STIRRING MESSAGE BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 16 April 1908, Page 5

STIRRING MESSAGE BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

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Received ApriL-15, 9^37-^p.xo^ ;< i'---'< '■ ;■■.'■■'' _ .'■■■ .■^^;:^R^^j^il.;l6>"'1 Presidents •E^eyel|^ ing Congress t^provise:i oflr J).attles|i^ of the largest .type: 'Immediately, y> re-;t marks tliat China is .an i^xaniiple ;of those "peace at any':;psi^J'--:px»ii<3i'esj;'; while Britain's navarpoli^ouglit^o be emulated. Tb&:.-:',Ha,'giiyef';-'fi:cdnfei-enco' showed that the nations would not agres to limit their naval armaments. ;Asbitration was an ineffective remedy, though it ought: to be utilised to the fullest extent. While disclaiming any intention to engage in a scheme of •conquest,- President. Iloosevelt that America can ill afford to relapse into a position where ah.ifts^ult must bs borne in silence. If she built -only two battleships a year, America would go backward in naval rank and1 relative power among the great nations, which would be unwise if she fronted: merely one ocean. It was doub'ly'unwise when she fronted two. Neit^ei? arbitration, nor any other device, ooaKT prevent the gravest and most; terrible wrong to peoples who l&st the-capacity of Iselfdefence. If 'America to avoid insult she must be able, to repel it if desired. Peace mu^at. all itimes rbe ready for war. " ••'—..