The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-03

stability and the means of financial
 regeneration to enter upon an era of
 peace and prosperity bringing profit
 and happiness to themselves and at
 the same time creating conditions sure
 to lead to fourishing interchange Of
 trade with this country.
 I wish to call your especial attention
 to the recent occurrences in Nicarag qua.
 for I belieN Ne the terrible events re-
 corded there during the revolution of
 the past summer-the useless loss of
 life. the devastation of property, the
 bombardment of .defenseIess cities. the
 killing and wounding of women and
 children, the torturing of noncombat
 ants to exact contributions. and the
 suffering of thousands of human be- fngS-might have been aveIted had the department of state. through approval of the loan convention by the senate,
 been permitted to carry out it's now
 well developed policy of encouraging the extending Of financial aid to weak Central American states with the pri- mary objects of avoiding just such revolutions by assisting those repub- lies to rehabilitate their finances. to esta blish their currency op a stable basis. to remove the custom houses from the danger of revolutions by ar ranging for their secure Gdministra- tion. and to estab blish reliable banks
 During this last revolution in Mica ragua the government of that republic having admitted it's inability to pro- tect American life and property against acts of sheer lawlessness on the part of the malccntents and hay ing requested this government to as- sume that office. it became necessary to land over 2.O0o marines and blue jackets iR Nicaragua Owing to their presence the constituted government of Nicaragua was free to devote it's attention wholly to its internal trou- bles and was thus enabled to stamp out the rebellion in short space of time. When the Red Cross supplies sent to Granada had been exhausted. 5000 persons having been given food in one day upon the arrival of the American forces, our men supplied other unfortunate. needy Niearaguans from their own haversacks.
 wish to congratulate the officers and men of the United States navy and marine corps who took part in re-esta blishing order in Nicaragua up- on their splendid conduct and to rec ord with sorrow the death Of seven American marines and bluejackets. Since the re-esta blishment of peace and order elections have been held amid conditions of quiet and tranquil lity. Nearly all the American marines have now been withdrawn. The coua- try should soon be on the road to re- covery- The only apparent danger now threatening Nicaragua arises from the shortage of funds. Although American bankers have already rem dered assistance. they may naturally be loath to advance a loan adequate to set the country upon its feet without the support of some such convention as that of June. 1911. upon which the senate has not yet acted.
 Enforcement of Neutrality Lave.
 In the genera! effort to contribute to the enjoyment oe peace by those repub- lies which are near neighbors of the United States the administration has enforced the so called neutrality stat utes with new vtgor, and those stat utes were greatly strengthened fn re- strfcting the exportation of arms and munitions by the joint resolution of last March It is still a regrettabie fact that certain American ports are made the rendezvous of professional revoiuticnistS and others engaged in intrigue against the peace Of those re- F00AA> >Ss AS bC 0OlAALLCO t41GA UC- casionaliy a revolution in this region is justified as a real popular movement to throw off the shackles of vicious and tyrannicai government. Such was the Nicaragua revolution against the Ze- laya regime.
 4 nation enjoying our liberal insti- tutions cannot escape sympathy with true popular movement and one so well ArH= AAA Hr revolutions in the republics in question have no basis in principle. but are due merely to the machinations of con- scienceless and ambitious men. and have no effect but to bring new suffer ing and fresh burdens to an already op- pressed people. The question whether the use of American ports as foci of revolutionary intrigue can be best dealt with by further amendment to the neutrality statutes or@whether it would be safer to deal with special cases by special laws is one worthy of the care ful consideration of the congress.
 Visit of Secretary Knox to Central
 America and the Caribbean.
 , Impressed with the particular inn portance of the relations between the United States and the republics of Gen. tral America and the Caribbean region. which of necessity must become still more intimate by reason of the mutual advantages which will be presented by the opening of the Pa2ama canal. di- rected the secretary Of state last Feb ruary to visit these republics for the purpose of giving evidence of the sin cere friendship and good will which the government and people of the Unit ed States bear toward them Ten re- publfcs were visited. Everywhere he was received with 8 cordialHy of wei come and a generosity of hospitality such as impress me deeply and to mer- it our warmest thanks. The apprecia- ton of the governments and peoples of the countries visited, which has been appropriately shown fin various ways, leaves me no doubt that his visit