Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-18
UNITED STATES Will
ACT AS COLLECTOR
Senate Will Not Ra ify santo
Domingo Treaty.
EUROPEAN POWERS MAY OBJECT

| IN view or the Failure to Ratify the
Treaty Uncle sam viii Proceed Un
der the Terms of Arbitration to Col
Iect Customs on the Island.
Washington, March I'm view OF
the expected adjournment oi the pres
ent extra session of the late with
out favorable action upon ,Va pending
| Dominican treaty, it is understood that
the state department has determined
| to proceed with the collections of the
customs at Puerto Plata s~1 Mont
| Cristi under the terms of the arbi
tration award of last year
1t is possible that there will be some
| change in the personnel of the collec
| tors force and whereas the agent in
| charge, Mr. Abbott, has been designat
| ed as such by the Santo Domingo I'm
provement company, the beneficiary
of the award, the state department it.
self probably will now name the agent
| and confirm the selection of subordi
mates to be assigned to DUTY III the
customs houses. In this connection
| the name of Professor Hollander, OF
John Hopkins university, at one time
treasurer of Porto Rico, has been con
sidered.-
So, with this exception, there will be
no change in the relations between the
United States and San Domingo dur
| ing the coming summer. 1t is feared
however, that complications may arise
| through the action of some of the Eul.
ropean powers whose citizens are
| heavy creditors of Dominica.
The claims have been held in abey.
| ance because the European govern.
ments interested desire to shape their
| policies relative to Dominica by those
of America, being desirous of avoiding
| any friction that would cause i'll feel.
ing in this country and apprehension
| that the integrity of the Monroe doc.
trine, was an object of attack The
question is, whether in view of the
| failure of the senate to act favorably
upon the treaty which would have pro.
vided the means for the payment of
these claims, the European govern.
| ments will longer refrain from indie.
pendent action to collect their debts,
| and although it is fully realized here
that such action, if attended by coer.
Give measures, will probably cause an
ebullition of feeling IN this country
similar to that attending the appear.
anca of the allied fleet on the Venez.
uelan coast in the winter of 1902-1903
the state department probably will feel
authorized to intervene with a protest.
In the Senate.
Soon after the senate met today Mr..
Morgan had read an account of the
proceedings of the executive session
OF the senate yesterday and severely
arraigned the publication of executive
sessions
During the course of his remarks
Mr.. Morgan presented a resolution di-
| recttng the committee on foreign re.
lations to investigate the facts in con.
| nection with the negotiations of the
Dominican protocol of Jan 81, 1908.
Objection was made by Mr.. Cullom
to reading the resolution because it
related to executive business, but it
was held by Vice President Fairbanks
that the resolution could be read un,
less demand was made for a secret
| session.
Mr.. Morgan called for the resolu.
ton calling for information on the
pending treaty and all correspondence
| relating to the affairs of San Domingo.
The resolution went over until to.
| morrow.
Mr. Teller then called up his reso.
luton for information relating to Santo
Domingo, and modified it so as to re.
quest the president for the informa.
| ton instead of directing the secretary
| Of state to furnish it,
Debate on the resolution continued
| at some length. Mr.. Lodge said that
| the senate ought not to put the presi.
dent in the attitude of conceaIing
something or forcing him to give out
correspondence of foreign govern.
ments.