The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-12-08

Il 1S->s.--> A-NtN''' W iANh saw AlSC W LIZ
Monroe doctrine may be said to have
nearly disappeared, and neither the
| doctrine rs it exists nor any other doc
trine of American policy should be
| permitted To operate for the perpetll;l-
] ton OF irresponsible government. the
J escape of just obligations or the insili-
| Gus allegation of Dominating ambitions
| on the part of the United States
My meeting with President Diaz and
stAe greeting exchanged ON both Amer
lean aud Mexican soil served. | hope.
to signalize the close and cordial rela-
items which SO well bind together this
republic and the great republic imme-
Giately to the south. between which
there is so vast network of material
interests
ann happy to say. that all but one
of the cases which fer SO long vexed
our relations with Venezuela have
been settled within the past few
months and that. under the enlight-
ened regime now directing the govern
ment of Venezuela. provision has been
made for arbitration of the remaining
case before The Hague tribunal.
On July 80. 1Au6, the government of
Panama agreed. after considerable ne
gotiation. to indemnity the relatives of
the American officers and sailors who
We're brutally treated. one of them
having indeed. been killed by the
Panaman police this year.
This government was obliged to in
10 ,,;, o1,o
arbitration or settlement of the claim
of the Emery company against Mica
ragua. which it had long before been
agreed should be arbitrated a settle
ment of this troublesome case was
reached by the signature Of protocol
on Sept. 10, 1909.
Many years ago diplomatic interven-
ton became necessary to the protec-
ton Of the interests in the American
claim of Alsop s. Co. against the
government of Chile. The govern
ment of Chile had frequently admitted
obligation in the case and had prom
ised this government to settle it. There
had been two abortive attempts to do
so through arbitral commissions which
failed through lack of Jurisdiction.
Now, happily, as the result of the re-
cent diplomatic negotiations, the gov
ernments of the United States and Of.
Chile. actuated by the sincere desire
to free from any strain those cordial
and friendly relations upon which both
set such store, have agreed by proto
col to submit the controversy to defin-
tive settlement by his Britannia males
ty Edward VII.
The Nicaraguan Trouble.
Since the Washington conventions of
1907 were communicated to the gov
eminent of the United States as con
sulting and advising party this gov
eminent 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
maintenance of the conventions. Near
ly every complaint has been against
the Zelaya government of Nicaragua.
which has kept Central America in
constant tension or turmoil The re
sponses made to the representations of
Central American republics as due
from the United States on account OF
it's relation to the Washington conven-
tons have been at all times conserva-
tive and have avoided, SO far as posi-
BILE, any sembance of interference, al
though it is very apparent that the
considerations of geographic proximity
to the canal zone and of the very sub
Stantial American interests in Contra
America give to the United States (:
special position in the zone of these
republics and the Caribbean sea.
l need not rehearse here the patien
efforts of this government TO promot,
1 peace and welfare among these re
publics, efforts which are fully appre
ciated by the majority of them WIZ
are loyal to their true interests.
would he no less unnecessary to re
hearse here the sad tale of unspeak
J able barbarities and oppression ALLEGED
to have been committed by the Zelay'
} government Recently two American
were put to death by order of Presi
. dent Zelaya himself. They were OFT
} GERS in tue organized forces of rev
olution which had continued man.
weeks and was in control of abou
half of the republic. and as such. ao
cording to the modern enlightened
practice of civilized nations, they wer
entitled to be dealt with as prisoner
of war.
!, At the date when this message j
printed this government has term
mated diplomatic relations with til
Zelaya government for reasons mad
public in a communication to the fol
mer Nicaraguan charge d'affaires an
is intending to take such future step
as may be found most consistent wit
it's dignity, it's duty to American ii
terests and it's moral obligations t
Central America and to civilization. !
may later be necessary for me to brin
.his subject to the attention of tn
congress in special message
. In the Far East.
In the far east this government pre-
serves unchanged it's policy of support