【正文】 s 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 to its highest degree, all artificial efforts will be in will e when there is realization that only under a reign of law, based on righteousness and supported by the religious conviction of the brotherhood of man, can there be any hope of a plete and satisfying will fail, the sword will fail, it is only the spiritual nature of man that can be seems altogether probable that we can contribute most to these important objects by maintaining our position of political detachment and are not identified with any Old World position should be made more and more clear in our relations with all foreign are at peace with all of program is never to oppress, but always to while we do justice to others, we must require that justice be done to us a treaty of peace means peace, and a treaty of amity means have made great contributions to the settlement of contentious differences in both Europe and there is a very definite point beyond which we can not can only help those who help of these limitations, the one great duty that stands out requires us to use our enormous powers to trim the balance of the we can look with a great deal of pleasure upon what we have done abroad, we must remember that our continued success in that direction depends upon what we do at its very outset, it has been found necessary to conduct our Government by means of political system would not have survived from generation to generation if it had not been fundamentally sound and provided the best instrumentalities for the mos