Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-05
Declaration is Bitterly Assailed by Thii
German Newspaper.
ITS Ex cTloNs ARE OF NO CONCERN
Declares Even South American States Do
Not Oouutenanoe It.
so GERMANY CANNOT ACCEPT ITS TENETS
Amrms that Country VIII Establish
It's Claims Against Venezuela
without Regard TO Position
of United states.

BERLIN, Jan. 4-The government is
without information regarding the landing
of the German marines at Puerto Cabello,
Venezuela The foreign oflce says that
II such landing occurred II must have been
transient and regards the reported seizure
of the customs house at Puerto Caoello by
German marines as a canard.
Several newspapers today in their yearly
political reviews devote much attention to
Venezuela and the Monroe doctrine. The
vossische 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
tions II anybody disputes our right to
compel payment OF the Venezuelan claims
we must ask that person IL he be willing
to pay the debtNhimsef, or give guarantees
therefor. II so, the matter speedily could
be settled but, II this other person is un-
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 It do
90. In this case the United States should
not hinder Germany from pursuing course
that is deemed expedient"
scouts American Press.
The vosssche zeitung refers to what It
calls 1.-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.
1.-THE latter assertion is correct" says
the journal. mo 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
q subject OF diplomatic negotiation and the
document hardly exists in which this doc
trine is laid before any European power
with the request that this power make a
declaration thereon"
After reciting the history and origin Of
the framer 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
tervention. The disastrous issue of Ma
poleons 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-
tion, 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 It owing to its repulsion Of the Ro-
manic and Germanic 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 UnrecOEnined.
"The Monroe doctrine does not belong q
international law but to conjectural poll.
tics II binds nobody and endows nobody
with rights. Germany has no obligation L
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 ant
all the obligations OF sovereign states. an,
having sucn obligations must pay theil
debts
Germany will establish its claims con
siderateiy in form and energetically II
action"
The Taglisehe Rundsehau complains tha
that hard realist, the Yankee, does not ap
preeiate courtesies like the visit OF Prime
Henry and the gift OF the statue Of Fred
erick the Great, but blows a few note
into the rusty and hoarse Monroe trumpe
and Germany must lot that impuden
trickster. President Castro. alone while h
laughs in his fist"
uIIMpEPTS ASeleTEn nPEYEIIS