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Show I STRONG FOREIGN POLICY I Evidently our presldi nt elect la de- I A eloping an intensified Americanism I In his address at Brownsville, Texas, on Armistice day. he said: "We crave fraternity, we wish anil-cable anil-cable relations everywhere, wo offer j peace and chooao to promote it. bu: ; we demand our freedom j-nd our own America, i believe an America nn nent on the seas, respected In ever avenue of trade, w ill be safi i al home and greater in Influence throughout the world. 1 like to think of an amej lea whose citizens are ever seeklnlgj the greater development and enlarged resources and widened Influence of the republiic, and I like to think of a gov ' trnment which protects its citizens wherever they go on a lawful mis-inn anywhere under Hie shining sun.." There was a time when American ! eitlrens in other parts of the world had ' to appeal to British or other foreign consuls to obtain adequate protection, j In those days America wa DOl r ru n ed because there was no outward evl-! dence of the strength of the country and no rign of determination to com- J mand a wholesome regard for the Stars I and Strlpe.s. This is to be reversed, according to Senator Harding Wherever Wher-ever an American maj be he will be' assured the protection which is his by! right, and there- will be no soft policy j of turning the other cheek A strong American policy will be acceptable ac-ceptable to all Americans, particularly those who are called on to travel In foreign lands. This declaration by the president i elect mad in the presence of Mexican ! officials m.iy be interpreted as direct notice to Mexico that from now on lh abuse of Americans south of the Hio ! CIrande will not be tolerated. |