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Show B SAYS ORDER SHOULD REIGN. BBBj ' BSj ' BBJ Colonel Roosevelt Surprises Audience BK i at El Paso by Pointed Allusion BS '; to Insurrection In Mexico. BBri '-I I'nso, Texas, March 15. "All BB that tho United States demands of Hij Mexico Is order, Justlco nnd Indepen- BH denco," declared Theodore lloosevolt BJl 'this morning nt n btcakfast given in BBw ''Is honor by tho Thistle club. This i ls tho flrBt nlul "'y uttornnco ho hns BBj niado on the Mexican situation and BBJ enmo us n completo surprlso to tho B' membors of his party. BK Colonel Hoosovelt's icmnrks wcro BS received with prolongucd cheers by tho BBf business men of El l'nso, who com- BBJ poso tho club mombcrshlp. Tho col- BBWJ onol snld. In part: EJ "Permanently tho welfnro of things BB of tho community will depend upon Sl tl10 welfare of other communities, nnd ) B0 ll ls nmong tho groups of states, flij When 1 started to advocato tho irrl- BBf gntlon policy ns president for tho far B J west 1 was lolcntly opposed by n cer- BB1 tnln number of people In the cast BBT who took tho view that to build up BBc the farming communities ot tho west r wns to hint tho eastern communities. B It Is not true. When you uuiko ono H community prosperous you benefit 1 Uu' ('"inmunltles with which it does B business. It Is exactly tho same nmong l communities as it Is among indlvldu H nls. So It Is nmong nations, s Says Turmoil Checks Prosperity. H" I bellovo that moro nnd mmo our K people are growing to renllzo that ns , " wl'o'e the nations of tho world nro H)f growing to realize tho fundainentnl V! error- of tho old outworn belief that 'i; n nation can permanently tise at the '' expenso of Its neighbors. Of course. BBj what I sny now as n general ruin ls BBS.' subject to certain exceptions which I "' IlC0(l llot discuss, but ns n geneiol BBJ nilo It helps any nation to hno Us BBJ neighbors prosperous. It Is n help to BBS tho United States to havo ovory other BBj country In tho western hemisphere n J piospcrous country. BBJ "You hero who do business ulong BBj the border know tl don't havo iZ toll BBJ ou things, you know It yoffrsclf, far BJ better than I do) that It Is an Inter- SB ruptlou to your business, u check to BBS your prosperity to havo turmoil nnd trouble In the adjacent republic. You know that n disaster to them reflects Itself upon us, upon you along the border. I am particularly pleased to seo hero this mornlg the mayor and the collector of customs of tho Mexican Mexi-can city which Is your Immediate nelghor, i "I nm sure I utter tho sentiment of every American when I sny that all tho United Stntcs wishes to seo In Mexico Is prosperity Hint wo wish to see It have tho-prospcrlty that means mnterlal well-bolng, Industrial success, suc-cess, coupled with order, Justlco nnd Independence Our Interests, tho Interests In-terests of the Amerlcnn republic of tho United Stntcs on this continent, nro bound up with tho wclfaro of tho other nations of this continent. Wo wish well to Cnnndn; wo wish well to Mexico; wo wish well to ovory oincr country In the western hemisphere, nnd wo nsk them to do hothlng for us excepting to do Justice to themselves by securing their prosperity, securing their independence, through tho practice prac-tice of tho great fundamental principles princi-ples of civilization .order nnd Justlco." |