Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14
PLEASED WITH HIS TRIP
Secretary Expects to Reach This City
Wednesday Evening.
SAW HEADS OF REPUBLICS
Believes United States, in Maintain
ing Monroe Doctrine, Assumed
Obligation It Cannot Dodge.

| HAVANA, April t3-The American
Secretary of State sailed for home this
| evening, well satisfied, he says, with his
diplomatic mission to the Central Amer.
| lean republics and the countries in the
| Caribbean
| 1t was hardly to be expected" said
| Mr. Knox today. that we could visit sc
| many countries where there are factiona
| political disputes without being made the
target OF some factional feeling Lut
| with the exception of a few newspaper
| expressions to which / attach no grea,
| significance, we were honored with only
| the most cordial receptions
The cruiser Washington, with the Knox
party aboard, steamed out of Havana
harbor at o'clock bound for Norfolk
| She Will arrive there Tuesday night, and
| the following morning the party viii
| transship to the Presidents yacht, the
| Sylph, arriving at the capital Wednesday
| evening.
Secretary Knox soon will begin another
\ trip-this time by land. April 30 he will
speak at New Orleans, on the occasion
Of the centennial celebration of the ad-
mission of Louisiana to statehood He
will then go to San Francisco, where May
/
May he will deliver a political address
| in the same city. He is also scheduled
| to address the newly organized Pan
American Society at New York some
date after the middle of May. He will
then make public the conclusions reach
| ed as a result of his two-month trip
| among the neighboring republics.
Sticks to His Policy.
Tx M
Knox returns more determined than
ever in the policy with which his name
has been linked. Those who travelled with
him have received the impression that he
believes the United States in maintaining
the Monroe doctrine has assumed an OBJ
legation 1t cannot dodge. Having built
a wall around those countries, making
1t impossible for European or other pow
| ers to step in for the purpose of restor-
| ments to fulfill their financial obligations.
he believes it Is incumbent on the United
States to see that stable governments
| are maintained and that the governments
live up to their international obligations.
tssSAslsa4ure. Of the matter upon which the
Secretary has touched only guardedly is
the possibility that unless the United
States can bring about the desired con-
ing interests at stake will make an issue
of whether the United States has the
right to defend these governments unless
she is able to guarantee their good be-
havior.
There is no doubt that one of the chief
benefits Of the trip will be derived from
| the personal contact the Secretary had
with the heads Of these states. At each
capital Mr.. Knox had private talk with
| the president While these conversations
may never become public, their character
| was such that they are not likely to be
| easily forgotten.
Warning to Cabrers.
For instance. 1t is believed that in
Guatemala City. Secretary Knox said to
President Cabrera, in effect, that in the
future Guatemala, which has not been
overscrupulous in adhering to the Gen.
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 to be
| so judged.
| In Panama, President Arosemena, who
was then on leave of absence from his
official post, visited the American Secre-
| tary. 1t was generally considered for the
purpose of making political capital His
reelection to the presidency, as Panams
views 1t, would have been a violation oi
| at least the spirit of the constitution
A few days after Secretary Knox lef,
| Panama. Arosemena eliminated himself q.
q candidate. Mr.. Knox takes no credi
L
was noticeable
In Costa Rica the Secretary made q
splendid impression. He believes his
visit went far to remove suspicion that
the United States wishes to force Costa
| Rica into the central American union.
No Comfort for Gen. Mena.
In Nicaragua the Secretary gave M
| comfort to Gen. Mena, whose election b,
congress to the presidency is considered
by other factions a violation of thu
Dawson convention, nor did he take side.
with Diaz or Chemorro, who would b.
/ glad Of American support of their candi
| dacy. He urged that the will of thu
| people be respected, and made 1t under
stood that the United States expected
| su IN to be the case
In Havana the Secretary had Ions
talk with Senior Sanguily, the CubaI
secretary of state, concerning thu
! requirement of additional land by tn.
United States at Guantanamo. the mat
ter of free sugar legislation as affecting
Cuba. and the subject of the port conces
sion held by the Compania de los Puer
| tos de Cuba. which has been made 8
point of attack by the opposition to tn.
Sanguily requested Mr.. Knox's good Of
fees for a reduction of the British. Ger
man and French claims growing out o
the war OF independence.
AuCn nus pSSH SdlO TeSarO1ng the eX
pense attendant upon the Secretary,
trip. 1t has been estimated that NOR,
than half million dollars has been ex
pended on his entertainment. This esti
mate is probably far too great. thirt
Of that sum probably would cover tn,
total bill. and 1t must be remembered
that while the governments were enter
tanning the Secretary they were also en-
) tertaining themselves. In fact. the Sec
: retary's reception at all points was In tn,
nature OF q national holiday Mr.. Knox
| expenses are estimated al between S3. OO
and $4,000. This was used chiefly 10
gratuities. as he was allow = to pay bu
few bills. The cost Of the .rshfp is no
to be included against the Secretary
account, as the ship would have been =
sea. burning coal and feeding the 100
: officers and men. IL Mr.. Knox and part,
had not been aboard. Altogether the re
ception everywhere was most cordial an
in not q single instance was there an n
front to the Secretary or any member Q
his party.
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