Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-12
President Makes Notable Address
on Those Subj cts Before
(hautauqua Assembly.
RECEIVED A GREAT OVATION
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dmc;ion oi he President To Tho Cha,l-
iauaua Assembly,. lslanily loon.
white landkcrchicis iluttcrcd in the
ali over the heads OF The vas, audi
! cnrc in the great amphihcatrc. 1t
was IN inspiring and beautiful sight
and rs President Roosevelt stepped
forward. smiling, the audience rose MS
cnc person and chccrcd enthusiastic
IL w.
l he President was escorted to The
assembly platform by Bishop Vincent
The great audience rose and chcerci
Tor full minute. Under the lead Of
The organ, the chorus sang tho Star
| Spanglcd Banner and then, nj The Ic.
| quest OF President Roosevelt, Dixie"
was sung. amid great enthusiasm.
The Presidents Address.
Two President said. in part:
.fsu,,ay | Wish TO speak to you on
one feature OF our national foreign
policy and one feature OF our national
domestic policy.
'"rhc Monroe Doctrine is not a part
of International law. hut II is the
fundamental feature of our entire for
cign holicy so far as the western hem
isphcrc is concerned. and il has more
and more been meeting with rccogni-
ton abroad. Tho reason why it is
| meeting with this recognition is be-
cause We have not allowed il To be-
come fossiliZcd. hui have adapted our
| construction of il to meet the growing,
changing needs OF this hemisphere.
| FoSsilizatiun. of course, means death,
whether 10 an individual, govern
mcnt, or IL doctrine.
What Doctrine Involves.
I'VE can not permanently adhere to
The Monroe Doctrine unless we she
coed in making it evident in the first
| place that we do not intend to treat
it in any shape or way as an excuse
for ACKNOWLEDGMENT: on Our part nj the
expense of the republics To the south
of us: second, that we Ito not intend
| republics as Il shield to protect that
republic from the consequences of it's
own misdocds against foreign ma
tions; third, that inasmuch as by this
doctrine 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 rcpub-
lies, which need such help, upward
| toward peace and order.
Does Not Force Interference.
''If n republic to the south of us
commits a tort against foreign M.
ton, such. for instance, as wrongful
action against the persons of citizens
of that nation, then the Monroe Doc
| trinc does not force us to Interfere Ia
prevent punishment of the tort, save
to see that the punishment does not
directly or indirectly assume tho form
of territorial occupation Of the offend
ing country. The case is more diff
cult when the trouble comes from the
failure to meet contractual obliga
tons. Our own government has al
ways refused to enforce such contract
nal obligations ON behalf OF its cii
Zcns by the appeal to arms. Ii is
much to be wished that all foreign
l t,Of hohih Nbhp iut SttIht
view. But at present this country
would certainly not be willing To &c
to war to prevent foreign govern.
mcnt from collecting n just debt or tC
hack up some one of our sister repnb
lies in refusal to pay Just debts;
and the alternative may in any case
prove to he that we shall ourselves
undertake to bring about some ar
rangement by which so much as is
possible of the just obligations shall
he paid. Personally ! should always
prefer to see this country step in and
put through such an arrangement
rather than let any foreign country
undertake it,
The President here explained the
attitude of the administration in re
gard to affairs i'll SantO Domingo.
To Supervise Corporations.
Zone OF the main features Of our
national governmental policy should
he the effort to secure adequate and
effective supervisory and regulatory
control over all great corporations do
ing an interstate business. Much of
the legislation aimed to prevent the
evils connected with the enormous
development of these great corpora
tons has been ineffective, partly be
cause 1t aimed at doing too much, and