The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-23
SHALL Mr.. ROOSEVELT ACCEPT:
strong Reasons for kno wing First What
the Angio.(serman Contract ID.

the Ang10sGerman Contract 10.
To ruv ENRON or Tur Srx-S;,. ~ tha,e
was a forms, convention het wsen rneisnd
and G.rmonv .t,n"iatin~ thst vh,oh tbsv
viii stsnd NV ons srnthsr IN do,re IA v.ne-
,ue,s n IA ~ he hon.d tia, our Dsnar<msnt
~ "a AZ. ha. . conv ~ the te,t and viii law a
h.fora Cnn.r.ss and the oonntrv TIL. d.te
n the convent,on wifi he int.,estinp n
tbers vas not a Sorma, ssreement az that
character then the diplomatic notes which
consum mated the understn ndinr al, Main
our n.onie.-who hsve a faculty. of httine
NAH. IN the hesds vhen they have All the
fncts-to .ee ,trnisht and think strsisht on
this imnortant business.
Whether or not n win be expedient for the
President TO be the sole arbitrator should
depend. a. one readily aces. on the character
OF the stipulstions IN the treaty defining the
o,estions to be arbitrated
The treaty may. as aid the treaty Of Wash.
the arbitrator must obey. II may only COM
init 10 him the mere auditing of claims. II
NAV on the other hand. REQUIRE him TO de-
fine IN effect the steps which Il Is permiasi-
HE under the Monroe Doctrine for A Eu.
ropean Government TO take IN pursuing
arainst a South American or Central Ameri-
can state reclamations permitted by public
isw II NAV REQUIRE the arbitrator to And
and decide ~hetber or not Venexuela shall
nDOl0RY (feTmAnY
and ts character. or vice verso
n is to be vent in mind that the instance.
mentioned in Witch Mr. HAYES and Mr. Ceve-
md were arh,trators were either boundary
ouest,ons ar IA IN the Cerruti oass. a mare
matter Of pecuniary damage vas IN dispute
In the latter case Colombia was dissstisned
With Clsvelsnd.s a ward. and the tone Of COM
ment was not nice. when the question SUBJ
mittsd is one that the president can refer In
and dec,de there Ia No obiectLoo tn servtce
nv the pres,tent hut the yenezuela oues-
,,ons NAV not he ~ that character
n 4. o,ite conceivsble that n m,sht he
urv,.~ ;r.xnadient and unsafe for The
Lated states To sanction a deciston az cer-
tain Question. ,ntimatelv connsctA6 vi,h
the Monroe Doctrine without the oyersisht
~ tho SENATE or Cone,ess a. for ersmnIa
IN. details ~ the rrotertorat. N h. srerc,s.d
NV the IYn,ted atates over the CONVENIENTLY
AZ the so,,th ~ ma for their velfs,e m our am
~ ,vbich commun,ties Rrtttsh C,,iar. 4. cna
r;yht siongside Of yene rueia
Hovever that NAV be. ali NJ n. ran INV
,erceive With one eve closed that the Norroa
Doctrine needs to IA supplemented nv a
description and definition OF the vavs and
msans nv which European C,overnmerta can
nurs,,e y.cIs mat,ons in so,,th And ' osctrs,
America How can they coeros one Of those
StatesY Can thew eyen make An armsd a.
cupation2 Can they. under anv circum.
stances. seize and hold permanently A mart
NJ the Tertiary, Can the (,ovsrnment he
tsksn nossssson ~ And administsreA IN,
n nonev indsmn,ty mas been secured, r.
the pres,dent a. an srhitrstor IA ha ar
nectsd ~ ansvsr such o,,s.t,cn.,
Thsre IA a nrccedent az forty vss,s am h,t
than the I'nited states c,ov.rnmsnt vss
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tho heat NJ ia country ana v.s not on,t.
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