The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-20
NATIONS Will
NOT SUBMIT
TO INJUSTICE
Senator Foraker Says |'Watchful
Waiting Policy Doesn't Se-
cure Peace.
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.)

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 19.-In
speaking against the proposed bill to
repel the act granting exemption of
tolls from Panama American coast,
wise shipping, former Senator JOS
eph Benson Foraker, before the
Chamber Of Commerce here, went in
to an exhaustive review Of all diplo.
matte acts and numerous comments
thereon which concerned the Panama
canal since the original Clayton
Bulwer treaty.
The greater part Of his address was
devoted to the existing Hay-Paun-
cefote treaty. He contended that
nothing prohibited congress from ex-
empting American coastwise shipping
from canal tolls. Former Senator
Foraker said in part:
No Advantage in Canal.
"1f we cannot favor our coastwise
shipping, with which no foreign ship
ping can compete, of course, no such
favor can be allowed to our ships
engaged in foreign trade, and as a
result, no advantage whatever arises
to our shipping of any class out of
this great national work, the erection
of the Panama canal.
"On the other hand, the exercise of
this right to show favor to our ships
in the use of our own property would
go far to obviating the necessity of
resorting to subsidies against which
there is so much prejudice.
Watchful Waiting Blunder.
"The dispatchs from Washington
tell us of the expenditure of many
thousands of dollars in support of a
propaganda started by the Carnegie
endowment for international peace to
help secure repeal of the exemption
act in the interest of international
peace. This is an even greater blunder
than the policy of "watchful waiting"
"Both alike may postpone, but
neither can permanently prevent a
rightful settlement. Neither policy
secures peace; both threaten war, men
will not submit to injustice, neither
will nations"
Discuss Wilson.
In discussing the statement of
President Wilson that the opinion
prevails that the United States should
repeal the tolls exemption act Mr..
Foraker concluded his speech by say
ing:
"And yet, if it be proper to consider
the opinion that prevails everywhere
outside of England and the United
States, and very generally in both
Of these countries, allow me to read,
as fair index Of what that opinion is,
a few words from that distinguished
German, Count Won Reventlew, as
reported in the daily press. Speaking
) of President Wilson's message to
congress, he is reported as saying:
"The conclusion seems we'll ground
ed that the attitude of the British
government concerning Benton's
murder, and Wilson's announcement
yesterday, stand in the relation OF
cause and effect. It will be inter.
esting to see how public opinion ir
England likes the idea Of getting the
tolls paragraph removed in exchange
for murdered Englishmen.
Unpatriotic Performance.
If such an opinion as this obtains
everywhere or to any considerable
extent, with everybody outside of thu
United States then surely if we are t<
be governed by foreign opinion at all
the congress should not do what il
proposed, but should Indignantly re-
fuse to become party to such :
transaction; and if there be- no basi!
for such charge, then the presiden
owes it to himself, and to the Who'll,
American people to make a suficien
disclosure of the facts to exonerat
himself and this great nation from tn
charge Of participation in such an un
worthy and unpatriotic performance