The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-12-10

faithful to the principles OF m"l'r''
ton. equity and justice Tp"n WN''h
alone depends international rrrdlt III
diplomacy as we'll rs in finance
The Monroe Doctrine.
The pan.Amcrican policy OF thlS
government has long been hN"d IN lIN
principles and remains unrhaHGcn'
With the changed circumstances "t y"
United States and Of the republics I"
the south Of us. most of when nave
great natural resources. stable govern
ment and progressive ideals. the mp
prrhcnSiuu which gave rise TO the
Monroe doctrine may be said to nave
nearly disappeared, and neither III"
doctrine us ii exists nor amy other uuc.
trinc Of American policy should TEE
permitted to operate for the prrpetHd'
liun of Irresponsible government, the
ESCAPE Of Just obligations ur the hlNIG.
ullS alienation Of dominating ambitions
Oh the part Of the United States,
My meeting with President piaE an"
the greeting exchanged on hulh Amer.
lean and Mexican soil served mop"
To SignaIiHc the close and cordial r'.d
lions which So well bind together th'>
republic and the great republic lm!n'
diatrly To- the south, between which
There is 50 vast Il network Of material
interests.
am happy t. say that alI hut one
of the cases which for 50 IonG NeNrd
our relations with Venezuela have
been settled within the past few
months and that under the enIl2lll
cncd regime now directing the govern.
mcnt Of Venezuela. provision has been
made for arbitration Of the remaining
ease before The Hague tribunal
On July 80. 1909. the government oI
Panama agreed, after considerable ne
gotiation. to Indemnify the relatives 81
the American officers ANA sailors who
were brutality treated. one OF them
having. mGrcd. been killed 10y the
pamaman poIic" this year.
This government was OBLIGED IL IN
tcrvcnc Automatically To bring about
arbitration or settlement Of the claim
of The Emery company against Mica
ragua. which it had long before been
agreed should be arhlratrd y settle.
mrnt Of this Troublesome ease was
reached by the signature Of protocol
on Sept. is, l9E'.
Many years ago diplomatic intrrNcn'
1ion became necessary to III" pr"t"''
ton Of HE interests in the American
claim Of AlSOp \ Co. against IN"
government Of Chile The govern
mrnt of chile had Frequently admitted
obligation in the case and had prom
iSel this government To Se'tlci It. Thcr"
hal been two ahurtive attempts To do
so through HrbiraI commissions, which
failed through lack OF jurisdiction
Now, happily. US the result of the re-
cent diplomatic negotiations, III" gov
clnncnts of the United States ana OF
Chile. aclualcd by the sincere desire
TO free from any strain those cordial
and friendly relations upon which both
set such store, have agreed by II proto
col 10 submit the controversy t. dciiii
tive settlement by his Britannia males
~ Edward VII.
The Nicaraguan Trouble.
Since he Washington conventions Of
1901 were communicated to the gov
eminent Of the United States as II con.
SulDing and advising party this gov
ernmcnt has been almost continuously
called upon by one or another and in
turn by all Of the five Central Amer
lean republics to exert itself for the
of the conventions. Near
~ every complaint has been against
the Xclaya government of Nicaragua.
which has kept Central America in
constant tension or turmoil. The re-.
spOlscS made to the representations of
Central American republics rs due
from the United States on account Of
lis relation to the Washington cunvpn.
lions have been at all times conscrva- .
i've and have Hyuidcd. So far rs puSSl.
Die, any Srulblancc Of interference, al .
hough it Is very apparent that the .
considerations Of geographic proximity .
o the canal zone and Of the very sub.
;tauiaI American interests IN Central
america Give to The United States II
special position in the zone of these
cpublirS and the Caribbean sea.
! need not rrhrarSe here the patient
lIorS If ms government 10 promote
'cacc AMI welfare anUn" these re-
'ublics, efforts which are fully aplle-
lated hy the majority of them who
re- loyal 10 their true interests. II
would Ice 80 less unnecessary to re-
ear>" here The sad tale of unSpcak.
Idle barnriic> and oppression alleged
y have been committed by the Xclaya
government. Recently two Americans