The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-25
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 REACHES BRYAN Ambassadors Criticized Speech Is Laid Before
 Senate Tn Entirety SPOKE FOR HIMSELF,
 HE EXPLAINED Ideas On Monroe Doctrine and Panama Canal Are
 Fully Reported

Washington, March 25-AmbaSsa-
 dor Walter S. Pages celebrated Lon
 don speech in. which he was credited
 with having interpreted the Monroe doctrine as meanif1g the United States preferred that no European govern
 ments should gain more land in the
 new world and as having made certain references to the repeal of the Pana =
 ma tolls exemption, was forwarded to. the Senate today by Secretary Bryan l in response to Senator Chamberlain's s resolution calling for an explanation.
 MT. Pages speech, some 2,500 words in length, was furnished to the Sen ate in full. The portion relating to the Panama Canal was as follows: T will not say that we constructed the Panama Canal even for you. For ann speaking with great frankness and not with diplomatic indirection. We built it for reasons of our own; but will say that it adds to the pleas
 ure of building that great work that you will profit by it. You will profit most by it, for you have the greatest carrying trade. -
 TT can say similar thing about the recent lowering of our tariff. We did not lower it in order Ito please you: :zit was for purposes that we con sidered economically sound for our selves.
 Nevertheless. it added to the pleas ure of doing that to reflect that there by we should have more trade with you. Concerning the recent message of the President I take 1t upon my
 self. on my own responsibility. to say this: He delivered that message not to please you but to express the trne sentiment and self-respecE of the |sArnerican nation. As interpret it,
 his was the voice of the people, New
 erthe1ess. I add to the pleasure of
 hearing that voice to know that 1t
 does please you.''
 The portion referring to t4e Monroe doctrine was as follows: @s
 T put another ParenthesIs
 also on my own account, and correct
 an impression that part of your
 press seems to have about the atti-
 tude of the United States government
 coQcerning the investment of your
 colossal earnings in states of Central
 America that have volcanic tenden-
 cies? I sometimes read that the United States is entering upon a pol
 icy to discourage foreign investments there, That is untrile. think that
 some events are rhappehing there that
 have discoura ged them somewhat, but
 I hope that they cannot be charged to
 the United States.
 There is a policy forming in the
 minds of our government and our people which is not new that would discourage such investments OF such concessions as would carry with them the control of the government of any of those states and only such, for, so far as the United States is concerned
 you know how heartily we have well comed your investments in our land and still welcome them and always will.
 1 You may be assured that it Is none of the business of the United States to put any let or Ehindrances upon any legitimate Investments of yours any l where in the world and they must heartily welcome your investments in any part of theh Americas, provided 1 only you do not make them so that you may possibly take the country 1 with them.
 <Tbe Monroe doctrine meant this. when it was inst formulated that the United States would object to any Euporean governments taking more land in the New World In those l days, the only way that a foreign | government could gain land was lit- l orally to ga and take it. Now we have more refined methods of ex- l ploitation and there are other ways 1 to take it. That is the only protest that the United States mas ever wi1Is- pered. l You will, am sure, understand l why the United States prefers that
 no land in the New World should be l acquired in these new subtle ways 1 Would you do us the Kindness clearly
 to understand that and possibly to 1 correct the misin pression that has gone abroad % F