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Hokitika Guardian, 5 March 1925, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. GAULB ASSOCIATION, MR COOMDGK’S SECOND TERM. AN IN A I'd CI!A Tv A DDR ESS. (Received this day nt 11.2/3 a.m.) WASHINGTON, ..March 5. Air Coolidire after taking the .second oath of office, in an inaugural adr dross, declared that America’s intentions were peaceful towards all the earth. He set forth the methods manifesting this spirit, while at the same time maintaining “snen military force as comports with the dignity and security of it great people.” The President said : --‘'We must continue to lead the movement for the limitations ol armaments.” He sympathised wi; the movement to clarify international ■*-- law. “Wo have mnthjja great contribution to a settlement of contentions differences in both Europe and Asia, hut there is a very definite point beyond which we cannot go. We can only help those who help themselves. .Mindful of these limitations, one great duty that stands out, requires us to u,so our enormous powers to trim the balance of the world.” Air Cooiidgc concluded: ‘'America aeok.s no earthly Empire built on blood. The legions "which she sends forth are armed, not with the sword, but with the cross. The higher state to which she seeks allegiance of all mankind, is not human, but divine. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty Hod.”