Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-04-08
Advocates Building and Maintaining Large and We'll Equipped Navy as the Best Means of
 Having It Respected.
Speak Softly and Carry Big Stick, Is the Motto He Used in Illustrating His Point
 With Good Effect,


 these powers began blockade of the Venezuelan coast and condition of quasi-war ensued. The concern of our government was of course not to interfere needlessly in any quarrel so far as it did not touch our interests or our honor, and not to take the at titude of protecting from coercion any power unless we were willing to espouse the quarrel of that power, but to keep an attitude of watchful vigi- lance and see that there was no in- Engagement of the Monroe Doctrine no requirement of territorial right by a European power at the expense of a weak sister republic-whether this ac- quisition might take the shape of an outright and avOwed seizure of terri tory or of the exercise of control which would in effect be equivalent to such seizure. This attitude was ex- pressed in the two following publish ed memoranda, the first being the let ter addressed by the secretary of state to the German ambassador, the second the conversation with the secretary reported by the British ambassador:
 Department of State,
 Washington, Dec. 16, 1901. "His Excellency
 Dr. vOn Holleben, etc:
 "Dear Excellency:
 ] inclose a memorandum by way of reply to that which you did me the honor to leave with me on Saturday, and am, as ever,
 Faithfully yours,
 ''John Hay.
 '"The president in his message of the Sd of December, 1901, used the following language:
 |" The Monroe Doctrine is a declar- ation that there must be no territorial aggrandizement by any non-American power at the expense of any American { power on American soil. It is in no wise intended as hostile to any nation in the Old World.
 ''The president further said: '' This doctrine has nothing to do with the commercial relation of any American power, save that it in truth allows each of them to form such as it desires. We do not guarantee any state against punishment if it misconducts itself, provided that pun ishment does not take the form of the acquisition of territory by any non American pOwer.'
 'His Excellency the German ambas- sador, on his recent return from Der lin, conveyed personally to the presi- dent the assurance of the German Elm peror that His Majesty's government had no purpose or intention to make even the smallest acquisition of terri tory on the South American continent or the islands adjacent. This volun- tary and friendly declaration was afterwards repeated to the secretary of state, and was received by the presi- dent and the people of the United States in the frank and cordial spirit in which it was offered. In the memorandum of the 11th of December His Excellency the German ambassa- dor repeats these assurances as fol- lows: We declare especially that under no circumstances do we con- sider in our proceedings the acquisi- .tion or the permanent occupation of Venezuelan territory.
 ''In the said memorandum of the 1lth of December, the German govern ment informs that of the United | States that it has certain just claims | for money and damages wrongfully | withheld from German subjects by the government of Venezuela and that it proposes to take certain coercive | measures described in the memoran- dunn to enforce the payment of these just claims.
 ''The president of the United Staes, the courtesy of the Ger man government in making him &C., quainted with the state of affairs ref erred to, and not regarding himself as called upon to enter into the consider ation of the claims in question, be- lieves that no measures will be taken in this matter by the agents of the German government which are not in accordnce with the we'll known pur- pose, above set forth, of His Majesty the German Emperor.
 Sir Michael Herbert to the Marquis of Landsdowne.
 Washington, Nov. I3, 1902.
 "I communicated to Mir. Hay this morning the substance of Your Lord ships telegram of the 11th instant.
 'His Excellency stated in reply, that the United States government, they regretted that Europ- can powers should use force against Central and South American coun- tries, could not object to their taking steps to obtain redress for injuries suffered by their subjects, provided that no acquisition of territory was 
 Both powers assured us in explicit terms that there was not the slightest . intention on their part to violate the , principles of the Monroe Doctrine, and this assurance was kept with an good faith which merits full acknowledgment on our part. At the same time, the existence of hostilities n a region so near our own borders i vas fraught with such possibilities of i langer in the future that it was obvi- ,usly uo less our duty to ourselves I han our duty to humanity to en- [ leavOr to put an end to that. Accord z ngly, by an offer of our good services Il a spirit of frank friendliness to all ' he parties concerned, a spirit in ' rhich they quickly and cordially re- bonded, we secured a resumption of contending parties agree " ng that the matters which they could ot settle among themselves should e referred to The Hague Tribunal or settlement. The United States ad most fortunately already been t' ble to set an example to other na- ~ o ions by utilizing the great possibil- aj lies for good contained in The Hague b question at issue between el nrselves and the republic of Mexico tui