Arizona republican., 1906-12-05
STATE or THE REPUBLIC
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Monroe doctrine implied, or carried with it, an assumption of superiority, and of a right to exercise some kind of protectorate over the countries to whose territory that doctrine applies. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Yet that impression continued to be a serious barrier to good under standing, to friendly intercourse, to the introduction of American capital, and the extension of American trade. The impression was so widespread that ap- Tarently il could not be reached by any ordinary means.
 It was part of Secretary Roots mis- sion to dispel this unfounded impress sion, and there is just cause to believe that he has succeeded.
 In my message to you on the 5th of December. 1905, I called your attention to the embarrassment that might be caused to this government by the as- sertion by foreign nations of the right to collect by force of arms contract debts due by American republics to citizens of the collecting nation, and to the danger that the process of com pulsory collection might result in the occupation of territory tending to be- NNAllG EEA DldAlEllA- I ADtu Sdll.
 ''Our own government has always re- fused to enforce such contractual ob- legations on behalf of its citizens by an appeal to arms. It is much to be wished that all foreign governments would take the same view"
 This subject was one of the topics of consideration at the conference at Rio and a resolution was adopted by that conference recommending to the re- spective governments represented ''to consider the advisability of asking the second peace conference at The Hague to examine the question of the compul- sory collection of public debts, and in general. means tending to diminish among nations conflicts of purely pc cUniary origin" This resolution was supported by the representatives of the United States
 PANAMA.
 I have just returned from a trip to Panama and shall report to you at length later on the whole subject Of the Panama canal
 THE ALGECIRAS TREATY.
 The Algeciras convention. which was signed by the United States as well as by most of the powers of Flu Elpe. superscdes the previous cOnven- -yr' of 1880, which was also signed tth by the United States and a ma 5tity of the European powers. This treaty confers upon us equal commer- cial rights with all European countries and does not entail a single obligation of any kind upon us. and I earnestly hope it may be speedily ratified To refuse to ratify it would merely mean that we forfeited our commercial rights in Morocco and would not achieve an- other object of any kind. Tn the event of such refusal we would be left for the first time in a hundred and twenty years without any commercial treaty with Morocco; and this at time when we are everywhere seeking new mar kets and outlets for trade.
 THE SEALING BUSINESS.
 The destruction of the Pribilof islands fur seals by pelagic sealing stT continues. The herd which. according To the surveys made in 1874 by direc- ton of the congress, numbered 4.T00, GOO. and which, according to the survey of both American and Canadian com missioners in 1891. amounted to 1.000,- 900. has now been reduced to about lSo,00O. This result has been brought about by Canadian and some other sealing vessels killing the female seals while in the water during their annual pilgrimage to and from the south. or in search of food. As rule the female \ seal when killed is pregnant. and also T ..