New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-31
Meyer London Denounces
Refusal to Issue Passports
to Socialist Delegates
Plea for Imperialism
Prof. Shepherd Urges That
America Take Over Carib-
bean Colonies Of Allies


Long Beach, n. Y, May 3o.-Thing'
happened at the holiday sessions OF
the National Conference on the Foreign
Relations Of the United States here TO-
day when one speaker roundly de-
nounced the State Department for It's
failure 70 permit the Socialist delegates
TO attend the Stockholm peace confer
once. and second argued that the
United States should receive the Carib- |
bean Sea possessions OF England and
France when peace negotiations arc
CONNECTED at the conclusion Of the
world war.
Both the Socislistic remarks, which /
were made by Congressman Meyer Lon
don and the imperialistic arguments
which we're made by Professor William
( Z. Shepherd. Of Columbia University, !
created profound impression upon
| the delegates The pleas came just as
/ the threatened storm over resolutions
indorsing President Wilson's war policy
| hid Gained down, through the adoption
of resolutions that will bear the indi-
vidual signatures Of those present rsth-
or than the stamp Of approval from the
/ organization.
"Why should we prevent the Social
lists Of tho world from coming together
and hearing the truth from honest men,
1 so that the Frenchman and the Ger
man and the Englishmsn may exchange
views and tell the truth 10 one an
other?" demanded Mr.. London. BE
cause. YOU know. we do not get the
truth, but am saying nothing IN criti-
csm.
Attacks American Press
"You know that there was such
person as Car Nicholas II. You know
/ that there has been committed every
conceivable outrage against his own /
/ peorlo. In Russia every tree was gal
/ lows. every structure jail snd every
river flowed with blood. Did any OF
: the American papers ever tell you what
( was going on in Russia? Were you not /
I astonished when the revolution broke /
out?
To-day there arc people who believe
: that the revolution was = sudden break }
/ ing forth Of suppressed passions. ana ,
! That there was no caute Tor II, When
! this very cause is now respected. Not
! = word Of this in your American press. /
/ 7 do not expect 20 get from them tho
truth now. most Of the papers az least.
81 would like to sec a conference OF
/ honest men, men who mean what they
| saw. come together IN Stockholm or
| petrograd, or any place. Particularly
/ now. when il is so essential 70 help
/ along the struggle Of democracy in
/ that great land OF sorrow.
"particularly now the Socialists Of
| America fhould go to tho Russian SO.
cialists and say, Stand together. hold
/ out little longer, fight on, we viii
settle this horrible struggle and settle
J IL on terms which will assure universal
reace: progress is slow and painful
and they have 70 work By degrees.
: Wants tho Caribbean Colonies
Professor Shepherd insisted that tho
Caribbean colonies Of Great Britain.
France and the Netherlands were geo
graphically a part Of this continent
and politically should become a part of
the dominating power here. Moreover,
he said that prudence and foresight re-
CURED that anything in the shape Of po-
tential danger to them and TO this ma
ton should be peaceably removed by
the simple process Of taking them over.
az Great Britain and France are
waging the present war wholly for al
truistic purposes, We can and should
initiate their example, he said. ION
the other hand. il they are to derive
material compensation from q victory
rendered certain by tAe opportune aid
Of the United States. 1t would be only
fair and Just that they should turn
over their Caribbean possessions 10 this
country as token Of gratitude for our
support In case Of the Netherlands.
Of course. the precedent already set by
the purchase of the islands from Den
mark could be applied 10 tho scquisi-
ton OF tho Dutch territories.
"As colonization is carried on to-day
/ the real test of the right Of European
nation 20 retain control Of American
areas like those IN and around the
Caribbean is determined by the amount
OF service thus rendered 10 their in
habitants. For many years past the
islands and parts Of continents held by
Great Britain, France and The Neither
lands in America have fallen into
condition of neglect. That they flour
( ish at all is due mainly TO their conncc-
/ tons with the United States"
Opposes Caribbean Policy
Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, Of
Harvard University. found numerous
opportunities for catastrophe in'thc out
lining Of Caribbean policy OF the sort
demanded by Professor shepherd. chief
among which was the Abandonment of
the cause Of smaller nations and prob
ably giving up Of the Monroe Doc
trine, neither OF which did he say
! seemed particularly desirable
1.-THE Caribbean and the Gulf Of Mex
leo form the outer and inner Mediter-
/ ranean of America" said Mr.. Hart.
ITO maintain a Caribbean policy in
: wolves relations with the three Eu-
ropean powers that have footing
there, and with four large and three
small Latin-American nations fronting
on their seas. For us TO maintain
Caribbean policy requires the good will
Of the Europeans and is certain 10
+ arouse the i'll will OF the Latin-Ameri-
cans.
~ thorougheoing Caribbean policy
must ignore the Monroe Doctrine and
put an estoppel on our supposed cham
pionship of the small and distressed
: powers of the world"
Professor Philip Marshall Brown,
author Of the resolution Of loyalty
which was finally adopted by the in
! dividual delegates at the conclusion of
/ tho session, surprised the conference
I by severe criticism Of the Presidents
| Mexican policy. lie described the role
| OF the United States toward the Latin
I American and Caribbean countries as
that Of big brother and said that IL
/ should continue this relationship at oil
| hazards. lie believed that this policy
Z had been violated in Mexico and de-
!. Il