Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-03
THE PRESIDENT.
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ing all of our own and those of neutra
nations, and specifically permits us to takt
any ana all measures for the defense Of
the CANAL and for the preservation of ott,
| interests, whenever in our Judgment All
! eXigency may arise which calls for actor
On our part. In other words, these tws
| treaties, and the legislation to carry them
| out. have resulted in our obtaining on eS
| actly the terms we desired the rights anti
| privileges which we had so long sought il
VAN. These treaties are among the moSi
| Important that we have ever negotiated III
their effects upon the future welfare o4
TINS country. and mark memorable
| triumph of American diplomacy-one OF
those fortunate triumphs, moreover,
which rebounds TO the benefit of the entire
| world.
| About the same time trouble arose i.
connection with the Republic of Ven
| ezuela because of certain wrongs ALLEGED.
to have been committed, and debts oveif
due, by this Republic to citizens of vari-
Germany and Italy. After failure to
reach an agreement these powers began
a blockade of the Venezuelan coast ana
a condition of quas-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 attitude
of protecting from coercion any power
| unless We were willing to eSpouSe the
quarrel Of that power, but to keep an
attitude of watchful vigilance and see
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| Monroe Doctrine-no requirement. OF
territorial rights by a European power
at the expense of a weak sister rcpub-
! lic-whether the acquisition might take
| the shape OF am outright and avowed
seizure of territory or of the exercise
of control which would in effect b.
| tude was expressed in the two following
| published memoranda, the first being the
letter addressed by the Secretary of Sat
| to the German Ambassador, the second
| the Ncrc1tiCn with the Secretary pf
State reported 10y the British Ambassador:
Department of State, Washington, De
| cember Is. 1901.
| Ills r,Xcellency
| Dear EXcellency: | enclose a mem
orandum by way of reply to that which
you did me the honor to leave with me
| on Saturday, and am, as ever
JOHN HAY i
Memorandum.
| THE President in his message Of the
Sd of December, 1901, used the following
! language:
The Monroe Doctrine is a declaration
| that there must be no territorial ifEgran+
dizement by any non American power al
| the expense of any American power on
| American soil. 1t 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 relations of any American
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| them to form such as it desires.
We do not guarantee any state against
punishment if it misconducts itself, pro-
| Nidcd that the punishment does not take
| the fern of the acquisition of territory by
| any non-American power
His Eycellency. the German Amhas-
sador. on his recent return from Berlin,
| conve"ed personally to the President the
J assurance of the German Emperor that
i His Majesty's Government had no pur-
pose or intention to make even the
l IL is.tt Of
South American continent or the islands
adjacent. This voluntary and friendly
declaration was afterwards repeated TO
the Secretary of State, and was received
by the President and the people of the
| United States in the frank and cordial
spirit in which it was offered; In the
| memorandum of the 18th of December,
His Excellcncy the German AmbaSsadolt
| repeats these assurances as follows: We
| declare especially that under no circltmt
stances do we consider in our proceedings
| the acquisition or the permanent occupa-
| ton of the Venezuelan territory.
In the said memorandum Of the llth
Of December, the German government ats
| it has certain Just claims for money ana
for damages wrongfully withheld from
German subjects by the Government OF
certain coercive measures described in the
memorandum to enforce the payment of
| these just claims.
| THE President of the United States.
| approaching the courtesy of the German
| Government in making him acquainted
| with the state of affairs referred to, and
| not regarding himself as called upon to
enter into the consideration of the claims
in question, believes that 10 measures will
| be taken in this matter by the agents OF
the German Goyernmen .n, when when, are , not ~
above set forth of His Majesty the Ger
man Emperor. ...',
Sir Michael Herbert to the Marquis OF
| ..Washinrton. November IS. 1892
II communicated to Mr.. Hay this morn
ing the substance of Your Lordship,s talc-
gram of the 11th instant.
G.Tiis Excellency stated in reply th1t
the United States Government, although
they regretted that European powers
should use force against Central ahe
South American countries, could not olj-
dress dress for Injuries Suffered by their sub,
| iects, provided that no acquisition OF
TERRITORY was contemplated.
Both powers assured US in explicit
terms that there was not the siishtesl
intention on tier part to o D9Ih1e s ,nt
this assurance was kept with an honor
able good faith which merits fun ac-
acknowledgement on our part. At the same
time the existence of hostilities In re,
gion SO near our own borders was fraugh
with such possibilities of danger. in the
future that it was obviously no less oul
duty to ourselves than our duty to hui
/ manity to en6eavor to put an end tt
that Accordingly. by an offer of oul
good services in a spirit OF frank friendli
ness to all the parties concerned; a spirit
in which they quickly and cordially re-
sponded, we secured a resumption o.
peace-the contending parties agreeins
that the, matters which they could no
settle among themselves, should be re
ferred to The Hague Tribunal for settle
ment The Uuited States had most fortu
= nately already been able to set an ey
ample to other nations by utilizing TIN
great possibilities for good contained il
The Hague Tribunal, a question at Issue
between ourselves and the Republic o.