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i I'EAIIV UN EXPANSION. ; BR VAN ABKB EUR EXPLANATION. j i P.J Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright) WASHINGTON. April 21. i Received April 21, 11.25 p.m. Mr Bryan has asked Rear-Rdmiral Peary to explain his recent speech in ; which he stated that the United States ! was unable to prevent territorial expan- ; sion and it was likely that during tiie next hundred years the United States ■ would expand over the whole American | continent. This was tiie only aiterna- ; live to obliteration. j Mr Bryan, when informed that Ad- | miral Peary admitted 1 making the speech, j issued a statement regretting the utter- ! anee. assuring the public that Admiral i Peary's remarks only represented his ; private opinion, and stating that it was I absurd to suggest that nations must j continue to expand or die. The United I States did not seek territorial-expansion I at any nation's expense.
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Southland Times, Issue 17492, 22 April 1915, Page 6
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