Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-30

"a DoNhN. full powers to q full
settlement with Great Britain, Germany
and Italy The attitude of the powers
Friday was abont rs follows
Great Britain-WiI welcome
arbitration and will not insist On
the United States guaranteeing
payment by Venezuela.
Germany-Will consider arbi-
tration. bus wants a specific sliar-
antee as to payment and time of
payment
Italy-WiH accept anything
Great Britain and Germany agree
to.
The reply Of Germany is not so salts
factory as that of Great Britain. The
British government would welcome arbi-
tration if it could be satisfactorily ar-
ranged. Germany recognizes the princi-
pie of arbitration, but before asserting
to it and entering on arbitration wants
many things settled in advance
For instance. Germany wants any
claim that may be held by the arbiera-
tors to be guaranteed or if not guaran-
teed Size wants to know definitely whore
the money is to come from TO pay the
claims; who is to provide it and when
it is to be paid She is expected 10 in
sist on indemnity for her operations in
Venezuela and an apology and possibly
an indemnity for the assault Oh her lega-
ton in Caracas.
ltaly's reply assents to arbitration, but
her assent is contingent upon a previous
acceptance by Great Britain and Ser
many.
Task Is Perp1exing.
The difficulties in the way of bringing
all of these powers into accord aud Civ
ing them some assurance that they will
be able to collect anything under the
arbitration, are for the present not re-
garded as great. 1t is a task even more
perplexing than that which confronted
the allied powers in China two years ago.
Venezuela is without friend and las
been without stable government for
many years. Venezuela can guarantee
nothing; the United States will guaran-
tee nothing.
Stories that the United States is will
ing to go further than to promise any
syndicate that chooses TO finance Ven
ezuela's debt that we will use our diplo-
matte offices to see that the money is
paid back, Washington correspondent
says, are pure fabrications.
There is something almost threaten
Ing in the German position that the
coercive measures must so on unless the
United States can present some form of
guarantee that the debts will be paid.
This brings the Monroe doctrine up in a
slightly new form.
Venezuela could easily pay through
selling territory or yielding sovereignty
to European power The United States
will not permit Germany or any ether
European power to acquire territory in
Venezuela. Why. then, Germany may
ask, should not the United States guar
antee the debts of Venezuela :? The Unit
ed States says the debts are Something
with which she has no concern. Great
Britain, of course, in the end is expected
to stand with the United States.
The Washington administration has
been using its best influence to advance
arbitration, and a voluminous correspon-
dence has been carried on by cable
England and Germany have had it
made clear to them that the United
States will defend the Monroe doctrine
at all hazards, and the movement of
Dewey's warships to closer proximity
to the Venezuelan coast while not meant
as a threat. may be accepted as a warn
ing that the President meant what he
said in his message: THE Monroe doc
trine should be treated as the cardinal
feature of American foreign policy; but
it would be worse than idle to assert il
unless we intended to back it up, and it
can be backed up only by thoroughly
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