The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-13
SENATE WANTS
PAGES SPEECH
Enjoys Definition Of Mon
roe Doctrine AstOunds
Members.
HOUSE ALSO PROTESTS
q. s. Ambassador to Great
Britain Will Be Asked
to Explain.
WON'T DISCUSS STATEMENT
Reference to Panama Canal Also
Resented by Senate
and House.
WON'T DISCUSS STATEMENT


to-day passed a resolution calling on the
State Department to forward without de-
lay q copy Of the speech made last nigh.
by Walter II. Page. Ambassador to Great
Britain. before the Associated Cham.
bers Of Commerce In London. Ambassa.
dor Pages new definition OF tho
Monroe Doctrine ana his statement that
Great Britain would profit most" by the
use Of the Panama Canal provoked &C.
ton in tho House. as well as In the
Senate.
Oficiais of the Administration showed
great interest in Ambassador Pages Lon
don speech. but they refrained from maxi
ing any comment on II.
The resolution passed by the Senate
was introduced by Senator Chamberlain
o. Oregon. a Democrat. who is opposed
10 the repeal Of the legislation granting
free tolls TO American coastwise shipping
using the Isthmian waterway.
resolution was introduced in the
House by Representative Murray OF Ala
bama. n Democrat, calling upon the State
Department to explain the amount Of
official authority for Ambassador Pages
speech OF last night"
The Chamberlain resolution aroused
great interest in the Senate. but It was
passed without opposition. The text Of
the resolution follows:
whereas there was published In the
morning papers what purported to be q
London cable giving an account OF the
annual dinner Of the Associated Chambers
OF Commerce in London, In which the
Hon. Walter Hines Page. the American
Ambassador TO Great Britain, Is reported
to have said
THAT the Monroe Doctrine simply
meant this:
THAT the United States would prefer
that no European Governments would
gain more lands in the New World and
"Whereas 1t In further stated that amt
laughter Mr.. Page declared that ~ could
not say that the United States mad con.
structed the Panama Canal for Great
Britain. but that 1t had added greatly to
the pleasure of building that great work 10
know that the British would profit most
by Its use therefore be il
IRE solved, That the Secretary Of Stats
be requested to furnish to the senate With
out delay copy OF the speech made nv
the American Ambassador. and pari!cu-
larry that part thereof giving his definition
OF the Monroe Doctrine and that portion
thereof IN which he IS alleged to have
stated that the British would profit most
by the use OF the Panama Canal. ard that
he call upon the American Ambassador TO
furnian fn u f,r l.an no ,f, p,.
the evidence upon which that portion o.
his speech was based wherein he IL al
legged 10 have said that It added greatly
to the pleasure of the people OF the United
States in the building or the Panama
Canal TO know that the British would
profit most by its use"
In the Murray resolution explanation o.
a number OF expressions from the speech
AZ reported In the press dispatches Was
demanded The reference to the Monroe
Doctrine in which the Ambassador sAlI
"the Monroe Doctrine simply meant that
the United States would prefer that no
European Governments should gan more
land in the New World |" worried M N1r-
ray the most. He wanted 20 know also.
whether the utterauccs OF the Amurs-
sador had any foundation Of sanction n
the State Department new policy AVID
Whether It Vas the intention OF thn
State Department to abandon tn" Monroe
Doctrine altogether ana what Mr. Page
meant by the great pleasure OF building /,
canal the chief beneficiary OF which would
be Great Britain"
It's Meaning Not Open Z" Doubt.
Discussion OF Ambassador Pages deHni.
ton OF tn. Monroe Doctrne byuusht out
the fact at the White House that Prcsi.
dent Wilson Is not one of those who con-
sldor that the meaning or Importance o,
to doubt.
This feature Of tho Ambassadors re-
ported remarks attracted more attention
In administrative circles than his refer.
ences to the British use Of the canal
which was the feature that called forth
the action OF the Senate. Surprise was
expressed that the Ambassador used thu
word preferred" In referring 10 the Ira.
dtional opposition OF the United states
to the acquisition OF territory II. tho
Western Hemisphere by any European
Government instead OF the stronger term
shall"
The opinion was expressed that tho
use OF "preierr,d' nigh.
give rise to an impression In Europe rhst
the United States was not as determined
as formerly to prevent European Gov
ernments from extending Their possessions
in this part of the world
That the President regards the Monroe
Ductriue As an American pole" OF ahsp-