La Junta tribune., 1916-05-27

railway. Tor instance. uau Dr"u QUIZ
in Venezuela at the request o: Ven
ezuela BY German capital at cost OF
$50 900. 600 Venezuela had guaran.
teed the interes, on that $40. 900
I; was not paying H. When pressed.
IL added a moral delinquency to its
financial delinquency. II net only re.
used to pay but IL refused to enter
into any effective plan looking toward
payment Germany had q good case
and Venezuela had 4 very poor one
At last. on December s. 1902. Ger
many broke OF diplomatic relations
with Venezuela. and so did Great
Britain Already the fleets OF Ger.
many and OF Great Britain. and also
of Italy, had established a blockade In
Venezuelan waters Certain war yes
sells belonging to Venezuela were cap
iured and the town OF Puerto Cabello
was bombarded
Roosevelt did not attempt to make
the United States take a public pose
as sovereign" OF the Caribbean. lie
launched no public fiat" His inter
probation OF the Monroe Doctrine was
moderate II was moderate not only
In its rhetoric but also In its essenc.
In his message OF D.cecber ). 1901.
CHANGING at the Venezuelan dispute.
he said We do not guarantee any
state against punishment II IL miscon
duets Itself" Germany had every
reason To be pleased with this recos
milton OF its rights.
At the same tims. In order that
there nigh, be no misunderstanding
OF the one vital part OF the Monroe
Doctrine. Roosevelt added provided
the punishment does not take the form
OF the acquisition Of territory BY any
ron.Ameriear power"
~ nrst II seemed that Germany was
content to abide by this proyiso On
december II. 1901 the German am
hassador at Washington stated tina.
his government had mo purpose or
Intention to make even the smallest
acquisition OF territory on the South
American continent or the Islands ad
laCsnt" II later appeared. however
that acquisition in this statement
meant permanent acquisition Ger
many would make no acquisition that
was permanent II did not con slider Il.
self bound TO make no acquisition that
was temporary. In fact. IL VAS look
Ing forward TO such an acquisition
Roosevelt Al ono. objected He re-.
called the fact that in China there
were many temporary" acquisitions
OF territory by foreign powers and
that In all such cases the word TEN
nor.ry" seemed 10 ma, .xbIIs Tim.
lasts" Note. en.u.d They cop,ip
u.d TO en,u. They Threatened IN
keen Washington reading and vrl,in,
tiIl the German. had landed On Ven.
.ru.lan soil Roosevelt, laid down nj.
p.n and s.n, for IN. C.rm,n .mh..
,Ador and determined To s., IN. mat.
ter settled per.onaIl, .i,bou, ON.
word more on pap.r
Roosevelt told Won Holl.b.n IN.
German xmb....dor that n. wanted
assurance" lie told him TN,
Dewey va. msn.u,-rinr I'm IN. Garth
bean: that IN. ".s,ur.nc.." In aue.,,on
would he ..n~r,.d IN .,,yy. from p.r
NOT .r,iy. Dewey woula n. ord.,.a IN
.aiI southwark and 10 So. that no mo-.
session. even Temporary. x..tnk.n of
any plae. In Venezuela" Won HOLE.
ben replied that hfs government, would
certainly ,.fus. TO civ. TN. limited
States III. assurance" requested
A week later Won UoIl.b.n visited
the Whit. House TO speak of another
matter lie .pos. OF il and turned to
l.ay. Roosevelt Have Won heard
anything from Berlin Abou, v.p-
ru.la-" Won Holl.b.n No" Roo..
welt: 1T will not b. necessary then
for me 10 wit through NIL IN. r.
naming three day. will s.it u.,
twenty four hour. NOR. Twenty.
four hours from now Dewey will sail {"
At the end of lively. hours Won Hol.
i.b.n returned TO IN. Whn. Hons.
and said that he had heard from per
lin and that he now had IN. homo,
10 request III. President Of an. tinI,.d
states TO .c, a, .rbt,ra,or i'm IN. ..,
,l.m.nt of IN. difference. which b.s
unfortunately arisen b.tw..n IN, Ger.
man government, and the xo,.rnm-p,
OF V.n.,u.i.
Tn, poin, 4. no, th., C.,n.,x
c.nI,uis,.d II. nosI,io, W.. un,.n.
Abir and II could no, avoid c.,I,uI.,
ine In. point \. that ON. a, m. mo.,
ianxsrou. and ON. n, IN. nnu, A..
eI.lv. moment. in IN. history a, m.
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