Warren Harding: “Mr. Secretary, you would better give all New England for the cod and mackerel fisheries of Newfoundland than to barter…”

We would give as freely as we ask. Such assurance is in the interest of permanent friendly relations.

Our own concern is not with the beginning. Our interest is in the end to be attained.

Public order has been so improved in the interior that our marines have been practically withdrawn therefrom, and the day is in prospect when our complete withdrawal from the island may be contemplated.

Where resentment once abided because of the presence of our military forces in the Dominican Republic, there are today universal expressions of approval, and the processes of setting up a constitutional government have made gratifying…