| Show S AND AD THE MONROE DOCTRINE In to t Senate Domini DominiS pro pr can Scan S Ident protocol protocol of 01 O Agreement for tOI Collection and ncI DIE DIs of oi t Republics I Customs Revenues by hy United Discusses Doctrine and Its IS Boor states i of oI oan Governments to Con COli on to s on O Irai nd American Countries COli II An Unusually Document Feb eb l I II M m M c protocol 1 the ie I e I IW Dominican I ento Jt providing for th cuI cuIc CI 1 In n tho United c nd ment by br of the k ulm u f tu Bun BunOr ln tM tol t II u tl 10 tor r 1 It lion Or ot that government wan Wil tl by or order r d er r of nt 0 t tl tim In Inno tol ay Tho The no f In n Cat net Int the I e new nw agreement ua mum i u th the Ibo original protocol and tuA III award ot of arbitration tote for tOlI th h commission Jl t I or of the claims of ot tito tho San Sai I mM I improvement company under tinder Inder ot of tho tha United tates nie teay Y collecting the th revenues at eel In e ot tho Iho Port POdS ot r the lne Dominican DO 10 v vm m Few document that have come comae to tu tim th In relation to any ot of time the South nite nate ral American or West Vet r I much nt at havn ha h o attracted no o iSon of ot O tho tim V nian at has arisen n as to the of ot tho thoe hl to enter Into treaty arrange Iran e ernt S e nt ulu With any foreign government wih tho the consent of ot tim tho Interest has hlf been J Tho carno camo mo to 10 the senate enato yes yem tay an hour past time tho usual tisuni time timer M r senators In tm II leave leavo the tho chain ohal k In ami aut It wan Wil lt brought up UI u uon I on In n after the I e senate convened today I rue 11 meege of ot tho time president outlined tw fhe ot of tho the government holding It demanded that this government Ilk tm lk I chargo of ot the Iho customs Of ot state Ih M hn a It U II i manifest maniet that thit they are arc un unit untO it 1 to 10 maintain their Integrity 10 to the presidents discus ta In n Monroe doctrine In the easu i n il i of ot the doctrin IHO San in Homing the protocol I I r i ikei mke declaration d d of ot Un alIn and e jIrI In iii II that Hut respect IK i unusual In itt Ini II i taly making The rime oc cc occurs curs In ii the th th e ond paragraph which re reo d I that the government nt of ot the Ihl Unit il td 1 Stales views vii any attempt of ot gov gOY of o this thia hemisphere h to the th destiny ot of time the Dominican sl s e a I manifestation of ot O nn flit 11 un Ul disposition toward the time Unit d mj Staten The Tim message follows IS i TIlE THE TiE To the Senate I herewith h submit n a between the Dominican I and ind th the Iho United The Time condi conditions Iona In II the republic of or Hanto h I v been n lowing glowing steadily wor orso o for tor or years yeara There Thera have hn vo been ninny many and nd revolutions nut have been contracted tho the thoI I of ot the tho republic to repay Homo Home ef ci c thus theme debts were properly contracted E by who simo have a n leHI right to their thir money mone Others Othera in IT without question qU Improper or exor constituting which Ml never bo be paid In hi full tul and amul per perUr pert Ur hr t only to the tho extent of ot n a very small of ot their nominal value countries countie have havo long felt tolt aggrieved of ot tim thi thit t t payment of o debts duo due to ta their olti cit olt 4 itI ii The only onI way by hy which foreign 1 lul v ver r obtain from frol trio the fp Itself any an guaranty of pay nay pl payet et would t Ie be either lh r by the tion r outright or temporarily t or orme J ii me by taking po of the CUR CUB MI Of housa h would of ot o course In iii Il 11 In effect tnt be po e t f a amount of ot territory t tIT 1 irEtT IT PT it has hims ha for tinia bonn Ml tit t dl thus th who ho by la the tho Monroe must ici i certain I along alon will lI it MIA him Ihl I rights hi which w ii It fH imd iu that Ilat time HIP Hume MIlO lt to 10 o 11 who ito uphold tho tue th doe doc t