Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-27
EDITOR


nations of the Western Hemisphere When that
day comes. the Monro" Doctrine. III tn" sense OF
being a unilat"Ta! doctrine. enforced only by the
United States. will entirely disappear |; viii re-
nam as much 4 doctrin" 20 be belle Nd III
and enforced bur i, will be enforced by AL III" na-
tons OF the Western Hemisphere as co-guarantors
on a footing OF equality
AT th~ present dav. the United
States is concerucd the Doctrine must still be one
OF unilateral enforcement i'll regions where her IN
vitas and wh"r" unfortunately no oth""
American nation has achieved position Of Such
stable and orderly power to enable IT I" te 4 CO.
guarantor OF the Doctrine
This applies TO the lands both continental and
rsular, which cover III" approaches TO IN" Panama
Canal"
After giving the full detail of his speech, Mr.
R0uSrvrIt tells the readers Of The Outlook villa
he did when he had Central and South American
troubles on his hands. He details this as fol
lows
The sentiments which expressed in this speech
in effect exactly the sentiments upon which
while | President | had acted. The chairman
Of the committee OF reception in Chile Mr..
Walker Martinez who had been Chilean Minister at
Washington during most of the time that MAS
President Ny relations with Mr.. Walker Martinez
had been close. | had found while was President
that could trust implicitly his loyalty and diSCre-
ton, and that, mOreOTer he and | looked at the
fundamental questions of foreign policy from the
standpoint. Accordingly used to discuss
freely with him the methods of application of the
Monroe Doctrine. He and | both telt that it
imperative that the Monroe Doctrine should be re-
tanned. but that the methods of application must Of
necessity change with the changing conditions. and
especially with the growth in South America Of
such stable, Orde rly, powerful national units
Chile, the Argentine, and Brazil
II had discussed at some length with Mr.. Walker
Martinez the possibility of getting these three pow
ers to join with the United States - and Mexico,
which then in condition of stability and APP
parent prosperity, from which, alas! it has
completely retrograded-n securing order in certain
disorderly Central American countries which
EurODean
Specifically, | discussed this matter with him in
order to lay the grounds for future action at a
time when it seemed that | might have to inter-
fere regards Venezuela. This about January,
1906, When the que stion Immediately at issue
cerned Sano Domingo. | told Mr.. Walker-Martinez
in full the reasons for my action in the case, he
being of the foreign diplomats who was informed
Of all the circumstances
AT that time | told him that if Santo Domingo
had been in the Pacific | should have asked the
Chilean Government to undertake the task which We
were undertakng-using the expression that, in such
event, the Chilean ships appeared off the
island ours would retire
Now comes the query: Will Mr. Wilson Al'
Mr. Bryan act along the same lines as Mr.
Roosevelt?
Indications are that the present officials viii
20 further in paths of peace to prevent war
than would President Roosevelt We doubt tina
Roosevelt as President would admit that an!
question between the United States and Mexico
4 country intimately connected with the ap
proachcS to the Panama Canal. COULD be SETTLED
by any others than the two interested parties
But this is not Mr.. RooScvrlt'S administra
ton Notwithstanding Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.
Wilson are not far apart in many Of their ideals
Secretary Bryan has been very strong for ar
bltratiOn. Just how it will I've possible to arbi
trate Il refusal to recognize the American Flag
does not appear ut first Thought.
On the other hand if it is possible for thu
three stable South American nations to cooper
ate with us in a truly AllAmrricHn spirit, il
>trai ghtcning out one Of the foolish Contra
American countries all but destroyed b,
anarchy and assassination, the Monroe Doctrin,
will have Il character and force which will mpaI
nor" than it's author could possibly have fore
seen, in the sound development of civilized an,
stable government in the western hemisphere
If that eight hundred thousand dollars whicl