Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-05-25
ADVOCATES Of
GENERAL PEACE
Men of Various Nationalities
Addressed Mohonk
Conference
PROTEST AGAINST BIG STICK
South America Fears Uncle Sam
and Gives Trade to Other
Nations.

It ioNehI pupic uttefanceS regarding i
1t ternational arbitration marked n
e, speech of John w Foster former Sc
n retary of state, today before the So
y enteenth annul meeting of the Lal
e Mohonk conference on information,
S arbitration. At the same time. sal
t MI. Foster, Notwithstanding NJ
t Roosevelts early declaration in O
n position to arbitration is general, h
mas done more than any other livin
:, man to advance this canse.''
t The Anglo-American treaty of arb
, tration, Mr. Foster said, would hay
no appreciable effect on the arm;
, ments of the world and that at pres
ent Germany could hardly be expec,
ed to become party to a like treaty
I Nevertheless, as unlimited arbitra
ton is extended among the nations
lts beneficial effect must become NOR,
and more apparent
A Black Spectre.
Mohonk Lake, N. Y, May 24-ReIa
tons between the United States and
TIE Latin-American Republics were
discussed before the seventeenth an.
nual meeting of the Lake Mobonk
conference on International Arbitr..
ton today by John Hicks, owner of the
Oshkosh, Wis, NORTHWESTERN
ana tor eight years Minister to Peru
and Chile. mis- subject was:
Our Latin American friends are TOO
polite and too crcumspect publicly
or frequently to make known their
tears or to say much that will shock
the pre1udices of their American
nelghbors, but the fact is that the
Dlack spectre that is always before
them is the dread of the great repub.
nc 10 the north. From Mexico to
Chlle there is the same nameless feel
ing OF apprehension that their politi.
cal life is always in danger, that it is
only question of time when the Unit.
ed States will deprive them of their
political existence.
This dread of aggression on the
part OF the United States poisons all
the relations between the countries or
the north and south and is at the root
OF the malign influence that has exis
ted in business circles against Amer.
can commerce These people feel that
l. the North Americans are encour.
aged, in few years they will prac.
tlcaliy own the country, and that the
only safe way. is to throw their trade
10 German or English houses They
1lnd the greatest proof in the action
OF the United States in its diplomatic
conduct toward Columbia when sud.
denly and without warning a section
OF that republic was organized into an
other republic, diplomatic agents ex
changed and contract for the con.
of the Panama Canal exc.
cuted and delivered, all within the
space OF week. They are beginning
to realize the full meaning of the |
words used by one of our greatest |
presidents in regard to the transac. |
tion: ii you want to get ahead of your |,
Uncle Sam, you've got to be mighty |
quick on the trigger
There has grown up a curious be. !;
lief on the part of our citizens residing
III the Latin countries that An Ameri- |
can citizen can do no wrong. When. !
ever an American is arrested or i'm.
a great cry goes up that the
American flag has been insulted and
frantic demands come to the state de
partment that his release be demand |
ed. The question of his guilt or limo. /
cence is very rarely raised. AS a ma
ton, we should learn the primary !
fact of international law that an Amer
lean citizen in a foreign country ac-
cused OF crime must stand trial ex.
actly the same as native and that /
all the American government should
DO for him is to ask speedy trial. |
In our relations with the sister r+.
publics of the South, the burden rests |
upon our government to see that no
canon of the law of nations is violated
we stand as an example of honor and
national integrity to the other repub
les, and every American citizen is
Interested to see that the national
lonor is preserved. No policy will
'ver be acceptable to the American
}eople that does not accord to each
" the southern republics all the
powers of nation.
When the Latin American neoples
eel that we have for them exactly the
'ame friendly regard that we have for
'ther nations, we shall have made a
'ast advance in their good will. Above
VI, let US impress upon them that we
want no more territory, and that we
AVE exactly as much respect for the
aw OF nations as for our own laws,
When this is accomplished arbitration
VIII come as naturally as the success
Ion OF the seasons and the thousand
nd one pretexts for war will be swept 4
side"
Peace Movement Practical.
Mohonk Lake, N. Y, May 25.-Mir-
a All kuli Khan, charge d.affaires of
ne Persian legation, told the mem. ;
ers OF the Lake Mohonk Conference
n International Arbitration at their I
eventeenth annual meeting here to-
ay that the present peace movement
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