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President iii San Domingo Mes
sage Points Out Responsible
tics$of Moi1roe Doctrine.
PROTOCOL IS MADE N 4. !! PUBLIC u |. I {!
Provides for Management 81
Customs Affairs by United
States Government.
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q WASHINGTON, Feb TO- - President
Roosevelts message transmitting 10 the
Senntc tile Dominican protocol Y df an
agreement providing for the collection
Z and disbursement by the United States
s OF the customs revenues OF San Domingo
4 for the adjustment Of all the obligations.
q OF that government. was 8to.dny made
public by order Of the Senate III executive
session. The document includes the new
agreement, az we'll az the original proto--5
col and award OF the commission Al of.
4 arbitration for tic set Element OF the
clnins OF tho San Domingo Improvement
Company, under which agents o e the
United States are already collecting the
6reyenuesFat certain of the ports OF the
z Dominican government. A ;s5Sa
Widespread Interest.
$23 Few documents that have come 10 the
Senate In relation to any df the South
or 81 Cent raj II American or West India n
republics have attracted so much ntten-ff
ton. q Because Of the controversy that
I, has arisen as to the right, OF the cxe.u--
tive TO enter into treaty arrangements
With any foreign government, without.
Z tile advice and consent OF the Senate, OK
&traordinarys interest has been arousefs
The document came Il TO the Sennte g. yes
Rterday at AN hour past the usual time
a for most senators to leave the chamber
and therefore ri 1t was brought up soon
"a fter the Senate convened o-day. The
message OF the President out lined the
policy 0f the administration IN n reln ton
4 10 the Monroe doctrine, holding that IT
i to
charge or the customs of American States,
& when It Is manifest that they are unable
& to maintain their own integrity. In be-
ginning his message, I he President said
that cond tions In San Domingo have been
II growing steadily worse for ny year
and debts have been contracted beyond
4 the power OF the republic to pay. Ger
Z tain foreign countries, he says, have felt
themselves nggrieveds because 4 the non
payment OF debts d uc = heir citizens. and
lxlvc felt that the only way they could
j ever get any guarantee OF payment you'd
be BY acquisition OF territory or taking
y charge OF the customs affairs OF the $rc-5
public.
\ the Monroe doctrine would prohibit any
foreign government from stepping inland
II lilo says that those who profit by this doc
q triLe must accept certain resp nsi bllitlas
along with the rights It confers. IL SAL s
ft,thcr: THE justifca ton for the United
states taking this burden and mourning
this responsibility is to be found IN tho
fact 5thntstit lis Incompatible With Inter-
national equity for the United States i d
refuse to allow o Their powers to take the
only means a tgtlleir disposal OF sal isfyinga
the #claI Inns OF their creditors. and yet to
refuse itself to AXE any such steps. 5 N
7 Will Not Control Island.
81 An especial point is made by the rPSc'i-
dent that this government does not pros
3pose o take any part OF San Domingo
y or to exercise any other control OF the
island save what is necessar ~ to its gflnall.-i
clal rehabilitation in connection with
b tho collection OF revenues, part OF which
T will be. turned over to the government to-
\ meet the necessary expense OF running IT
and part OF which will be distributed pro
rata among the creditors OF the republic
upon a basis OF a bsolute equity. e n
Discussing the course ggrlevcd ma
\ tions may take against American repub-
lies without interference with the Mon
roe doctrine, tho President says any ac-i
ton may be taken which does not take
+ The shape OF interference with their form
G VI government8or OF the despollment OF
their territory under. any disguise. But
short OF this, when the question Is one OF
\ 4
mains finally to collect it Is q blockade
or bombardment. or the seizure OF the
4 custom house, Il and this means, as has
been said above, what is In effect q pos
session. even though only q temporary
Y possession, OF A territory. The United
j States then becomes a party IN interest,
because under the Monroe doctrine IT
cannot SEQ any European power sci and
\ permanently occupy the territory Of one
( OF these republics. and yet such seizure:
OF territory, Il disguised or undisguised,
may eventually offer the II only way IN
which the power in question can collie, It
my debts unless there Is interference on
the part OF the United States. #
Government in Dilemma.
."rbere ara governments which do sonle-
. tines take energetic action for the protect
tlon Of their subjects enforcement OF merely.
eams ana nf
q encess make loud appeal 70 tho United States
n government In similar cases for similar action
4 They complain that In the act ual posture OF
I affairs t their valuable properties are ,practl-
4 caiIy confscated: that American enterprise
aa ns Of he
Y merely contracuonal rights, with means, the
ABANDONMENT to the subjects Of Other govern
merco through tho sacrifice Of their Invest ' s.!
3 ments hy5excdssiye taxes Imposed IN Viola lon
q o S SAe ot d1xGeE nea 1hi
other .industriala and even OF their, railway
and shipping which they have established In
4 connection With tho exploitation Of their con-
3> i'The attempted solution OF the \, colnplex
Y problem by the ordinary methods Of diplomacy
i, reacts injurious!y upon the. United states
H the attention OF the executive in tho direction
4 OF q sound. consistent policy, IS As33ys
soyernmentS arc within their right u, they
\ choose to exercise It., when they actively In.
itery6ne in suppprt OF the contractual claims
Of their subjscs sonstimes exergse th!y
4 there is q growing tendency OH the part Of the
ana 10 fla o apao
y Of their subjects, In yiew Z. o. The dlsmma
which the Of the nReed s'afs
usual attitude Of non-interyentlon, in, such
cakes-an attitude proper under normal con !.
Kind Of case r. sulss 10 the ,dlspdyantase. Of
rs citizens In comparison WI those q other
slAten II Its policy. actively intervene to
citizens engaged I'M agriculture. commerce