The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21
Condemns Policy of h.
 ternationa1 Bossisnl.
SPEECH AT SOCIETY OF LAW
caustic Remarks as to Santo
 Domingo and Panama.
Former Cabinet omcer Says Uncle sau Should Not Act as . Police man TOT The American Continent.

Washington, April 2o--SomewhaA critical reviews of recent developmenta in international affairs were indulged in at the speech making session of the American Society of International Law. which concluded its first annual meet. ing here today. Richard Olney was per- haps the most caustic in his interpre- tation of the policy of the United States regarding santo Domingo and the acquiring of the Panama Canal Zone without compensation to Colombia
 John W. Foster announced, as fact, that President Roosevelt was opposed to some of the leading nations of tho world "that we must make a limitation in the size of vessels of war that shall be built in the future" Mir. Foster called attention to Russfa's changed at tftude on the question Of disarmament, which he said she favored at the first Hague Conference. and she opposed now.
 Prof. Theodore s. woolsey of Connec- ticut, urged that wars of passion" could be abolished if international law should provide that all wars must be- gin with a proclamation that a cooling time of thirty or sixty days interval in- tervene between the proclamation and actual hostilities. Such an arrange ment would have obviated the South Af- rican and also the Acknowledgements war. Representative Bartholdt spoke of the necessity of making The Hague Con ference permanent and said that the United States. with the impetus towards peace President Roosevelt had achieved could accomplish this result by a united demand at the next Hague Conferences.
 0lney Speaks.
 Having for his text the development of international law as a science. Mir. Olney first pointed out the necessity of having international law founded on the aggregate action of a concert Of powers. Mr. olney then proceeded to discuss more recent events.
 within a comparatively short time" he said. ''other doctrines have been of- f1cially and unoficially announced that have been given prestige and currency by being described as the Monroe poc-. | trine. or as necessary corollarfes from it. Under these new doctrines. 1t is in- timated that if one American State does not behave itself we'll in either its ex- ternai or internal relations--good bo- havior, according to our own standards. of course--it may be forced by the Unit ed States and coerced into doing tho right thing. and. If necessary. may have its revenues sequestered and applied by the United States according to the iat- ter's notions of justice and equity. "It is too plain for discussion that the Monroe doctrine canot be invoked In support of any such pretensiona; that they are seriously objectionable as calculated to wound the pride and ex- cite the enm!ty of all other American States; and as committing the United States to undertakings of the most vex- atious. burdensome and dangerous character.
 "Our institutions will surely live and our people continue to prosper without the United States converting itself into an international policeman for the American continent or into debt- collecting agency for the benefit of foreign creditors States and their citi- zens."
 MT. Olney asked how should the United States proceed and answered: Surely, by not making itself a sort of international American boss He added: Let 1t be assumed. however. as 1t should be, that the new doctrines. may and shall be credited to a wholly worthy organ"
 Turning his attention to the Isthmus l of Panama, Mir. Oiney continued:
 The United States is now executing a great public work on territory which but recently was the property of sis- ter republic. There is no pretense that that republic ever parted with It's ter- ritory voluntarily. The territory was practically appropriated by the United States, claiming--and it is the best jus- tification the circumstances agord-- to act as the mandatory of civiliza-
 tion.' But, if the United States is to be deemed to have held mandate from civilization to sequestrate Colombian soil for a great public work 1t shouold also be deemed to have held mandate to see that Colombia was duly compenx. sated-otherwise civilization stands re- vealed as an objectionable parsonage neil Ia n tary claims of justice.
 Over 200 of the members tonight participated in the annual banquet of the association. A number of dfstfn- guished guests were present including cabinet officers, members of the diplo- matic corps, the local judiciary and members of the Supreme Court of the United States. The, principal address was made by Secretary Root In view of the fact that considerable latitude was allowed the speakers. none of the remarks were given out for publica-