Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-03
PHIL KNOX IS HOT
POTATO, SAYS TAFT
President Lauds His Secretary of
State in Talk Before a
PittSburg Club
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY PEEvES
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Says Nicaraguan Government
When 1t Is Found, Must
Make Reparation
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY PEEvES
Associated Pressl

Associated Press
PITTSBURG, May 2.-President Taft
ended his two days stay in Pittshurg
with a speech at the Grant day dinner
of the American club tonight, in which
he dealt almost wholly with the foreign
affairs of the nation.
The president paid striking tribute
to the secretary of state. Mr.. Knox,
who was present. He vigorously de-
Tended and justified the secretary's Nj
caraguan policy, and flayed those who
invented the phrase dollar diplomacy
Mr.. Taft had an exceedingly busy day
and was pretty we'll tired out when he
retired TO his private car tonight pre-
paratory to leaving at 230 a. m. for
Cincinnati, where he is due at 1O:2o a.
m. tomorrow.
Count Won Bernstorff. who was in the
presidential party all day, left with the
president tonight for Cincinnati.
The presidents day began with a
brief address to the students at the
PENNSYLVANIA State College for Women,
and he next made an address at the
Founders day exercises at Carnegie
Institute.
After luncheon at the University club
came the baseball game between Pitts
president was to attend brought an eX-
tremely large crowd.
Mr.. Taft had expressed a desire to
"sit among the fans" but the local
committee took him to a box on the
second tier of the big granstand. Count
Won Bernstorff sat with the president
and Secretary Knox sat in the next
box.
The president was preceded at the
l.. y - /, ,f
Idaho, who made an eloquent address
on the life of Grant.
Senator George T. Oliver of Pennsyl-
vania was toastmaster, The president
said:
Il venture to affirm that never before
in the history of the country have our
relations with South America and Cen
tral American republics been more
friendly than they are today.
WHAT HE THINKS OF ZELAYA
1.-The great disturber of Central
America in recent years has been
zelaya, the tyrannical and unprinci-
pied president OF the republic of Mica
ragua. In every plan for the promo
tion of peace and friendly relations
between the five republics he played
the part of marplot.
when his brutal and cruel exact
tions drove a part of the people of
Nicaragua into rebellion and an eX-
tended civil war. he violated the laws
of war and the rights of American cit
izens who had regularly enlisted in
the ranks of the reVolutionists by TAX
ing their lives. He thus gave right
to the government of the United States
to demand reparation and to withdraw
all diplomatic relations.
1T is undoubtedly true the attitude
of the United States toward Zelaya
so injured his prestige and brought
him so clearly to the bar of the public
opinion of the world as an internation-
al criminal that he was obliged to
abdicate and leave the government to
a better man.
"The leaders of both factions, Madriz
and Estrada have admitted the unjust
character of the killing of Groce and
Cannon. This government must con-
slider at the proper time calling upon
the government of Nicaragua, when
one can be recognized, to make such
reparation as shall seem to be just for
this violation of American rights and
to give adequate guarantees for the
future observance and strengthening on
the part of Nicaragua of the Washing
ton conventions.
There is nothing inconsistent in the
promotion Of peaceful relations and
the promotion of trade relations.
ITO call such diplomacy dollar di-
plomacy' and thus apply to it what is
deemed by the authors of the phrase
more entirely a most useful office to
be performed by a government in its
dealing with foreign governments"