New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-13
WIDEN MONROE
DOCTRINE, LATIN
ENVOY ADVISES
Covenant to Prevent Con
quest Among Western
Nations Advised.
COLOMBIAN TALKS
TO BOSTON CHAMBER
Delegate to Pan American
Financial Congress Proposes
Union TO Suppress War.

Boston. June PA covenant among
all American nations 10 supplement the
Monroe Doctrine and preserve .he in
teerity Of the Western Hemisphere was
proposed tonight by Senior Santiago
Perez Triana, delegate from The Re
public Of Colombia 20 the recent Pan
American financial conference, at a ban
Duet given in henor Of those delegates
bv the Boston Chamber OF Commerce.
"Iu order 10 secure the whole souled
sunnort Of the Monroe Doctrine
throughout the length and breadth Of
tho continent said Senior Perez, that
doctrine must be carried TO the extreme
length Of It's logical Development. ne
Monroe Doctrine has closed effectively
the continent 20 European conquest. but
II has not prevented the exercise OF
CONQUEST in both sections OF the CONT
nent. am formulating no Indictment;
my contention is purely analytical. II
ebould be enacted and covenanted
among all the nations Of the continent
that the territory of the American ma
tions is no longer subject for con
oues.. either from within or from with
out the hemisphere.
Wilson'S Declaration Made.
such a declaration. as far as the
United States is concerned, has al
ready been made b. the President; 1t
~ not 10 be supposed that any other
American republic should be less eX
nlicit internal inviolability is the es-
sential foundation Of inviolability from
the outside. The proposition that VIC
ltpce and pillAge-that is to say, con-
orest- are iniquities in the stranger
and virtues in the neighbor is unworthy
q be maintained or accepted by any
self-respecting peoples
Senior Perez's speech marked the
conclusion Of the "trip which the dele
gates 10 the financial conference have
been taking about the country Tor two
weeks. They spent to-day in Boston,
Sightseeing The Colombian delegate,
with an unusual command Of hngllsh
AMI a flow Of OratOry seldom FOUND,
was chosen by those in charge OF the
trip 20 make the final speech IN the
cradle o. American liberty.
This continent he said, STANDS
pledged to the proposition that justice
is not a question Of quantity, but Oh
essence; that crime mot become vir-
tue t.cause il is exercised collectively,
AID that there is 10 .-uman power that
can give 10 4H-4H'tS ~4lN
patriotism.
Belief Must Be Mutual.
Looking backward to the history OF
this LAND and TO the written precepts
Of its collective efforts and TO the
achievements realized, We Of the south
ern half believe in our hearts that such
are your guiding principles. We be-
heve in your sincerity OF purpose as
NAV 90. hand IN hand, toward the rising
sun Were you 10 demand hattery as
YOUR due. my lips would be dumb TO
utterance and my heart closed TO ad-
niration. We depart now, taxing
message Of gladness TO our people.
Senior Perez referred TO the trip just
finished. during which the delegates trod
on "hallowed ground where the Dec
laration of independence was signed,
where Lincoln's spirit hovers, ana
where the soil was consecrated twice
10 liberty-to the liberty of the land
and that of the slave. They had been
told. he said, that the territory ira
versed was but the fringe Of the I'M
perial purple"
eve know" he continued, that such
achievements as yours could only nave
been accomplished under the protect
ing wing Of liberty, and that your es-
sential treasure. more precious lar
than your wealth and your progress,
lies in the principles Of liberty and
the equality of your institutions and
your loyalty to them. Were your loyal
~ to cease, your greatness would van
ish like a MONDAY dream. And thus
We bid you farewell There is pc
rennial dawn or the horizon, for the
task Of man is endless, and every noble
American is rising sun. Ours means
the union Of America for the liberty OF
men"
President Sends Word.
Word from President Wilson was
brought TO the assembly by Andrew