Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-02-13 | Page 4 | Lincoln's Example Commended to New Age

LINCOLN'S EXAMPLE COMMENDED TO , NEW AGE y Precept of Emancipator Offer Straight Road to Peace 8PIMN0KIELD. III.. Keb. 12. "The example of Lincoln's "tolerance and Innate sense of Justice" In his treatment treat-ment of all International problems offers the world the "only sure, straight road to peace, Ambassador reset of Peru declared today in de- ' livering the annual address before the Lincoln Centennial association here. Docause In foretgn. aa well as domestic questions, Lincoln sought the full truth before committing himself, him-self, the ambnttsudor added, his "deeds are remembered and he grows with the years in the hearts of all peoples." peo-ples." "Let all statesmen take Lincoln for their model." Mr. reset said, "and the causes of many wars will varnish like morning mists In the sunlight In this sense , Lin coin belong not only to the American people, but to all Just men everywhere. Recalling the course pursued by the United States under Lincoln's administration in resuming1 diplomatic diploma-tic relations with Peru after they had - been severed during President Buchanan's administration as the result re-sult of a controversy arising over Peru's seisure of two American vessels, ves-sels, charged with contraband trading. trad-ing. Ambassador Pesat declared this to. be typical of the acts of International Interna-tional justice which Jiud earned the "reverence and love" of all Latin-American Latin-American peoples for Lincoln's memory. mem-ory. "How many war In the world's history have arisen from caUHes no more fundamental than the difference differ-ence existing between my country and yours at the time that Abraham Lincoln took the helm of affairs," the ambaasador declared. "How. many wars have sprung from the tntranaigeance of little men called by an Ironic fate to be the rulers of great people?"