Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-08

permitted to operate for the perpetua-
ttion of irresponsible government. az
escape of just obligations. or the insi,-
ious allegation Of dominating Amhi.
lions on the part Of the United Stst9,.
Beside the fundamental doctrines of
our Pan-American policy there hav,.
grown up realization of political in
terests. community of institutions and
ideals, and hourishing commerce. Ali
these bonds will be greatly strens-
thcned as time goes on and increased
facilities, :ueh as the great bank soon
to be established in Latin America
SUPPLY the means for@building IN the
colossal inter Continental commerce of
the future. ..
My meeting with Prcsi,len. Diaz and
the greeting exchanged on beth Amer
lean and Mexican soil served, hone
to signalize the close ana cordial re-
latlons winch so we'll bind together
this Republic and the great Republic
Immediately t. the south, between
which there IS so vast q network Of
material interests.
l am happy to say that all but one
of the cases which for 50 long vexed
our relations with Venezuela have
been settled within the past few
months ard that. under the enlien-
tened regime now directing the Gov
eminent If Venezuela, provision has
been made for arbitration of the re.
manning case before The Hague Tr1-
bunal.
| Or july 80, 1909. the Government of
Panama agreed, after considerable ne
gotiation, to indemnify the relatives of
the American officers and sailors who
were /brutally treated, one of them
having, indeed. been killed by the PAN
aman police this year.
The sincere desire of the Govern
ment of Panama to do away with
situation where such an accident could
occur is manifest in the recent request
in compliance with which this Gov
ernment has lent the services
of an officer of the Army to be EN-
ployeA by the Government of Panama
as Instructor Of Police.
| The sanitary improvements and pub.
lie works undertaken in Cuba prior to
the present administration of that
Government, in the success of which
the United States is interested under
the treaty. are reported to be making
good progress and since the Congress
provided for the continuance of the re,
ciprocal commercial arrangement be-
Tween Cuba and the United States as.
surance has been received that no ne
gotiations injuriously affecting the sit.
uation will De undertaken without con-
Sultation.
| The collection of the customs Of the
Dominican Republic through the gen-
eral receiver of customs appointed by:
the President of the United States in
accordance witi the convention of
February s, 1907, has proceeded in an
uneventful and satisfactory manner
The customs receipts have decreased
owing to disturbed political and econ
omic conditions and to very
natural curtailment of imports i'll view
of the anticipated revision Of the Dom.
inicar tariff schedule. The payments
TO the fiscal agency fund for the SER
vice of the bonded debt of the Repub-
lie, as provided by the convention,
khave been regularly and promptly
made, and satisfactory progress has
been made in carrying out the provi-
sions of the convention looking toward
| the completion of the adjustment of
| the debt and the requirement by the
| Dominican Government OF. certain con.
cessions and monopolies which have
been burden to the commerce of the
country. tn short, the rcceiverShip has
demonstrated it's ability. even under
',nfavorable economic and political
| conditions, to do the work for which it
was intended.
| This Government vas obliged to in.
tervene Automatically to bring about
arbitration or settlement of the claim
of the Emery Company against Mica
ragua, which it has long before been
agreed should be arbitrated A settle.
inent of this troublesome case was
reached by the signature of a protocol
on September 49, 1909
| ZELAYA.
| Many years ago diplomatic interven.
ton became necessary to the protec-
tiCn of the interests in the American
claim of Alsop and Company against
The Government Of Chill. The Govern.
mcnt of Chile had frequently admitted
obligation in the case and had prom
Used this Government to settle 1t.
There had been two abortive attempts
to do so through arbitral commissions,
which failed through lack of jurisdic-
ton. Now, happily, as the result of
the recent diplamatic negotiations, the
| Governments 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. nave agreed by a pro-
focal to submit the controversy to defl-
nitive settlement by His Britannia Ma
jesty, Edward VII.
Since the Washington Conventions of
1907 were communicated to the Gov
ernment of the United States as a 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 Ameri-
can Republics, to exert itself for the
maintenance of the Conventions
Nearly - every complaint has been
has been against the Ze1aya Govern
ment of Nicaragua, which has kept
Central America in constant tension or
turmoil. The responses made to the
representations of Central American
Republics, as due from the United
States on account of it's relation to the
washington Conventions have hear,