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A Policy of “Practical Altruism”
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
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Elihu Root has sometimes been referred to as a U.S. Secretary of State who specialized in Latin-American affairs. It is difficult to determine whether this specialized interest was Root's personal choice or was forced upon him by the growing complexity of inter-American affairs during the administration of Theodore Roosevelt. One need not make a choice as to the major source of Root's interest in Latin America, for his policy reflects a combination of personal interest and circumstance. The most notable illustration of this combination occurred in 1906.
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1 Leopold, Richard W., Elihu Root and the Conservative Tradition, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1954), p. 66 Google Scholar
2 Secretary of State to the Delegate of the United States to the Third International Conference of American States, Washington, June 18, 1906, House Documents, 1906-7, Vol. I, Pt. I, 59th Congress, 2nd Session, p. 1566.
3 Ibid.
4 Speech of Elihu Root, Secretary of State of the United States of America, Honorary President of the Conference, Speeches Incident to the Visit of Secretary Root to South America, p. 7-13.
5 Ibid.
6 New York Times, August 11, 1906.
7 Speech of His Excellence José Batlle y Ordóñez, President of Uruguay, at the banquet given by him to Mr. Root at the Government House, August 11, 1906, South American Speeches . . ., p. 105.
8 Minister Beaupré to the Secretary of State, Buenos Aires, September 6, 1906, House Documents, 1906, Vol. I, Pt. 2, p. 24.
9 Reply of Mr. Root to Mr. Drago, August 17, 1906, Smith American Speeches … p. 158.
10 Editorial comments on Root's Speech at Opera Banquet, La Nación, August 18, 1906, House Documents, Vol. I, pt. 2, p. 31.
11 Speech of His Excellency Dr. Antonio Huneeus, Minister of Foreign Affairs, at banquet given for Root by President of Chile Jermán Riesco) September 2, 1906, Ibid., p. 82.
12 For complete text of speech expressing these sentiments see, Speech of His Excellency Vásquez-Cobo, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at a breakfast, given to Mr. Root at Cartagena, September 24, 1906, South American Speeches .. ., p. 263.
13 George A. Chamberlain, “Secretary Root's Diplomatic Triumph in South America,” Harper's Weekly, Sept. 6, 1906, Vol. 50, pp. 1273-4.
14 Ambassador Griscom to Secretary of State, Petropolis, Aug. 31, 1906, House Documents, 1906-7, Vol I, pt. 2, p. 134.
15 New York Times, August 13, 1906.
16 Reply of Root to the Speech of His Excellency Doctor J. Figueroa Alcorta, President of Argentina, at a banquet given by him to Mr. Root in the Government House, at Buenos Aires, August 14, 1906, South American Speeches, pp. 139-140.
17 Jessup, Philip C., Elihu Root, (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 2 vols. 1938) p. 221.Google Scholar