Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-13

forth that the remarks OF Ambassador
Page seem ito portend the policy of the
state department to abandon. upon de-
mand, the Monroe Doctrine and to invite
European violation"
II would ask the state departments
whether a new American policy of sub
jecting American veal to the selfish In
terest of the nations of Europe" is 'the
fundamental reason for the demand to re-
peal the law now in force. exempting
American vessels conducting a coastwise
trade from canal tolls.
Newspaper Report Of Speech.
Ambassador Page says the most ac-
curate report Of his speech was con-
tained In the Daily Telegraph, from
which the essential parts are quoted
as follows:
"The people of the United States re-
garded the British empire as the guar
dian Of freedom in all parts OF the
world and as a promoter of trade.
HE would not say that the United
States had constructed the Panama.
canal for the British people. but 1t
added greatly to the pleasure Of build
ing it that the British people would
make the most profit out of 1t.
HE could say similar thing about
the recent lowering of the American
tariff. 1t was not lowered in order
to please the British people but be-
cause 1t was considered economically
sound. Nevertheless. 1t added to the
pleasure of doing 1t, when he reflected
that America would thereby receive
more trade from this country"
"Mr. Page here made a lengthy ref
erence to the trading between Eng
land and America. especially in cotton,
about which he said: &
81 hope In the future 1t will be sent
here in better grading and better
shape
"The ambassador proceeded that he
wished to correct an impression about
the attitude of the United States governs
ment concerning British investments in
states in Central America with Volcanic
tendencies He sometimes read that the
United States was entering on policy
to discourage foreign Investments. There
was policy forming in the mind of the
American government which was not new
that would discourage such investments
or such concessions as would carry with
them control of the government OF any
of those states and only that.
.It was not the business of the United
States to put any hindrance upon any in
vestments anywhere in the world, provid-
ed only that the investments were not
made so that they took the country with
them.
no European government should gain any
more land in the New World.
Mr. Page then made humorous refer
ences to Englishmen taking big prices
from Americans for their pictures, car
rying American heiresses, beneftting by
the expenditures of American tourists.
etc. He said:
You complain of our rapacity but
You take our money. You show yourself
shrewd traders for all our expenditure
In concluding the ambassador said that
to free government, which had it's birth
in the United Kingdom, the great fact in
the whole, world was the colossal struc-
ture of British commerce, that bound
all parts of the earth together and made
men known one another and therefore be-
come more reasonable and more peace
able'''
The Times quotes Ambassador Page
after his references to Panama and the
tariff as follows:
Concerning the recent message Of
President Wilson he could say the same.
He delivered 1t not merely to please the
people Of these islands but to express
the true sentiment and self-respect of
the American nation for every true Amer
ican."