No nation regarded the cruise as fraught with any menace of hostility to itself; and yet every nation accepted it as a proof that we were not only desirous ourselves to keep the peace, but able to prevent the peace being broken at our expense.
Roosevelt notes that the international community viewed the naval cruise as a demonstration of America's commitment to peace.
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