Freedom of the West

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 254, 17 January 1928, Page 1

Freedom of the West

COOLIDGE EXALTS SPIRIT Veiled Speeches Follow Pan-American Nations in Conference By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. Received 9.5 a.m. HAVANA, Monday. JOURNEYING outside his homeland for the first time since he became President, Mr. Coolidge, in a speech keyed to a note of international confidence, helpfulness and goodwill, opened the sixth Pan-American Congress on Monday, by urging the nations of the Western Hemisphere to join in the task of assnring all its people the freedom that Columbus bequeathed to them in equal measure.

rtHTHOCT mentioning the ILeague Vi 0 t Nations or the Monroe D0c- .... he assured the Congress that L pan-American Union does not invoke the antagonism of any section , he world or ary other organisation but he declared that the PanAmerican nations were committed to ,h» orinciple that they are “better fitted to govern themselves than anyone else." The United States was prepared to encourage all peaceful pursuits tending to bring the various units of the American family of States into closer anil more permanent harmony. -There ia no intention in this hemiiDhere “ he %aid, “of any nation building up a great military establishment to overawe and subjugate its neighenunciated the doctrine that all nations in the hemisphere were determined to adjust their differences, “not by resort to force, but by apnllcation of the principles of justice a«d equity.”—A. and N.Z.-Sun. arrived in battleship HAVANA, Monday. The President of the United States, Jlr Coolidge, set foot on foreign soil tor the iirst time when he arrived at Havana in the bat--11 esh i p Texas. Great crowds received him enthusiastically. Mr. Coolidge and Mr. W. G. McAdoo, a former Secretary of the Treasury, are here to attend the Pan-American Conference. Afterwards the President will attend several functions in his honour, and

will return to the United States on Tuesday. Mr. Coolidge, in His address to the conference f paid a tribute to the inherent desire for peace manifested by the American republics, and referred to the absence of large military establishments from the New World. He said they all had adopted the spirit of accommodation, goodwill, confidence, mutual helpfulness and consultation. “With each succeeding conference agreements for the orderly settlement of such differences as may arise between the American republics have been extended and strengthened thus making their relationship more certain and more secure.”—A. and N.Z. INDEPENDENCE OF CUBA Reed. 9.45 a.m. HAVANA, Monday. President Coolidge and General Gerardo Machado, President of Cuba, joined in advocating a policy of mutual goodwill and respect for the American nations. Their speeches opened the PanAmerican Conferference. They disclosed, in somewhat veiled terms, their respective views about the Latin-American nations and the United States regarding the destiny of the Western, Hemisphere. President Machado took occasion to stress Cuba’s complete independence. —A. and N.Z.