New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
KNOX SAILS FOR HOME;;
MISSION SUCCESSFUL
Secretary of States Experiences
Said to Have Fortified Him
in His Policies.
WILL MAKE TRIP TO WEST
Some Weeks Will Elapse Before
He Publishes the Conclusions
Reached During His
Voyage.

Havana. April 13.-The American Sec
rotary Of State sailed for home this
evening well satisfied, he says, with MS
diplomatic mission to the Central Amer
lean republics Mr.. Knox remarked De-
fore sailing:
II was hardly IN he expected that We
could visit so many countries where thvlt
are factlonal political disputes Wilhput. "
/ ing made the target of some 1ac'loIIat :, ~
| ing But with the exception OF d ltM nc NJ
great significance. We were honOrcu WIN
| only The most cordial receptions.
! The cruiser Washington, with Mr.. ana
| Mrs. Knox aboard. steamed out of Ha-
vana harb0r at o'clock. bound FOR
Norfolk. Representative Martin W..
| Littleton and Judge Morgan j. OBrien
were of the party. The Washington
will arrive in port on Tuesday night
and the following morning the party
will transship TO the government yacht
Sylph, which will at once proceed for
, Washington, arriving at the capital on
Wednesday evening.
! After spending brief period at his
office Secretary Knox will begin another
! trip-this time by land. He will leave
Washington on April 2S and two days
later will deliver an address at New
| Orleans. on the occasion Of the centen-
NAL celebration of the admission OF
Louisiana to statehood. He Will then
go TO San Francisco, where on May I
he will speak on the subject Of the Pan
anna Canal on May s he will deliver
political address in the same city. He
will also address the newly organized
Pan American Society at New York on
some date after the middle OF May. on
that occasion he will make public the
conclusions reached as a result Of his
two months trip among the neighboring
republics. Meanwhile the Secretary will
have little TO say concerning the mis-
sion just ended.
implications Of Monroe Doctrine.
1t can be said with assurance, how
ever, that Mr.. Knox returns more deter
mined than ever in the policy with
which his name has been linked. Those
who travelled with him have received
the impression that he believes that the
| United States In maintaining the Mon
roe Doctrine has assumed an obligation
! which il cannot dodge Having built
wall around these countries, making IL
| impossible for European or other pow
ers to step in for the purpose Of restor-
| ing order or compelling these govern
ments to fulfil their financial obiaa-
tons, Mr.. Knox believes that il is in
-, hnn h.. Liza g.
that stable governments are maintained
and that the governments live up to
| their international obligations.
! the Secretary has touched only guard
! eddy is the possibility that unless the
| United States can bring about the de-
sired condition Of affairs some other
country having interests at stake Will
make an issue OF whether the Unitai
States has tho right to defend these
governments unless she is able to guar
antee their good behavior
| There is no doubt that one OF the chief
| benefits OF the trip will be derived from
+. the personal contact which the Secre-
tary has had with the heads OF these
states and the knowledge which he has
/ thus acquired at first hand. In each re-
public visited Mr.. Knox had a private
! talk with the President. While these
conversations may never become public
perhaps may not even be reduced TO
! writing-their character was such that
they are not likely easily TO be for
gotten. For instance. it is believed that
! in Guatemala City Secretary Knox said
to President Cabrera, in effect, that in
! future Guatemala. which had not been
prescriptions in adhering to the Gem
trail American peace pact, would be
| Judged by acts and not words. There Is
/ also reason to believe that Cabrera re-
piled that Guatemala was willing 10 be
so judged.
| As to Politics in Panama.
In Panama. President Arosemena, who
was then on a leave of absence from his
official post. took occasion TO visit the
American Secretary. It was generally
considered for the purpose Of making po-
litical capital. His reelection to the
| Presidency, as Panamans viewed 1t,
would have been a violation OF at least
the spirit of the constitution. A few
days after Secretary Knox left Panama
Arosemena eliminated himself as a can
didate. Mr.. Knox takes no credit for
this development, but the coincidence
was noticeable, and the Secretary in all
his speeches emphasized the necessity of
1.,-lt nall l.nI at
ter of the constitution.
In Costa Rica the American Secretary
OF State made "A splendid impression He
believes that his visit to that republic
went far TO remove the suspicion that
the United States wished TO force Costa
RIGA into the Central American union.
In Nicaragua the Secretary gave no
comfort to General Mena. whose cleo
ton by Congress to the Presidency is
considered by other factions to be 4
violation of the Dawson convention, nor
did he takes sides with Diaz or Cha
MORO, who would be glad of American
support i'm their candidacy. Here. as
elsewhere he urged that the will of the
people be respected, and gave those in
authority TO understand that the United
States expected such to be the case.
To Acquire Cuban Land.
In Havana the Secretary had long
talk with Senior Sanguily, the Cuban
Secretary of State, concerning the ac-
quirement of additional land by the
United States at Guantanamo, the mat
ter of free sugar legislation as affecting
Cuba and the subject of the port con-
cession held by the Companla de los
D,,artnc do fsuha ,rhioh 10.