The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-17
TURN THE OTHER CHEEK
DOCTRINE is ADVOCATED
Six Reasons Given for Placing
big Ditch Under The
Quaker Policy

(By Associated Press.1

Boston, jan ia statement en-
bodylng six reasons why the Panama
canal should be neutralized, bearing
the signatures of men and women,
prominent in the United States ana
abroad, was made public today, Rich
ard Olney, former secretary Of state;
David Starr Jordan, president of Le-
land Stamford, Jr., university; W
liam Dean Howells. author; Charles
=. Anderson, Protestant Episcopal
bishop of Chicago; William II. p
Faurce, president of Brown uniyer-
sity; Jane Adams, of Hull House,
Chicago, George b. Holt, justice Of
the United States district court, and
George Foster Peabody, the New York
banker, are among the sponsors OF
the document. The statement fol-
lows:
Why Canal Should &c Neutraiized
Why the Panama canal should be
neutralized, not fortified.
Il. Because the canal would be
safer in war time without fortilica-
ton According to the agreement
signed by tae Hague conference in
1907 unfortined coast places can not
be bombarded
2. Because the original intention
Of our government, as distinctly eX-
pressed IN 1900 and previously, was
to prohibit fortihcations on the canoi
Though this prohibition was omitted
in the finally revised Hay-Pauncefort
treaty signed in 1902, this in no wise
implies that We ought TO fortify it,
nor was its construction proposed as
primarily military undertaking
Suez Canal a Precedent
''3 Because, though the Suez canal
was built with English money, Ems
land agreed to its naturalization The
Straits of Magellan are also neutral
lied and the interparlamentnW
Union, in 1910. declared in favor OF
the naturalization Of all interoceanic
waterways
"A. Because the United tates in
all its history has never been attack.
ca and began every foreign way it
ever had and it too important Gus
toner for any great nation at this
late day to wantOnly attack. Though
an enemy might in stress Of war be
attempted to break It's pledge to us,
no nation would dare break its neu-
tralization pledge with the combined
powers, as the penalty of noninter-
course, which could be included in the
general treaty, would involve com
mercial ruin.
Canadian Border Not Fortified
"5 Because, with the experience
OF nearly a century's peace with Eng
land, ensured by our undefended Ca
madam border line until we have ask
ed for complete arbitration treaties
with all possible future enemies and
have been refused we should be in
sincere in increasing our war meas
ures. This is especially true in view
of the facts that, since 1902, the ma
tons have signed one hundred arbi.
tration treaties and President Taft
has made the impressive declaration
that he sees no reason why any ques
ton whatever should not be arbitrat-
cd: that the second Hague conference
in various ways diminished the likeli-
hood of war; that not only the prize
court but the court OF arbitral justice
ie practically assured; and that III the
summer Of 1910, congress unanimous
" passed "a resolution asking the
President to appoint a commission OF
five to consider the utilization OF eX
listing agencies to limit the arma-
ments of the world by mutual agree
ment OF the nations and TO constl'
tute he world nayes, an internation-
al force for the preservation OF uni
versal peace and to consider other
means to diminish expenditures FOL
military purposes.
Just Look at the Expense
"6. Because, in the words of Hon
David j. Foster chairman of the com
mittee of foreign affairs in the house
OF representatives The initial ex
pense Of the necessary fortifications
would not be less than s25,0O00OO;
in all pipb3gHity aMoAh I5ot ibe AiF
than ssh U4dLhtb. Ishe alihuhA expblist
Of maintaining such Notifications 2,
90 0mles from home would probably
amount to $5,000,O00. With all the
Notifications possible, it is still ap
parent that in order that the cana
might be of military advantage tC
the United States in time of war q
guard of battleships at each of iti
entrances would be an absolute nee
essity. IT is equally apparent thal