shipwrights, and steel workers, the owners of ths shipyards ship-yards and armor plants, to whoe united foresight and exertion we owe It that In 1SS3 we hsd craft so good,. guns so excellent excel-lent and American seamen of so high a typa- In the conning towers, in the gun turrets and In the engine rooms. It Is too late to prenare for war when war has coma and 1 we only prenar sufficiently no war will ever come. We wiah a powerful pow-erful and efficient navy, not for purpose of war, but ss the sorest guaranty of peace. If hevs such a navy If w keep on building It up w may rest assured as-sured that there la but the amalleHt chanc that trouble will ever come to this Nation; and we may likewise rest assured as-sured that no foreign power will- ever quarrel with us about ths Monroe doctrine. doc-trine. A : .- - Influence of th United States. , The. terms which we hare secured as those under which the Isthmian canal ia to be buUt. and tb our ot aventa In the Venesuela matter, have shown not merely the ever growing influence of the United States In ths Western hemisphere, but also, I think I may safely aay, hav exemplified th firm purposs of th United Unit-ed States that its growth and Influence and power shall redound not to the harm but to the benefit of our sifter rep ub. Ins whose strength is less. Our growth, therefore, is beneficial to human kind In general. We do not Intend to assume any position which can giv Just offense to our neighbors. Our adherenee to the rule of human right Is not merely pror feealon. Th history of our deallnga with Cuba shows that w reduce It to performance. per-formance. . J7ot International Law. Th Monro doctrine Is not International Interna-tional law, and though I think on day It may become uch, this is not necessary a long as It remains a cardinal feature of our foreign policy and aa long as we possess pos-sess both the will end th strength to make it effective. This laat point, my -fallow-cltlzens is all Important, and is one which as a people we can never afford af-ford to forret. I beUev In the Monroe doctrine with all my heart and soul: I snj convinced that the Immense majority of our fellow-countrymen ao beueve In it; but I would Infinitely prefer to see us abandon It than to see us put it arward and bluster about It, snd yt f i to build ut the efficient fighting strerf.i which In the last resort can alone mn it rejected reject-ed by sny strong foreUn. pow.-r nr.se Interest It may ever happen to be to violate vio-late it. I7o Eoastlr cr Iluster. . Boasting and blustering are as ctjc- tifsble artoraj rsa.ions as amonir indi-vil indi-vil x is, ai t. rubiio men of a rreat ration ra-tion owe it to their sense of r.ati --"l flf-r- - t to r''.'4 courttov.'y of t r,- n powei-i. j -t ps a brave sn 1 acif-r--ect 1" r-n treats all srourd 1 '"t c-'-.-us-ly. " t tl'.cu i to b"iist ia V -i, e lc ':a. ' - n ... ..t fsotf'f, w'j ' t v ; i .e t t i H it to Is rji.tv f b- . evrt v . t i ei.i When C 1 l t 8 t ' ii In ' 1 i r f i V - t . i.i a i...- t -i . v. ... . |