I w H I annot bo be le tOo loo t o orton too II that IhM the tho United t tate ll has bee ha nut nit for tOl ci at tt the ox nf n C an OO e of ot Us ite ls southern futh neighbors rl n will not IrIt time tho MOllp u I a an fn e for tor or such n H rr PoE t NOT OT WANT WAN O INO Wc e do not propose tn to take Ink part If cf ban I MM Sil T Or exercise any al o ot her er the l Ifland Und wave e what Is tim Im t ar to Is 1 I wt lh ii the tho col collect etlou Ion of lIt of ot which will vIii wi be I n vr m to t the o nt to meet tho the pen ff of oC f It rl 1111 ot o whitt hll I wui he bo f buted wl p n raa t i th Ih lr Ot of th upon n a ot of Ib o equity The for fOl tho the tes ing tiiu ni lh burden ant th b Uy Is i to he hI i II lit ti tho o that thai Il it ic iB with wih Inter I equity for tor the tho United ala i to 10 allow other ti r 11 t i alow r to 10 take tako i nl only means mea at Qt their ther I disposal of ot sat I I the of their creditors yet ct refuse refuge Itself to take any Rny aunt An A a a nation without In II I a with wll the ibm Monroe doctrine take what action It sees see A It fit fl In the thc ad nl of ot lt IM its disputes with wih morl cm provided d tutu that illicit uch action lolon does tou not take Inke the lule of ot interfering with wih their of ot or on the tue despoilment of ot their theil under tinder ulder any guise c Hut of ot this when the question la iii II Out onu ut of n it money claim tho tue only way WiY which Dually to cut col lect It IH ii a 1 or or the tho seizure sol ure of ot the tIme custom CU tO and this tints means macli a a at hn ha s been heen ion ii above what In Jim In II effect n ii I poM even Ive I though only a I temporary Jus of or territory Tho United then a IL i party laity In hI Interest because b under tim tho Iw Monroe doctrine It I cannot nee ace any nil Kur gu power seize felzo and or me t II territory of at on of ot these theo n ri 11 publics amid ond old yet ouch auch of terri tern territory tory tomy disguised or may many lay eventually offer oc the thu only on y In II which the tho lie power In can collect army any In unless there U tim Interference on 11 tho the part of ot the time United flutes One Oll of ot the ii i and Increasingly in complicated problem which otten often In iii II Santo Domingo grows out of ot thc tho yin 10 latuna of or If contract and granted with wih valuable privileges amid 1111 exemptions stipulated Ilp upon 11 for 01 crossly Inadequate con which were to tho time date and which arc ure not Infrequent Infrequently Iy ly disregarded and violated violate by the guy gov governing gO authorities of ut the United Stated und cud of ut other othol ntH holding theme and Ild to tu their fur for ful active protection intervention AIMS AIMI OK Ol OJ SAnS for 01 arbitrary wrong done dOlo or by HUI to tu or ci to property properly EightH tho United I I n i te government g following ci Io I ng UH 11 I tnt traditional I rail usage mm sit go In II I i m inich ch comes mit ant to 10 togo togo go no nu further than tho time mere u tio o of ot Its Il good n a 1 which frequent frequently tl ly Iy Ineffective On oil 01 tho the humid hand ale got gal which do take en ll lo action for tOl time the protection iI of ot their In lii the of ut contract ual etulina und ull American supported by b I ii make loud tu tim tile the United 1 1 government In Iii II similar cusH a for Cor action clun They The he claim In the Ihl actual 1111 pod tion lon of ot affaire their properties ore are practically their Amer Amel American Amerlean cont lean ican II enterprise Is J and that unless they are aro fully protected even Iven by bytho b tho time enforcement of at their merely con colt contractual COl It the hit abandon abandonment rights I mentis meat ment rent to ho h subjects of ot other ethel govern governments moats ments of or the Interest ot of American Irlan commerce and trade through the aerI lice flee of ot their Investment nl by excessive taxes huea