New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
MONROE DOCTRINE
FOR NICARAGUA
Nav Be Applied as It Was Inter,
preted by President
Roosevelt.
FOR PEACE AND ORDER
Lawless Course of Madriz May
Force United States Into E1-
ercise of International
Police Power.
from rhs Tribune Bureau.

va sFljnzton. July Is.-The situation IT
Nica ragsa. already desperate and rapidly
grow Ing worse. has reached such phase
That according TO expert opinion il j.
only d question of time until the United
States will be obliged TO intervene and
restore order and a stable government
Wien such action is taken II is proos DC
that the Monroe Doctrine as interpreted
bv President Roosevelt Will be invoked
a. the coca sion OF the Intervention.
Mr. Roosevelt in q message TO Con
rress in 1904 said: If q nation shows
that il zncws how 10 act with reasonable
efficiency and decency in social and po-
iitical matters if il keeps order and pays
lis obliga tions. it need fear no interfer-
eEce from the United States Chronic
v-rongdoinz. or an impotence which re-
suits in a general Iessening Of the ties OF
civilized society, may in America. as
eIseR here. ultimately require interven-
tjon bv some civilized nation. and in the
Western Hemisphere the adherence OF
the United states TO the Monroe Doc
trine may force the United States. how
ever reluctantly. in fragrant cases OF
such wrongdoing or impotence to the
exercise Of an international police
power"
This decIa IA ton referred to the situa-
ton then existing in Cuba. OF this Pres
ident Roosevelt went on TO say: I'VE
would interfere with them only in the
last resort. and then only il it beca me
evident that their inability or unwilling
ness TO do justice at home and abroad
had violated the rights Of the United
States or had invited foreign aggression
TO the detriment of the entire body oi
American nations"
Conditions Apply in Nicaragua.
The conditions Of intervention stated
Sy President Roosevelt apply in the case
Of Nicaragua. Madriz has bombardeo
the unfortified town of Prinzepulca- He
secured the release OF the Venus through
the Misrepresentation Of his agents. He
has levied forced loans on the Nicara-
guam people until they face condition
Of famine. The jails are full of politica
prisoners. American and foreign citi-
zens have been threatened by his agents
Nith loss OF life and property.
The condition is now one to invite in
reference from the United States IL not
from foreign power. A state OF chronic
wrongdoing and an impotence resulting
IN the loosening Of the ties Of civilized
society prevail. No action is contem-
plated as yet by the State Department
but il is entirely proba ole that this phase
Of the question viii come up for con-
sideratiCn at Beverly before long.
Further details of the harsh reguls-
tions made by the Madriz officials were
received at the State Department to-day
One order forbids residents 10 leave the
city OF Managua without a passport OF
a. night without written order An
other forbids the shooting of rockets
which seems to be regarded as revolu-
tionary signal. or the assembling OF per
sons in private or public edif1ces after
O'Clock at night
The department issued instructions tc
Consul Olivares at Managua to give
William Pittman, the American impris-
nned by Madriz, such assistance as he
needed and to exercise the greatest Wig
lance IN preventing his being harmed
bv agents OF MadriZ. Instructions were
also sent TO Consul Morfat, al Bluehelds
10 ascertain whether or not DR. Berg
helm. an American, had been detained
by the Madriz forces at the Bluff.
II was said by State Department Off
cisls to-day that any attempt to treat
Pittmsn other than as a prisoner of war
viii mean the end of the Madriz regime
Even in the event that Madriz commits
10 direct act against the United States
or any OF its citizens, Il is believed tina;
the end OF chaos in Nicaragua is near
at hand.