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Show 'LINCOLN TERMED GUIDE TO PEACE His Action in So. American Dispute Recalled By Ambassador I SPRINfJFIELO, III. Feb. 12. The .example of Lincoln's "tolerance an(l , innate sens.- of Justice in bin treatment treat-ment of all international problems offers the world the "only sure, (straight road to peace," Ambassador I I'ezet. of Peru, declared today in delivering de-livering the annual address at the 'Lincoln Centennial association here. IHecause In foreign, as well 0,8 in do-iiuestic do-iiuestic questions. Lincoln sought the full truth, before committing himself, the ambassador added, his "deeds are remembered and he grows with the years in the hearts or all peoples." PREVENTER l WARS "Let all Statesmen take Lincoln for ! their model." Mr. Pezet said, and the causes of many wars will vanish like momlug mists in the sunlight In this sense Lincoln belongs not only to the .American people, but to all Just men everywhere." Recalling the course pursued by the .1 nited states under Lincoln's administration admin-istration In resuming diplomatic relations rela-tions with Peru after thev had been severed during President Buchanan's administration as the result of a controversy con-troversy arising bver Peru's setzure of two American vessels charged with contraband tiadinc. Ambassador I'. .! declared this to We typical of the acts of international justice which had earned the "reverence and love" of all Latin-American peoples for Lincoln's memory. CAUSE oi BATTLES "How many wars in the world's history his-tory have arisen from causes no more fundamental than the difference existing exist-ing between my country and yours at the time that Abraham Lincoln took the helm of affairs'1 ihe ambassador declared. "How many wars have sprung from the Jntrnnslgeancc of little lit-tle men. called by an ironic fate to be i he rulers of great peopl. |