The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-11
MARYLAND SENATOR DEFENDS
PRESIDENT TAFT FoR DEM.
oNsTRATloN ON DoRDER
He Laughs at tie Idea that Japan
Wishes War With the United States
and Discusses at Length the Monroe
Doctrine.

Washington April 10.-T1e first ex-
preston in congress concerning the
situation on the Mexican border was
heard today when Senator Rayner of
Maryland, addressed the senate on
that subject. Although a democrat,
Mr. Rayner spoke in confidence of
the attitude of President Taft and ex-
pressed the opinion that there would
be no war with either Mexico or
Japan.
While ne did not so express him
self in exact terms it was evident
that Mr.. Rayner tad in mind the re-
ports that Japan is exerting herself
TO procure a coaling station on the
Pacific coast CT Mexico. In that con-
nection, he said:
Japan's Attitude.
Il am willing to admit that if Japan
is entering into negotiations for coal
ing stations and bases for naval sup
plies for military purposes with Mex
leo, we are entitled to know what
ti2ose negotiations are. Congress is,
however, without any information or
evidence upon the subject This
country would not ordinarily be enti-
tied to know the treaties or alliances
that other countries may make, but
upon the part of Mexico we would un-
questionatly be entitled to an explain
alton"
Has No Fears.
He added that ne had no fear that
history may repeat itself, or that any
government would attempt to initiate
the example of Napoleon Ill, "who,
through false pretenses and subter-
fuges, sent an Austrian archduke to a
Mexican throne, simply to abandon
him afterwards to despair and death"
He was confident that Japan does not
seek war with the United States, and
declared that there could be no
cause for hostilities between the two
countries
Island of Guam.
Discrediting the report that Japan
might desire to take surreptitious pos
session of the island of Guam as
cable station, he declared that if such
was the purpose it could not Ge JUS
titled under international law. He
found in Guam usefulness only as
cable base, and, speaking sarcastical-
ly of the island, said:
Guam is charming spot, and one
of the most lustrous and brilliant
jewels in our oriental galaxy. It's
principal products are vipers, snakes,
lizards, wild swine, rats and castor
oil, and if the island were put up at
auction today, with all of the inhabi-
tants in it, beyond it's value as a mill
tary post, it would not bring dollar
and half in any of the markets of
the world"
Monroe Doctrine.
Much of the Maryland senator's
speech was devoted to the contention
that the Monroe Doctrine is not in
volved in the Mexican situation.
Quoting authorities to show that the
original Monroeism looked only to the
prevention of the establishment of
monarchial institutions in the west
ern hemisphere, he sought to discred-
it the position in relation to the col
lection of claims against western ma
tions taken during the Roosevelt ad-
ministration regarding the Santo Do
mingo controversy. This he charac-
terized as the Roosevelt Doctrine"
rather than the Monroe Doctrine He
said, in part:
Roosevelt's Construction.
, "Let us look for moment at what
sort of wars. we would have if the
Roosevelt construction of the Monroe
be incorporated into our diplomatic
code. We would have an interminable
succession of bondholders and stock
market wars. War, instead of being
declared by congress, could be prac-
tically declared by the banking syn
dicates of London, Paris, Amsterdam
and Berlin, represented by their finan-
cial agents in America, and we would
become sponsors and guarantors for
every bankrupt and impoverished gov
ernment in Central and South Amer
lea. We have never yet been inform
ed as to what amount of money was
made out of the Santo Domingo set
tlement, nor what was the price at
which their bonds were sold before
our Intervention, and what was the
price that the holders afterwards OBJ
tanned for them in settlement of their