The San Francisco call., 1906-10-30
BELIEVE He SPOKE
FOR PRESIDENT.
Professor Burgess Speech
on Tariff and Monroe
Doctrine Stirs G.ermans
WIDELY CIRCULATED

BERLIN. Oct. 29.-The text of the
speech delivered Saturday by Profess
Nsor Burgess, dean of Columbia Uni
ySersity, the first incumbent of the
Theodore Roosevelt profe ssorship of
American. history and instruction at
the University of Berlin has been
printed by the university press and
widely distributed in official and
scholas tic circles
There was some curiosity to ssee pre-
cisely What Professor Burgess said re-
garding the Monroe doctrine being out
of date, about the obsoleteness of the
high protective tariff and about the
United States interests being pro-
NOTED by the extensive German emf
grafton to South America. AS the ad-
dress was made III the presence of the
Emperor and frequent references were
made in it to President Roosevelt, tne
Impression appears to have been made
that the President desired to send
message to Germany on those subjects
Some of the papers double lead Pro
fsssor Burgess rteniarSs concerning
the Monroe doctrine, seemingly at
tributng significance 90 1T. trans
lation of the passage i'll question fol-
lows:
In nv first meeting VIA h the Presi-
dent after my appointment to this pro-
fessorship it pleased him to addresS me
as an embS ssador of peace, friendship
and CIVILIZATION He gave prs'.,i in,lrso{afn Inrou{
ed the great idea which his Majesty,
the highly gifted and maetn anlmous
German Emperor, gave to tug worl9
January l. 1905. 1t is the ol,nl1on OF
the President-it is the opinion OF my
countrymen IN geueral-that tins ldea
is the most pregnant that has ;. conae
forth in our time and that 1t tslVes
evidence of the great sense of culture
and extraordinary political wisdom OF
its mighty author. The execution OF
this idea makes 1t possible to suolt Ct
questions of the highest important'e
which can be touched upon in diplo
matte way to the most Fundamental
examination and the most friendly con-
two doctrines In the policy of the
United States which are regarded as
almost holy doctrines, the discussion or
which may rot even be proposed oy
foreign power without risk of awakN
ening hostility in the United States.
These are the high protective tarlH
theory and the Monroe doctrine. Our
politicians do Itot appear to have the
least notion th.1t both of these doc
trines are almost obsolete and that the
reconstruction of European states ana
their constitutions and the acceptance
by the United States itself or It's po-
sition as world power nave maze
them appear nearly 'senseless.
Professor Burgess said he regarded
the discussion of the protective tariff
Automatically by the United States
and any foreign Government as futile,
but the new ambassadors ol peace and
culture would be wholly free from
limitations such as bound dip lomat1sts
They would be able to spAak from
their own convictions without rear OF
being punished or recalled, ana
what was still more important, with
out fear of disturbing or undermining
Professor Burgess added;
The best interests of the United
States and the world would be ad-
vanced by a strong Teutonic tide OF
emigration to South America, by which
the settlement of that gigantic part OF
the continent by men capable OF c,ll-
tiyating ii would be secured.