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personalities. This cannot occur if the I 1 Oi crnationalism which means identit; ,hould pre The best internationalism, it seems to in is the >d of the cooperation of independent national ind iduaht: J-or m this kind of internationalism we have the be efit of the rich diversity of national peculiaritie . As for the suggested distribution of ( nic resources, it is as fallacious as a propOi 1 to redi ibute the land of the United States so that new im dgr nts shall have access to it on the same terms as tl se > > came in the past century. But it is not my purpose to discu > these two domestic issues. T mention them s npl to show he difficult, if not impossible, it is to disentangle our domestic problems from our foreign ones. We 1 iv it ided that e shall not now, at any rate, be a member of th World' League or the World Court, although the id< nd character of the latter are American in their origin. B t acting independently, we can apply in ur inter; itional relations the principles which are claimed to e fundam tal to their purposes, as conditions develop and >et ni circumstances justify. Of the aims that we, as a people must e to k ep in view, the first, of course, is to do everythi 2 we an promotepeace among the nations. A second i ict on the right of each nation to manage its own at! \ third is the use of arbitration for the settle :ient o fTei ences. A fourth is the right of our national o r U at: ment and protection in foreign countries. u a( _

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