The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-07

police. The right is guaranteed. But exercise
of the right is practically denied.
Barring the Republic of Mexico, no one OF the
nations to the South is strong enough to put
up the show of a fight against the great Republic
of North America. Mexico could only fight TO
a failure, ride bravelv to a fall No one OF the
others could make even presentable pretense Oh
resistance 10 the will of this government, now
ever uniustiied that viii might be IN substance,
or however reckless it might be IN execution
Any resolution which South and Central Amer
lea NAV come to is, therefore, nothing more
politically than the illuminate of an lnslgnlh-
cant minority II is a harmless and lmpotent
defy.
There is phase Of the situation, however
that ought 10 appeal to the one principle that
seems to remain 10 the Washington diplomacy, the
principle of selfish commercialism. 1t should
BE- remembered that Il great continent without
armament is for that very reason growing the
more rapidly in resource, Mexico is prospecting
as never before Venezuela. and Chile, and
Peru, and other South American Republics are
entering rapidly upon commercial llte hl'her-
to they have been practically terra ncognita 10
the commercial life Of this country. fankee
industry has but Just now begun to spy out TINS
new field Of expansion. American trade mas
only Just now begun to take the first steps IN an
almost virgin ground for exploitation. 1t has come
rs a revelation TO America, we consider ii,
Ia discover that here is another America as
Irch in resource and rapidly becoming rs 1lch
in production as itself. Flow foolish at the mo-
incnt when these two great and long separated
continents are hut beginning to look one an
other Squarclv IN the face,-when the great
canal that is to make them ncighbors Is taking
form for America for the sake OF the IN
iated pride Of an amateur diplomat in Wash
ington. to cndanger the first fruits of such A new
contact.
For il must be remembered that the weakest
nations, unlike the weak individual, fire.
quentIv the richest. 1t must be recalled tina
tnel impotent political protect Is G,ite capab
# becoming an effective commercial enc. /
LIQUID sink into h thought IT politically an
crossed Washington that thera - no SheT al
law against national 50ycott. Even China
few years ago retsiiated against necessary I'M
migration law with a boycott that cost Amer
lean trade IT'S hundreds on hundreds of million
a wear; and South America is potentially Gus
toner much more valuable than China. 10 nag Il
Nicaragua, to put constant finger in the Nene
zuelan pie, TO taunt this nations strength be
fore the eyes Of those too weak to resist Is 4
deliberately throw away commercial 5Irthr1ghi
| OF course it were better could the dipomac
which was responsible for The Panama rsvolu
ton; which is not above con14lvlnG with an,
South or Central American faction that promise
a government subscrviont to Washington: whic
violates every tenet of international law ant
, every decent usage of civilization to department
] ally bully little dog like Nicaragua, rise to tn
plane Of Justice to nations in accordance wit
the Justice which American citizens are SUP
: posed To obtain from their Constitution
, Not to do SO IS of course, to establish tren
2 away from the principle of fundamental right
which will surely weaken the rights of indivic
uals through the habit of disregarding the right
of nations But lacking this motive, 1t Is SURF
= ilv time that the people of the country ough
forcible to suggest TO the administration that tn
p commercial vcory which il is constantly prt
/ posed TO achieve temporarily through shi
/ subsidy is 10 be won permanently and broadl
; not by qflack legislative treatment, but by tn
v complete reorganization of whole course O
= dealing What is needed in the case of tn
o United States so far as the countries to tn
South of it are concerned is not law, but
. change of heart
y, 81. oFISTICU FFS AND LITERATC RE.