Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-05
Declaration is Bitterly Assailed by This
German Newspaper.
ITS Ex cTloNS ARE OF NO CONCERN
Declares Even South American States Do
Not Oountenance 1t.
so GERMANY CANNOT ACCEPT ITS TENETS
Amrms that ant Will Establish
It's claims Against Venezuela
without Regard to Position
of United states.

BERLIN, Jaa. THE government Is
without information regarding the landing
of the German marines at Puerto Cabello,
Venezuela. The foreign office says that
II such landing occurred It must have been
transient and regards the reported seizure
Of the customs house at Puerto Cabello by
German marines as a canard.
Several newspapers today in their yearly
political reviews, devote much attention to
Venezuela and the Monroe doctrine. The
vosslsche Zeitung independent liberaD, re-
CARDS Germany's proceedings against Venez-
uela as entirely within the limits OF inter
national law.
Whoever has a claim against another"
says this journal, tries to collect it,
whether they be private individuals or ma
lions. II anybody disputes our right to
compel payment OF the Venezuelan claims
we must ask that person II he be willing
TO pay the debt himself, or give guarantees
therefor. II so, the matter speedily could
be settled, but, II this other person is I'M
willing to give such guarantees, his objec-
tions don't concern us. The United States
could settle the trouble between Germany
and Venezuela In a moment II 1t would
stand good for the payment OF our claims,
but the United States Is unwilling to take
this step and we cannot demand that 1t do
DO. In this case the United States should
not hinder Germany from pursuing a course
that is deemed expedient."
scouts American Press.
The vossische zeitung refers to what It
calls "the wild noise in a portion Of the
American press which declares that Ger
many has no right under the Monroe doc
trine TO take forcible action in Venezuela
and that Germany has not even recognized
the Monroe doctrine.
"The latter assertion is correct" says
the journal. ono other European state ever
recognized this doctrine and we believe no
European country will ever do SO. The
Monroe doctrine is not adapted to become
a subject OF diplomatic negotiation and the
document hardly exists in which this doc
trine is laid before any European power
will the request THAT this power make a
declaration thereon"
After reciting the history and origin Of
the Trainer of the doctrine the paper as
serts that the right Of Intervention claimed
by the holy alliance has long since been
abandoned. The countries OF South Amer
ica have been in a state of chronic revo-
luton. yet nobody in Europe dreams OF in
PREVENTION. The disastrous issue of Ma
poleon's attempt in Mexico renders 1t prob
able that no European state will ever re-
peat the effort to establish itself in the
western hemisphere.
Later interpretations Of the Monroe
doctrine" continues the zeitung. do not
involve the defined hegemony of the United
States over Central and South America.
The United States claims suzerainty over
these states, with the right Of interven-
ton. but denies to European countries the
right to interfere in their affairs. How far
such suzerainty extends and what rights
and obligations come from 1t have never
been cleared up. Neither have the Central
and South American states recognized this
suEerainty, but they have decidedly re-
jected 1t owing to its repulsion of the Ro-
manic and ermanic races. No European
state has made concession in this respect
and finally the United States itself has
given no clear statement Of its aims.
Says Il stands U~nrecoEniHed.
1.-THE Monroe doctrine does not belong to
international law, but to conjectural poll
tics. II binds nobody and endows nobody
with rights. Germany has no obligation to
recognize and no occasion to dispute the
Monroe doctrine. The South American
states stand toward Germany as sovereign
nations. and they all have the rights and
all the obligations OF sovereign states, and
having sucn obligations must pay their
debts.
Germany will establish its claims con-
siderately in form and energetieally fl
action"
The Taglisehe Rundsehau complains that
that hard ~realist, the Yankee, does not ap.
p~reciate eourtesies like the visit OF Prince
Henry and the gift OF the statue OF Fred,
erick the Great, but blows a few notes
into the rusty and hoarse Monroe trumpet
and Germany must lot hat impudent
triekster. President Castro. alone while h,
laughs in his hst."