American Ideals: Speeches of the President of the "Museo Social Argentino" Dr. Emilio Frers and of Col. Theodore Roosevelt at the Banquet Given in the Colón Theatre, Buenos Aires, November 12, 1913Est. gráfico Oceana, 1914 - 32 pages |
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Page 25 - American peoples will finally reach such a level of orderly self-government, of material prosperity, of potential strength, and of political and social conduct as to make the Monroe Doctrine, in the sense of being a merely unilateral doctrine, a thing of the past and to substitute for it a common agreement among all the free republics of the New World.
Page 15 - ... states in South America which have well implanted institutions and which have fully entered upon an orderly and constitutional life. The Argentine republic, among them, may rest in the confidence of its own advances. . . . But her origin and her history inevitably bind her to the other Spanish American nations, and if, perchance, her people feel inclined to recognize the necessity of imposing peace and civilization on those who are fulfilling a less happy destiny than hers, I do not think it...
Page 13 - o Frers, American Ideals, 23. « Souvenir of the Visit of Colonel Roosevelt to Chile, 47. affairs of those states either for their own good or in the interests of the American republics in general. He said : " The nations of Latin America will not feel at their ease so long as they do not rest in the security that no master may arise for them either from within or from without, and that no one, no matter where he may come from, may place in danger their integrity or their independence and sovereignty....
Page 25 - I most earnestly hope that... all of the Latin peoples will finally reach such a level... as to make the Monroe Doctrine, in the sense of being a merely unilateral doctrine, a thing of the oast, and to substitute for it a common agreement among all the free republics of the new world.
Page 23 - ... others. These nations are able to enforce order at home and respect abroad. These nations have so developed their institutions that they themselves do not wrong others, and that they are able to repel wrong from others. Every such nation...
Page 24 - I wish there to be no doubt of my meaning. As far as you are concerned, we have no more concern with the Monroe Doctrine about you than you have about us. ... The Monroe Doctrine in the sense of special guardianship thereof by the United States of the North no longer applies.
Page 24 - American nations that have achieved a similar position, all of the Latin American peoples will finally reach such a level of orderly self-government, of material prosperity, of potential strength and of political and social conduct as to make the Monroe Doctrine, in the sense of being a merely...
Page 29 - Domingo. We intervened to save Cuba from the effects of a desolating struggle under which her population had diminished in numbers by more than a million, the loss falling far more heavily upon women and children than upon men. When at last we intervened, we said that as a result of our interference Cuba should be independent. I doubt if there was a chancellory in Europe which believed that this promise was more than an empty form.
Page 28 - I would have felt myself derelict in my duty if I had not striven for this end. Will you permit me also to say that my deeds as President made good every word I have ever spoken in reference to the duty of the United States toward the other nations of this continent. In Panama I acted not only with scrupulous good faith but in the only way that was...
Page 26 - European empire was established immediately south — 25 — of us. When the period of revolutionary disturbance came to an end, when the Union was restored and the United States again became a great nation, this empire crumbled at once into dust, and once more we were able to re-assert the right of the peoples of this country to independence. In short...