The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-03
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DANIELS ON CENSORSHIP.

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credible proposition that when TIT
President of the United States M.
nounces any policy on the relations be
tween this country and any other, there
should be an instant acquiescence by
all the people OF this country, and es
pecially by the newspapers. in the
President s policy. That would be al
cffectual muzzling of the press, sure
enough; but, fortunately, it is quite i'm
possible, and we doubt if Secretary
Daniels himself, as editor, would be
willing to be bound by his own PROPOSE
tion in case Republican President
were in office.
1t is extremely unfortunate that Sec
retary Daniels should consider this a
good time TO suggest anything OF this
sort Just now the people of the
| United States arc humiliated and
shamed by the feeble diplomacy Of the
present administration. There has been
nothing in the least vigorous or diplo-
matte recently in our diplomacy. We
have been childish, sentimental, and
impractical all through
In Mexican affairs we have under
taken to set up standards that the Mex
lean officials must conform to in order
to win our favor, to say what Mexico
must do about her elections, and have
even gone to the amazing length of sug-
gesting that if the Mexican officials
would do as we desire them to do, we
would see that they got money which
they needed to carry on their govern
ment, proposition that was so sharply
stigmatized by Senor Gamboa as un-
diplomatic, and in the nature Of a
bribe; and this while the administra-
ton continues to denounce "dollar di-
plomacyl'
In Nicaragua. in place of continuing
the placating policy begun by President
Taft, and letting the Nicaraguans at
tend to their own affairs, our diploma
cy sprung the unprecedented PROPOSE
ton that we would set up n protecto-
rate over Nicaragua, and supervise not
only its foreign relations but its do
mestic affairs.
In Santo Domingo we actively inter
vene to stop revolution that seemed
to have the favor Of the populace. That
revolution was checked by us on the
proposition that we would not recog-
nize its government even if it sue
ceeded, and would not turn over to the
revolutionists, even Ii they succeeded
in establishing an actual government,
the customs revenues which are being
collected by the American agents for
that republic Thus we determine for
the Santo Domingans the government
that they must have.
In the japanese imbroglio, we have
simply worn the Japanese out through
procrastination and putting off the
Japanese insistence, on the plea that
Secretary Bryan was "not at home, -
he being out on his lecture tours. And
now the japanese appear to have given
up the contention and are striking for
a new and impracticable treaty
In the Philippines there appears to
be disposition to promise something
L
ticabe and voidable by the next ad-
that will come into
power, which may not agree with the
policy now proposed. The suggestion
which seems to be the foundation
stone in this new policy is that we will
give the Filipinos independence "some
time, this being merely a demogogic
bait which means nothing whatever.
We are passing tariff bill which is
all Of our commercial treaties
with other powers, particularly in the
matter Of granting rebates to imports
in American ships, when our treaties
specifically agree that nothing of this
kind shall be done And so we are in
viting general commercial antagonisms,
and retaliation at the hands Of all the
chief commercial powers in the world,
And this is the time that Secretary
Daniels takes to project his theory that
The people. and especially the newspa-
pers, of this country, should be re
quired to acquiesce in the foreign poll
eies Of the President Of the United
States