El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-08

conditions. seriously affected, while
present steamship facilities are made
Quate. freight rates are high and time
OF transit necessarily protracteo- II y
incOnCeivable that such local condlIlons
can longer be suffered to restrain Ihe
economic development of certain OF
these countries. particularly when they
find themselves ideally situated upon
the highway Of commerce between two
hemispheres-
Urges Caution to Maintain FriendiinesS-
Your thoughtful public men should
realize tie vital interest our vast Oody
OF producers and consumers have In the
stable prosperity of their neighbOrs and
see TO Ii that no act or thought OF
speech on their part shall run counter
10 the earnest efforts OF. this govern
ment to make true international friend
ships Of respect. good viii and Justice,
and 10 aid certain less fortunate COM
monwealths at our doors to guard
themselves from the embarrassment OF
foreign Indebtedness. to build up their
national credit on the firm foundation
Of responsible good faith in all their
transactions with the outer world, and
TO free themselves from the carking
mslady OF domestic Instruction. These
efforts, eNemplified in the Nicaraguan
and HOndurar conventions. are not
mere academic theories The sOundness
Of their principle has been~practically
demonstrated IN the sympathetic as
sistance we so successfully lent to
SantO Domingo in her struggle to eN-
triCate herself from the quagmire Of
foreign debt and to throw off the hide
GUS burden Of political insta bility-
AS q nuisance OF the difference be
tween the commercial value Of cOun-
try swamped with Indebtedness and
country made financially sound, he
stated that the commerce or the Do
minican republic, since the United
states had helped It to rid itself OF
foreign Indebtedness. had trebled,
though that assistance was given less
than decade ago In 1903. the year
before the United States gave its as
sistance TO the Dominican republic, the
total foreign commerce Of that country
was about 100000 By 1911 1t had
jumped to S18,000,00O.
Urges One Man Power for Canal.
Mr.. Knox urged that the control Of
the canal zone be continued as at pres
ent with one man power and that the
zone be kept free from prOmiscuOus
settlement The zone, he said,
should be treated as a part OF the
canal itself and be reserved in its en-
tirety for canal uses The civic struc-
ture that has been built up, like the
canal itself in less than seven years.
under the wise direction OF a single
administration and under the efficient
control OF one man prOvidentially fit
ted for the task. should not be permit
ted TO deteriOrate. As scum drifts with
the tide so the new world currents OF
.
undesirable elements. It remains for
congress TO enact wise laws for the
government Of the zone as an endur-
ing monument Of municipal admins
tratiOn."
Touching upon the international stat
us Of the canal as a waterway accessi-
BILE to vessels OF all nations. Mr.. Knox
said that the treaties Of the United
States relating TO the canal contemplate
It's full and unimpeded pacific use by
all nations but that IL was the right
Of the United States to fortify the canal
or fin other way TO protect that neu-
trality and 10 thus guarantee the right
OF use by all nations Just as IL would
do upon any part Of its sovereign ter
ritorv. and that the neutrality guaran-
teed for the canal by the United States
could not mean that the United States.
II at war, would have TO abstain from
sending Warships through the canal or
on the other hand. be constrained 10
allow the enemy to use IL on equal
terms with ourselves