The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-12
REPRESENTATIVE RRiSON
SAYS HIS DIPLOMACY NOT.
SATISFACTORY.
NICARACUAN EMBROCLIO
stances Of His FaiIure-Also
knox's Central Ameri-
can Policy.

Washington, Feb. u.--Secretary
Knox was subjected to canstic critl-
cism in the house today by Harrison.
OF New York, during consideration of
the diplomatic and consular appronr.a-
ton bill which was passed. carrying
appropriations of sa,7oo.Ooo.
Many bold strokes of diplomacy
said Harrison, were justified only by
their success, as In the instance Of
Cleveland Venezuelan message, but
that has not been the case with some
| of Knox's bold strokes of diplomacy
The Nicaraguan embroglio, the Man.
| churan railway matter and the secre-
| tary's declaration that he will make
| it his duty to see that democratic
forms OF government; De maintained
| in Central America, he said. were
examples OF the failure of Knox's
diplomacy.
| AS to the maintenance OF democrat
| ic government in Central America
some day we will be Obliged to re.
tire from that position with north
cation"
Good Men Scarce.
There has been an obvious difficulty
I'm procuring men of a proper char.
acter and ability to serve the country
abroad, said Harrison.
Take Austria. where a man (R,
G, Kerensl has been sent after having
his fitness measured chiefly by ms
campaign contribution. Take the
English mission. After that position
was declined by noted educator
| (Dr Eliot it has been offered BY q
New York newspaper to Paul Morton.
lIf Morton is appointed the act will
be awarding it to self-eonfesed vio-
llator of the law and it will become
lpatent to all the world that the path
of the .rebater leads to the foot OF a
throne.
To-day the ambassadors are too
often messenger boys in silk knee
lbreeches, who spend their time being
photographed as the hosts of royalty
or playing the part of hands across
the sea To active men such posi-
tions seem impossible"
Dollar Diplomacy
j Into this atmosphere Knox has in.
jected a breath of fresh air by the
! suggestion of polieygvaluing foreign
representatives by the amount of cash
they turn into the channels OF Amer.
can trade. said Harrison.
This dollar diplomacy no doubt
causes thrill OF horror in the minds
Of the ambassadors who spend their
days in the society OF people where
the mere mention of trade is vulgar,
added Harrison
| Replying, Chairman Perkins, of the
committee on foreign affairs, said
that he was inclined to agree that X
would be mpracticabie to see that
republican forms of government are
established in Central America, but
did not believe our prestige in the far
east has been injured. The success
of the American bankers In obtaining
participation in the Chinese loan was
evidence OF the good effect of Knoxs
lcourse, he declared
4 Harrison asked whether the Ameri.
can share Of that loan was not OBJ.
tanned by the bankers of New York
known as the money trust while
other bankers were unable to get
share OF it, Perkins replied that he
did not know, but the fact remained
that the loan came to the United
States.
Extending Trade.
| BY the influence of yelvety hand
ed big stick administration combined
with the state department. said Fitz.
gerald of New York, is extending the
American trade TO Manchuria He
expressed surprise that the American
ship builders have obtained contracts
Ito build two battleships for Argen-
tina. and suggested the possibility OF
some c0ercive measure by the state
! department. He said the loan recent
ly made to Honduras by the American
bankers pointed to the same thing.
These things are done in the In
terest, he said, OF select band OF
finaneiers under the protecting and
helpful wing OF the state department
upon the theory that they involved a
/. beneiioient extension Of trade.
Facett, of New York, declared thar
the bastleship contracts were made
possible by the cheaper price of az.
NOR alone.