Imposed In violation of ot contract and by imy b other devices and uld the of ot the output of their minima mines miles mul 1111 other oth Industries and ald even evon of ut their railway nod shipping Interests which they the have established In II connection with titi tho exploitation of their Thus the attempted solution of ot tho the complex problem I by h the ordinary methods ot of it diplomacy reacts Injuriously I upon the tho tl United government und amid In Ini R 1 i measure paralyzes the Iho action Relon of or hint tha executive In lit II turn tho direction of ut a 1 Bound consistent con polio policy 1010 UNITED l I I Th United States government IA IB In itt Its 11 efforts to foster American enterprise and tho Iho growth ot or f four our commerce through the tho of oC friendly relations with wih Hanlo Ralin Do milo by ty h time Hut Irritating on oil Oi ti Olin relations t ft iii the Iho In effect on Oi that commerce of ot fcc fre orient merIt Intervention As AM II u method ot of solution of lie complicated m t rim t bit hM I huRt I Kf tort lory Inas Inasmuch IIRI I much luch In n ho tho I condition bit of lt Us iK I tnt finances Ii on fleet nn nit against t tho the republic Is IK worth lenin Inns unless Us Ia lt payment Is la by try bytho I the tho pledge or of at lt least some SOle portion polol of ot the tho Ihl customs This pledge Is Ia Ineffectual without actual delvery delivery over oven of or hint Iha customs contents to II secure tim tho ap imp appi 11 pi inflation of lt it tim tho th pledged revenues to the tho payment of o tho time award This ThiN hl situation meant Injuriously dimly ol ly upon the relations of or the tho United HIIM with wih other nations mit For Vor when i nn an 11 award and aiti RII ieh wh security are lrA thus u obtained as lS In th the thA came of ot time thA Hanto I Domingo Improvement company some foreign government 1 that tho the award with Un itt If rights right UH arm IA a n I creditor to sortIe portion df ut d these theo rave rou I HUed luea under an 11 alleged I Ked prior pledge I j 11 still other government complain that an ni award avard In any considerable mini RUl secured curel by h pledged of ot the tho customs cu reve rec revenues I utica nur IH is to timo tho payment of ot their equally meritorious claims out nut Olt of ot the Ilia ordinary revenues mind and thus thul con coil are arc begotten between the tha I United and other creditor mi 11 tione of ot tho the apparent I of o some annie of their claims which tummy may be bl I just or many muy be he Ic grossly grosely exaggerated but I which the United government I I cannot Inquire Into without Riving givIng of ot to other friendly creditor nations Hull HII further I tons might easily cushy eaRly be furnished of ot the Ih hopelessness of the tho present situation i I growing out of at tim tho social disorders mini and i tho the bankrupt finances of ot the mn i republic where for tor considerable neil peri pel I oils during recent r cent years ear the bonds of civil solved society have been heen ills dis dissolved o I NATIONS HOIT the accepted law of or if nations foreign governments are within their lre right It If they thoy choose to exercise It when they tile tho actively Intervene In II support I of ot the Iho contractual claims of at their sub III They riley exercise tiit Ihl right and amid nl on account ot of commercial ri ti valry thero there Is a n growing tendency on nn tho the part of ot other governments more morA and lud moro more to 1111 it Iii diplomatically ice I l In II i n the time enforcement of ot the tho claims claimant of their sub suii In view VIII of ot the dilemma dl In which tho tue government of nt tho the United U is I thus thun placed place It I must intuit either to ltd Itis altitude of l nonintervention In iii II such rases an attitude under normal I conditions rend a but hit li L OttO ono OlO proper which Wit in iii II this particular kind of ot case cn e to tH the DIP of ot Its In