The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
ROOSEVELT TALKS
AT CHAUIAUQUA
President Takes Up Monroe Doc
trine and the Federal Super
vision Of Corporations.

Chautauqua, N. Y, Aug. 11.-Presi.
dent Roosevelt addressed an audience
of thousands at the assembly here today.
The president spoke, as he said, on
one great feature of our national for
eign policy. the Monroe doctrine
nestle policy''-legislation for govern
ment control or supervision of corpora
tions. He said:
"We cannot permanently adhere to
the Monroe doctrine unless we succeed
in making it evident in the first place
that we do not intend to treat 1t in
any shape or way as an excuse for
ACKNOWLEDGMENT on our part at the ex-
pense of the republics to the south of
us; second, that we do not intend to
permit it to be used by any of these
republic from the. consequences Of Its
own misdeeds against foreign nations;
third, that, inasmuch as by this doc
trine we prevent other nations from
interfering on this side of the water,
we shall ourselves in good faith try
to help those Of our sister republics
which need such help upward toward
peace and order.
"As regards the first point, we must
recognize the fact that in some South
American countries there Has been
pref the Monroe doctrine in some way
inimical to their interests. Now let
it be understood once for all that no
just and orderly government on this
continent has anything to fear from
US. There are certain Of the republics
south of us which have already reached
such point Of stability, order and
prosperity that they are themselves, al
tho as yet, hardly consciously, among
GAS to the second point, if republic
to the south Of us commits tort against
foreign nation, such, for instance, as
wrongful action against the persons of
citizens of that nation, then the Mon
roe doctrine does not force us to inter-
fere to prevent punishment of the tort,
save to see that the punishment does
not directly or Indirectly assume the
form of territorial occupation of the Of
fcult when the trouble comes from the
failure to meet contractual obligations.
"Our own government has always re-
fused to enforce such contractual OBJ
legations on behalf of it's citizens by the
appeal to arms. It is much to be wished
that all foreign governments would take
the same view. But at present this
country would certainly not be willing
to 90 to war to prevent foreign gov
eminent from collecting a just debt or
to back up someone of our sister repub:
lies in refusal to pay just debts; and
the alternative may in any case prove to
be that we shall ourselves undertake to
bring about some arrangement by which
so much as is possible Of the just obli-
cations shall be paid. Personally L
should always prefer to see this country
step in and put thru such an arrange
ment rather than let any foreign coun-
| try undertake it.
~ do not want to see any foreign
power take possession permanently or
temporarily of the customhonses Of an
American republic in order to enforce
its obligations, and the alternative may
at any time be that we shall be forced
to do 80 ourselves.
| "Finally, and what is in my view,
really the most important thing of all, it
! is our duty, SO far as we are able, to
try to help upward our weaker broth
ers. Just as there has been q gradual
growth Of the ethical element in the re-
| lations of one individual to another, 80
that with all the faults Of our Christian
civilization it yet remains true that we
are, no matter how slowly. more and
more coming to recognize the duty Of
bearing one another's burdens, similarly
by degrees entering into the dealings
Of enc nation with another.
81 do not mean to say that nations
have more than begun to approach the
proper relationship one to another, and
fully, recognize the folly Of procee dine
upon the assumption that this ideal CON
in order to proceed upon such an as