Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21
santO DsmingO Zeal is Unwsrranted Con-
ItructiOn Of Monroe Doctrine.
CANAL ZONE DEAL IS CRITICISED
He Says Territory Was Practically B1prO-
pristsd by United States
ADDRESS BY FORMER SECRETARY FOSTER
Announcement that President RoOse-
welt Has Proposed TO Powers to
Limit sise of Battle
ships.

WASHINGTON, April 20. Critical re-
views OF recent developments IN interna-
tional affairs were INDUCED at the speech
making session OF the American Society OF
International Law, which concluded It's arst
annual meeting here today, Richard Olney
was perhaps the most caustic in his re-
view OF the policy OF the United States re-
garding santo Domingo. and the acquiring
OF the Panama canal zone, without COM
pensatlon to Colombia.
John w. Foster announced as a fact that
President Roosevelt had proposed to some
OF the leading nations of the world that
we at least make limitation on the size
Of vessels OF war that shall be built in the
future"
Mr.. Foster called attention to Russia's
changed attitude on disarmament which, he
said, II favored at the first The Hague
conference, but opposed now.
Representative Richard Bartholdt spoke
OF the necessity of making The Hague
conference permanent and said that the
United States, with the impetus toward
peace which President Roosevelt had
achieved, could accomplish this result by a
| united demand at the next The Hague con-
ference.
Secretary strRus Presides.
! Secretary straus OF the Department of
I
meeting, opened the discussion with an
| expression Of the hope that should the
! Forthcoming conference at The Hague fail
/ to prescribe a Limitation as TO armament
that It would issue a mandate that any
neutral nation supplying a warning nation
with money should be adjudged guilty OF
/ a hostile act. Having for his text THE
Development OF International Law as
! Science" Mr.. olney said in part;
within a comparatively short time new
doctrines, oficlally and unoffcially. have
| been given prestige by being described as
the Monroe doctrine or as necessary cor
rollaries from It. Under these It is inti-
mated that II an American state does not
behave itself well In either its external
| or internal reiations-good behavior accord
ing to our own standards, OF course--it
may be forced by the United States into
doing the right thing. and II necessary may
have its revenues sequestered and applied
by the United States according to the
! latter's notions OF justice and equity.
"It is plain that the Monroe doctrine
cannot be invoked in support OF any such
pretensions; that they are seriously OBJ
Jectionable as calculated to wound the
pride and excite the enmity OF all other
American states and as committing the
United States to undertakings of the most
vexatious. burdensome and dangerous
character"
Panama Deal Criticised.
Turning his attention to the isthmus OF
Panama, Mr. Olney continued;
THE United States is now executing a
great public work on territory which but
recently was the property Of a sister re-
public. There is no pretense that that re-
public ever parted with its territory volun-
I'M.
propTiated by the United States claiming
and it is the best justification the circum-
stances affords-to act as the man
date OF civilization, but II the United
States is to be deemed to have held a
mandate from civilization to sequestrate
Colombian soil for great public work. II
could be deemed to hold a mandate to see
that Colombia was duly compensated"
The general topic OF The Hague confer
ence and the development OF international
law as a science was discussed by John
W. Foster, Prof. Theodore 8. woolsey OF
Connecticut and Representative Richard
Barthoidt OF st. Louis.
Oficers Of the society were elected as
follows: President Elihu Root: vice presi-
dents, Chief Justice Fuller, Justice David
j. Brewer Justice william r. Day, VIII
liam II. Taft, Andrew Carnegie Joseph II.
Choate, John w. roster, george Gray, John
W. Griggs w. w, Morrow, Richard Olney.
Oscar s. straus and Horace Porter.
Root Speaks at banquet.
over 200 OF the members tonight pGrtici-
pated in the annual banquet OF the asso-
citation. number of distinguished guests
were present, including cabinet ofaoers,
members Of the diplomatic corps. the local
judiciary and members OF the supreme
court The prfncipal address was nv aacra.
tary Root. In view Of the fact that con-
siderable latitude was allowed the speak
ers the remarks were not given out for
publication.
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