The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-13
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Embassador Page seems 10 ENJOY h1f
and Office in England by making merry
AT The expense on mis- country. Amid
laughter Mr.. Page declared before the
Association Of Chambers of Commerce
that it had added greatly TO. the
pleasure of building the Panama Cana
most by it's use. The ambassador was
seeking to entertain his hearers and
succeeded in getting the coveted laugh
bat his facetious remarks will cause
quite a different feeling on this side
Of the water. How can the American
people help looking with sadness and
modification upon an ambassador who,
while making himself ga motley 70 the
view" finds in the subserviency of his
own country a matter for testing.
At cost Of nearly S50O.00o.GOo we
have constructed canal and are turn
ing IL over to tho control Of Great
Britain. Not satisfied with grsutip 2
tho English demand that equal tolls be
accorded all nations. including the
United States, the administration has
prepared bill which imposes
equal tolls upon warships, and
this provision includes America n
warships. Practically, of course, it
is merely transferring money from
the naval fund TO the canal fund, but
undoubtedly IL will be sad bumilia.
tion for the American people to know
that they must bow to all the dictates
Of the English government with refer
epce TO the canal
The treaty provided that the canal
should be free and open to the vessels
of commerce and Of war OF all nations
on terms OF entire equality. In order
10 uphold the British view of the
treaty, the English diplomats were
compelled 10 demand that the same
treatment be applied to warshps as TO
merchant ships, The treaty expressly
SAYS that both shall be treated alike,
and therefore the British representa-.
tiyes rightly contended that warsbips
of all nations must pay tolls If the
warships OF any nation were compelled
reveals in vivid light the absurdity
of England's s Interpretation of the
treaty. II is preposterous 20 presume
that Secretary Hay, or the United
States Senate. or the President of the
United States could have meant that
American warships were to pay tolls,
and if, therefore, the American trainers
Of the treaty did not include warships
Of the United States when they said
that the canal should be free and open
10 the vessels of all nations on terms
of entire equality, they did not mean
that American merchant vessels should
be included within the scope of the
treaty.
Embassador Page, however, did not
con6nc himself 10 the role Of clown
In a serious moment he made the amaz-
ing statement that "the Monroe doe
trinc simply meant this--tbat the
United States would prefer that nc
European government should gain more
land in the new world" II President
Monroe can look down from the other
world upon this witless ambassador be
viii be inclined TO weep at such a
doctrine. There has been a great deal
Of ohscuritv concerning this doctrine in
the discussion Of the Mexican situation
Various meanings have been aseribed
10 II by those who seem never TO have
read the original statement OF the doc
irine bv President Monroe in his mes
sage 20 Congress December .. 1923
This is tho only Monroe doctrine, al
though President Wilson apparently
has supplemented II with a '.wilsor
doctrine. President Monroe. in hi,
message, wrote as follows.
In the discussions TO whica this, inter.
ct has given rise. and in the arrange
msnts by which they may terminate. III,
occasion has been deemed proper for as
-ertlnE. as principle In which rights ans
interests OF the United States are In
Volved. that the American continents. b,
ne free and independent condition whlci
tIsy have assumed and maintain, an
henceforth net 60 DC considered AZ sub
Ieeis for future coionlzs;ion by any euro
pesn power.
We owe II. therefore. 10 candor and q
tne sruicabis rela tons existing be,weei
100 United States ard those powers Z,
iectare that we should consider any at
tempt on their part 90 extend theJr sys
TEN 10 any portion OF this her-,lspte re n
dangerous 20 cur peace and safety
With the existing colonies or dependen
clos OF any European power we have no
'nterfcred and shall not interfere Bu
Nth too governments who have declare
H.sHF IN fsF rrtfiQ and ntr,~,
rhoss Independence we have. on Erea
confederation and on Just principles &C
knoviedsed. We could not View any in,er
rositior for the purpose OF opcrxssIri
tasui or controlling IN any other nlance
their destiny By any European power 4
any other Hight than as the manifesto
ton OF an unfriendly disposition tovar
the United states,
The last paragraph Of Monroe
statement. =. here given. i the on