| Show v vv V H Hl vv l I H HI 4 H HI IH IrI I I H HI I H l 1 I r lP I PRES ES ROOSEVELT AND THE MONROE DOCTRINE f I SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIO STICK I The Monroe doctrine Is l not International law and though I think one day II a It 11 may become such this thU is n not nol necessary as long as 1111 It remains romaine t a cardinal feature of at our foreign policy and as all long Ion as we possess both bolh this th will W and the strength to make It effective This last point my fellow tello I 1 t citizens Is all Important and Is ono which as ns a people we WI can never at af afford atford ford tord to forget torget I believe Jelle In the Monroe fonroe doctrine with all my heart henrt and f f soul I am pm m convinced that the Immense Immen e majority of at our fellow tellow country countrymen non men so sit believe bellove In It II but I would Infinitely prefer preter to we see us abandon It t l than Ihan to sec us UI put It forward and bluster blu ter about It II and yet et fall tall to build buildup buildup i up tha the efficient fighting strength which In fn the last Inet resort r can alone DIone make makei maket f if t i It respected by any 1111 strong foreign power whose Interest It may ma ever hap top x 4 j pen Den to tobe be to violate it itI I and blustering are an as objectionable among amon rations nations as a among mong Individuals und and the public men of at a n great groot nation owe It to their sense tenie of ot national to speak pe k courteously of ot foreign power Just hiI fie ft a brave and self respecting man mn treats treat all around him courteously I Hut though to boast boost Is le bad and causelessly lr to Insult Intuit another worse yet wor worse wore e than ran all nil is It U to be guilty of ot boosting boasting even without Insult v and ami when called to the proof to be he unable to make such boosting good Kool r 1 There Thore Is II a homely old adage which runs runes Stash Speak softly ottly anti and carry curry a L big Ig k you ou will wilt go far tar If JC tho American nation will speak softly and yet tt build and keep nt at nta q t a pitch of ot the highest training n a thoroughly efficient n navy vy the Mon Monroe Monroe c s roe doctrIne will wll go g far I ask alk you to think over this It If you Co Go you Ou I will come to the conclusion that It la fa mere plain common MM sense lilt to so ob oh v r sound that only the blind can n fall tall to tee see Its It I truth trl b and only the thea a 1 weakest t anti and most moat Irresolute can ean fall tall to desire to put pest It Into tore force 4 t Well lyel In hi the last two years yeara 1 I am m happy hap Y to say y we have bue taken tong long strides in n advance us as regards ganIl our aur navy nM The Urn Con in addition I 1 to smaller er vessels provided nine aloe of et those thOle m formidable ships upon c r 1 which the lie real efficiency of ot any navy naY In war ultimately depends It 11 pro provided J vided moreover moreover for tor the necessary addition ot of and enlisted men mento meno 1 t to o make mates the ho t ships worth having has Meanwhile the department has h seen Q l 1 ls E to it that our ships have been bet constantly exercised at t tea sea with the th s great guns gun and In maneuver so that our as aa fighting units E t both oth Individually and when acting together t has been steadily starkly t Improved t t Remember that all of oC this thus Is A warship la is a huge hure bit ot of t tf mechanism welt well 11 nigh as all a delicate and nd complicated as It U is formidable It f 1 f u years to build It It U take years to tel teach the officer embers rend land men 1 eb T jiOw to handle It to good adIt It li II an on absolute about Im to a IL navy at the outset of ot war No recent war ar between any Rny j X I has lasted BE as R long Ion I a lIlt It takes to build a battleship and It Is III 1 i just Juet as impossible Impassible to Improvise the officers or the lh crews U as g to Improvise f the navy T TTo r 1 To lay Iny up a battleship battlo and only tend send n t It afloat at the Ih of ot a n war warf wari 1 1 i f g Ith a n r nW w crew and untried would be 00 not merely a folly toll but n L crime for lor Jt it would Invite 1118 both and ami dIre The tIN t navy av 1 which I to quickly o decided II In our favor the war Wit In tn im had bad been built and made f lent during the tho pre preceding U 16 years yean Y 1 n The ship chips that triumphed off aft Manila and o had been n built un under f i der ler previous administrations ad with money appropriated by b previous Con t The officers end and the men did cUd their duty dut so a well 1111 because e they the theT X T had ad already been trained to tD It by or long an sea All AU honor bOllOr to the T t pliant officers and gallant rasa n who actually did ld the th but lent re ro renumber reo member number too to honor th the imbue mca meer the It shipwrights and tte steel tHI I work i fro Jt the owners own era of ot the shipyard and armor pUnts plants to whose I t L United prAted J foresight and exertion we e owe ewe It that In III im list we w bad had craft c tt to M good s 5 guns gum so Sl excellent and American s seamen om n Of ot ao so Men high a 8 type to tn the conning 1 1 f towers t In fn the gun turret and arsi in the tile endue room moms It is le too late lat to T f prepare for tor war when hn war ha hat has e cam n and sad if it t we w only prepare presen sufficiently P Pt 1 t no war will ever come came We wish a powerful and efficient navy naY not for tor r purposes of ot war but as the surest guarantee of ot peace If it we WI have ho hoor or 7 eh navy If we p keep kelp on building It t ur w may rest assured a that t E t there hero h t 1 Is 11 but the small smallest chance that trouble will ever v r come to this IM na MF naoni F Honi oni n and we may likewise rest assured a tint that no foreign r will win ever er ert x xu u t with Mth Ith us u about the Monroe IOno doctrine i H t tS j L 4 1 ro n nr ni i 1 1 i S r 9 |
