The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-07
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alone depends internafiodhi eredit Il
diplomacy as vel rs In finance.
The Menrpe. poetfine
The ipan.Americdn policy OF THU
government has long been fixed In sits
principles and remains Hnchanged
with the changed circumstance OF tue
United States end Of the republics Il
the south Of as. most Of which have
great natural resources. stableE govern
merlt and progressive ideals the up.
prehenpiop which gave rise to the
Monroe doctrine may be said to have
nearly disappeared, and neither the
doctrine US It exists nor any other doc
tFine OF American policy shonld be
permitted to operate for tue pefRetuu-
tion of irresponsible governments. the
escape Of Just obligations or the inside
Gus allegation of dominating ambitions
on the part Of the United stntes.
Ny meeting with President Diaz and
the greeting exchanged on both Amer.
lean and Mexican soil served. j hope.
to signallse the close aud cordial relc7
tons which SO well bind together this
republic and the great republic imme-
diately to the south. between which
there is so vast network of material
interests.
am happy to say that all but one
of the cases which for 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 tie remaining
case before The Hague tribunal.
On July 30. 1909, the government OF
Panama agreed. after considerable me-
gotiation. to indemnify the relatives ct
the American officers and sailors who
were brutnlly treated. one of them
having. indeed. been killed by the
Panaman police this year
This government was obliged to In
tervene automatically to bring about
arbitration or settlement Of the claim
of the Emery company against Mica
ragun. 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. IS, 1900.
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. Tie govern.
ment of Chile had frequently admitted
obligation IN the case and had prom
ised this government to settle 1t. There
had been two abortive attempts TO do
so through arbitral commissions. which
failed through lack of Jurisdiction.
Now. happily, rs 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 a>JIroto-
col to submit the controversy to defn.
itfve settlement by his Britannia nln1es-
ty Edward VII.
Tho Niearaguan Trouble.
Since the Washington conventions OF
1907 were communicated to the gov
eminent Of the United States as a con-
sulting and advising party this gov
eminent hns been almost continuously
called upon by one or another aud In
turn by oil of the five Central Amer
lean republics to exert Itself fur the
OF the conventions. Sear-
Iy every complaint has been against
the ZeInya government Of Nicaragua.
which has kept Central America IN
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-
tions have been at all times conEerva'
tive and have avoided, SO far as l'ossi-
BILE. any scmbIance of interference. III
though It Is very apparent that the
of geographic proximity
to the canal zone aud of the very sub
stnntial American interests In Central
America give to the United Staics
special position In the zone OF these
republics and the Caribbean sen.
] need not rehearse here the patient
efforts of this government 10 promote
peace and welfare among these re-
pubIEcs, efforts which are fully uppre-
ciated by the majority Of them who
are loyal to their true interests, II
would he no less unnecessary to re.
hearse here the sud tale Of unslleak:
able barbaritles aud oppression alleged
to have been committed, by the Zriaya
Recently two Amerlcans
were put to death by order of 1'resl-
dent zelaya himself. They were off,
GERS in tue organized forces OF n rev
oiution which had continued many
weeks and was In control of about
half OF tile republic. and as such. nc
cording to tine modern enlightened
practice Of civilized nations, they were
to be dealt with us prisoners
Of war. 60.
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