【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 rbed by the thought of either isolation or entanglement of pacifists and physical configuration of the earth has separated us from all of the Old World, but the mon brotherhood of man, the highest law of all our being, has united us by inseparable bonds with all country represents nothing but peaceful intentions toward all the earth, but it ought not to fail to maintain such a military force as ports with the dignity and security of a great ought to be a balanced force, intensely modem, capable of defense by sea and land, beneath the surface and in the it should be so conducted that all the world may see in it, not a menace, but an instrument of security and Nation believes thoroughly in an honorable peace under which the rights of its citizens are to be everywhere has never found that the necessary enjoyment of such a peace could be maintained only by a great and threatening array of mon with other nations, it is now more determined than ever to promote peace through friendliness and good will, through mutual understandings and mutual have never practiced the policy of petitive have recently mitted ourselves by covenants with the other great nations to a limitation of our sea one result of this, our Navy ranks larger, in parison, than it ever did the burden of expense and jealousy, which must always accrue from a keen rivalry, is one of the most effective methods of diminishing that unreasonable hysteria and misunderstanding which are the most potent means of fomenting policy represents a new departure in the is a thought, an ideal, which has led to an entirely new line of will not be easy to never moved from their old positions, some are constantly slipping back to the old ways of thought and the old action of seizing a musket and relying on has taken the lead in this new direction, and that lead America must continue to we expect others to rely on our fairness and justice we must show that we rely on their fairness and we are to judge by past experience, there is much to be hoped for in international relations from frequent conferences and have before us the beneficial results of the Washington conference and the various consultations recently held upon European affairs, some of which were in response to our suggestions and in some of which we were active the failures can not but be accounted useful and an immeasurable advance over threatened or actual am strongly in favor of continuation of this policy, whenever conditions are such that there is even a promise that practical and favorable results might be conformity with the principle that a display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations, we have long advocated the peaceful settlement of disputes by methods of arbitration and have negotiated many treaties to secure that same considerations should lead to our adherence to the Permanent Court of International great principles are involved, where great movements are under way which promise much for the welfare of humanity by reason of the very fact that many other nations have given such movements their actual support, we ought not to withhold our own sanction because of any small and inessential difference, but only upon the ground of the most important and pelling fundamental can not barter away our independence or our sovereignty, but we ought to engage in no refinements of logic, no sophistries, and no subterfuges, to argue away the undoubted duty of this country by reason of the might of its numbers, the power of its resources, and its position of leadership in the world, actively and prehensively to signify its approval and to bear its full share of the responsibility of a candid and disinterested attempt at the establishment of a tribunal for the administration of evenhanded justice between nation and weight of our enormous influence must be cast upon the side of a reign not of force but of law and trial, not by battle but by have never any wish to interfere in the political conditions of any other are we determined not to bee implicated in the political controversies of the Old a great deal of hesitation, we have responded to appeals for help to maintain order, protect life and property, and establish responsible government in some of the small countries of the Western private citizens have advanced large sums of money to assist in the necessary financing and relief of the Old have not failed, nor shall we fail to respond, whenever necessary to mitigate human suffering and assist in the rehabilitation of distressed , too, are requirements which must be met by reason of our vast powers and the place we hold in the of the best thought of mankind has long been seeking for a formula for permanent the clarification of the principles of international law would be helpful, and the efforts of scholars to prepare such a work for adoption by the various nations should have our sympathy and may be hoped for from the earnest studies of those who advocate the outlawing of aggressive all these plans and preparations, these treaties and covenants, will not of themselves be of the greatest dangers to peace lies in the economic pressure to which people find themselves of the most practical things to be done in the world is to seek arrangements under which such pressure may be removed, so that opportunity may be renewed and hope may be must be some assurance that effort and endeavor will be followed by success and the making and financing of such adjustments there is not only an opportunity, but a real duty, for America to respond with her counsel and her must be provided under which people can make a living and work out of their there is another element, more important than all, without which there can not be the slightest hope of a permanent element lies in the heart of the desire for peace be cherished there, unless this fundamental and only natural source of brotherly love be cultivated