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Show PANAMA PRESIDEN1 CONFIDENT OF ' FUTURE By Aeeeclet. Press. PANAMA. No. 11. After reading th terms of ths armiatlce between the allies and German and the ad-dree ad-dree delivered by President Wilson st Washington. President Bellssrlo P arras of Panama aald:, "The leaders of Latin -America are continually passing through Panama snd ws ar eohstantiy In touch witn them In an Intimacy and freedom of confidence that has not been attained In international political relations heretofore. I feel, therefore, that I speak not alone for Panama, but also for ths other nations of Central and - South Ainerlys. when I say that ths common victory means more to us. perhaps, than to even those who took 1 a more active part In the struggle. i SELF DETERMINATION. The emphasis that haa been laid upon tha -eight of small cations and upon th right of lf determination, and which waa reiterated tn the speech of President Wilson before congress vesterday, has been so great that thes ideas sr established In the Inter-national Inter-national code. - Along with this goes the Idea of th broader InternatlonaU iam. which means that all nations will draw closer together than heretofore, without the distrust that was inevitable inevita-ble In the old daye when Intemational- , ism was too frequently mixed with exploitation. ex-ploitation. PANAMA NEEDS CAPITAL. "The magnanimity with which the allied nations are preparing to provide food for the people of Germany and Austria Is the best earnest of ths naw order of relations. Panama looks con fldently forwsrd to the near future, when the capitalist of th allied nations, na-tions, will assist us In developing our I rich snd virgin sourrea, knowing that i th new Ideale preclude exploitation ! on the pert of allied capital and the ! Interference with development on the I part of government. In short, with I distrust removed we can work together In a partnership made possible by the Ideals established by the common victory." |