Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-10-14
President Discussed Sub
jeCt Of Arbitration
HE SPOKE At CAPITOL
Immense Throng Heard
President Talk On Sub
ject in Which it is Known
He is vitality Interest
ed.

Of the most carefully prepared speech
IS which President Taft has yet de-
livercd on his present trip was that
on arbitration which an immense crowd
heard here today. The speech in part
was as follows:
My Fellow Citizens: The subject
/ Of the ratification Of treaties by the
| senate is frequently confidential. and
that prevents public discussion Of tn.
pros and cons which might sometimes
! be useful Treaties are much less the
subject Of public consideration than
are statutes, and yet when ratified
! they are as binding upon all of us ass
statutes. because by the constitution
/ they become the law OF the land In
/ this respect they differ from trcati,s
| of other governments. which are only
international contracts Sometimes
the senate removes the injunction of
secrecy from treaties and the discus
sion Of their merits. II is 10 certain
I treaties which / have submitted ro
the senate. and which that body has
now published and laid before Won for
consideration and discussion. that [
call your attention tonight They are
the treaties / made with the Republic
Of Honduras and the Republic of
Nicaragua, for the purpose Of socur-
ing loan 10 each of these Central
American republics.
An argument against tho treaty
grows out Of the continued discussion
r-.r..
II FHs been said i'm favor of such
treaties as this that by virtue Of the
Monroe doctrine all these countries
are moro or less under our guardian
ship. that we have guaranteed. i'm "A
sense, their integrity against invasion
10y European countries. and that il
is. therefore. our duty. where a Euro
I'ar country acting for its own cit
iZ"rS "r subjects takes forciI;c meas
urcS To- collect their debts from such
republics, To say: You must keen
off and we will undertake properly
L" adjust Your claims" Now il is
this argument. il seems t. me. as
much as anything. that has aroused
opposition 10 the treaties. because il
proceeds upon premises that are cal
'ulatcd To- oug"nd"r discussion and
dispute. Opponents of the Argument
say that no country has tho right To-
use forciblc measures to collect tn,
debts contracted with its citizens bv
a foreign government. and that the
position our government ought To- take
Is. not {" secure payment of the debt.
Lut merely to say. You can not take
o. mo- 81.
because it is violation of the Mon
TO" doctrine and that this is far
enough for the United States To- go
Further, it is vigorously denied that
the Monroe doctrine requires the Uni
ted states 60 intervene in debt col
Letting expeditions because thcv do
not contemplate the destruction OF
the government whose property is
seized, hut only the forcible collection
pl tho debt. ] do not care what is
technically included in the Monroe
doctrine. Those who look at our po-
sition in this hemisphere must rccog-
nizc that in the brotherhood of the y
republics which constitute what Is
called the Pan American Union" tho
United States is the most powerful.
the leading country, and all must
hope that through the Influence Of
the United States and the other coun-
tries at peace those republics at war
may be brought To a state of peacc
Is it not better that we should step
m with due authority and act with
directions and promptness to suppress
war than that we should allow II To-
Z" or because We lack authority 10
Interfere; and then, at the extremity
be called in 10 use force to prcvcn;
violation of the rights or foreign ma
uons which always occurs at q Ger
tain point in a revolution? | do no;
3cre to discuss the exact BOUNDARY
lines IF the Monroe doctrine II was
announced in "A message Of President
Monroe, and was really directed
against the then existing Holy Ali
ance which it was feared was pro
posed To assist Spain in the sub
jugation Of her lost colonies i'm this
hemisphere They had become re-
publics and their independence had
been recognized by the United States
The Monroe doctrine has been in
terpreted to be the policy of the Unit
ed States i'm conserving the interests
Of all American Republics where they
are liable to possible injury from with |
out 1t has been invoked to justify our
great and sometimes active interest in !
the settlement of controversies be
tween the countries and this hcmi- !
sphere and the countries Of Europe.
and also the settlement of all contro- !
NerSies between the nations of this /
hemisphere. The declarations of Mr.
Olney at the time of the Venezuelan
difficulty were emphatic-some people |
thought eNtreme-in reference to the
responsibility which the United States |
thereby assumed for the entire hemi- !
sphere. and the rights asserted in the |
exercise of that responsibility. Ger
tainly it does not involve any extreme |
view Of our friendly relation To these |
Republics to stand sponsor for and co |