The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-03
TAFT'S FIRST MESSAGE DEALS
WITH DUR FOREIGN RELATIONS
PRESIDENT LAYS BEFORE CONG RESS RESUME of
TON POLICIES AS REGAR rs OTHER NATIONS IN HIS
FOURTH ANNUAL MESS AGE SUBMITTED TODAY

course, says PRESIDENT lalt. lhis
policy has been characterized as
substituting dollars for bullets. II
is one that appeals alike to idcalistic
humanitarian sentiments. to the die
tates of sound policy and strategy,
and to legitimate commercial aims.
The president adds that because
modern diplomacy is commercial.
there has been a disposition in some
quarters to attribute to it none but
L,aterialistic aims.
"liow strikingly erroneous Is such
an impression may be seen from a
study of the results by which the
diplomacy of the United States can
lc Judged" says the president.
lie mentions the arbitration
treaties with France and Great Bri-
tain. which failed of confirmation III
tie Senate; the successful tripartlte
mediation of the Argentine Republic
Brazil. and the United States. be-
tween Peru and Ecuador; the arbl-
tro;ion of the Panama Costa Rica
boundary dispute; the intervention
between Haiti and the dominican
Ecuublic on the verge Of war, the
suppression of the Nicaraguan war;
the hating of intrrnccinc strife in
Honduras. the adjustment OF tn"
l,clehratcd Taona-Arica dispute be-
tween Peru and Chile. and the ad-
ms,mcut of the Peruvian Ecuador
ian boundary line.
In consequence OF these things,
says the president, there has beca
a general easing of information u
, tension on the west coast OF South
America. lie also adds that the di'
, plomacy of the United States is az
/ tive in seeking to assuagc the re-
: naming i'll feeling between this
: country and Colombia.
: Taking up some of the details o.
the years diplomatic work, the pres
ircnt refers with expressions OF pride
to China. where, "the policy o' en-
, ctUraeing financial investment to en-
;, able that country to help itself ha
, had the resul, of giving new III
: and practical application to tn
70 opcn- door policy The cOnslsteh
a purpose has been to encourage tn
;, use of American capital in Chihi
10 saws the president, to promote tn
- reforms to which that country
= pledged by treaty with the uhite
States and other powers. There hi
Il, been a vigorous assertion, also, !
- saws. of the equal right of the Unite
States to a voice in all questions pc
;. tanning 10 Chinese loans and deve
10 opments.
st President Taft makes the dire
a charge that the terrible events r
az corded in Nicaragua recently, u
useless loss of life, the devastation
ys property, the bOmbardmcnt of {
er principal cities, the killings and t
All turtures and suffering, might ha
he been averted had the department
is State. through approval Of the To-
all convention by the Senate, been p'
tn mitted to carry out its now well
ed veloped policy"
"In central America the aim /
ar been to help such countries as N
at aragua and Honduras to help the
On. selves" says President Taft.
ew While they are the immedi;
.ed hcneficiaries, the profit to the Uni
ev- States is two-fold, he adds The Nj
di- roe doctrine is more vital in
lce neigh borhood of the Panama car
lnJ and such countries should be
ent l;eved of the jeopardy of heavy
ing eign debts likely to provoke I'M
J a national complications.
AXE The financial rehabilitation
iny these countries by American ba
ex- ers and the protection of their I
ion toms houses from being the prey
atic wOuld-be dictatOrs, says the pl
dent. would remove the menace
.nts foreign creditors and revolution
the disorder. Furthermore, the Tn
hat States would profit largely in /
are ness way through the developn
has o. the great natural resource:
ton Central America.
of Commencing the successful re'
lev OF the application of the new
the trality laws to Mexico and G
per troubled countries, the president
him gests that means be found in ;
ton to prevent the professional
ad- lutionists from making AmeI
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