lii II coin col with those tho Q of ot other state or oie It t must mitch In lit II order to bo be b consistent In Ho its Il policy lloy actively intervene to 10 pro pr tech tho the and ond loIS ot of UH lint engaged in lit agriculture coot com con merce Inere and rind In II than tion with wih the subjects of ot other oilier states This course would ouid renter render the tho United the Insurer of or alt al the live hive Ivo risks of ot Us its Il citizens In 11 lr ot of Santo Hanto Domingo EFFECT J OF OI PROTOCOL Under tho the plan In tho the protocol here Imore with wih submitted to time the senate lag ing a Q 1 collection and application ot of the tho revenues to tn tho time objects we aro aru nr welt well wal that this tithe murk tl cnn can bo 10 10 accomplished with wih tho the friendly Cooperation 1111 good will of ot all ni the tho parties concerned 10 and wi to the tho great relief of ot tho thin Dominican republic Tho Ilio ho conditions In II tho the Dominican re cc republic public trot not only commute a I menace to our relations with oUmer wih foreign hut but they tho atmo Ri conc concern rn tho the of ot the of ut time the th Island as lS welt wall ll n UH ant the tle security of ot American Interests and all they are lre Intimately associated 1 the of ot tho time south Huth Atlantic and gulf guU tim the normal expansion of ot whoso c coimi lies leM I lea in II I ii that him t I hi At one Olt line and that only n it I Y lr mini three revolutions Vere wOle In lii II In iii II time the Inland at itt lt tho time It I Is s to 10 state with lh uny 11 like accuracy time the present population of ot tho time Dominican republic In time the report of ot time the commit runt Rlou appointed by hy President Grant In II Hl the time population wan mas tit ut riot not II over oV r HOlis tilt but tn to the limo for tor IDOl 1901 the In iii ISM 1888 Is IA given at or If The Tho bureau of ot American re Tim republic public uhlie this hunt tho lie best beNt of Elf public thu population of the tho le te I Di T TAo Ao IH by ly tho tue anita I mao timm n met or orI of lt I f tho lie t Olt limit 1 at a t coin I the lie I public to debt of nt thu titi tl Including eta latin watt WiY U lime total were The H of ot the tine Dominican a republic not Including I i rig alt all ni l I was on al Kept Heit 12 lust hint no mint IK the time department of ot slate no Is in advised 2250 I COO O the I H t under tl tb I Dominican lunn Of t were mere the tho budget t for tOl current was Wil ld only olly to ply puy foreign III 1111 I Idl tel obligation mind and on hitter will wH nil nih Ii I lalor during the tue ensuing yeut yel to 0 of or o of ot payments overdue amounting a I In II all al to It I Is Ic If ther foro impossible II exl which ln are 10 timid and with wih the tim estimated as of 0 a I the tho t ii ti republic rotam which during 10 ri mig the tl taint last decade averaged approximately to defray tl ordinary e of If t tho time nt nail to lu meet UH its IH u The Jho Dominican debt owed ower to lumo I I total 1111 creditors 18 Ia II about amid RI I of or thin th Is Hum HUI mum IB it II IOle or ui less ieee recognised The representatives tives I IC of ot mm have hlL e several Union UI thu Iho of or male selling forth time tho l o wrongs vr J IKa and RII l tnt s to lu t 0 mh lob they havo subjected nt itt II the tho hands hlll of tIme the HUU suc c e of ot it Hanto HInto und Li ld Ii U Intimating iii t I hill I I ng that hat t miles ii ii lese the tho Do 10 10 ii iia mm t iii nu I ii receive homo ole from the United III In time WiY imy of ot UH lint IH time the creditor of If J would be Ic forced 11 lo to resort ro olt to tu more cf vf of ot compulsion lo to t HU a acure cure CLI is hit HID th t sit tie fin ot ion of ot their t hut r claims ril In ha s sIt If It I tho the United States government do Ila to take action Iclon mul other oilier tl contort to action clon to secure payment ot ut their thit thel claims tho the latter lutter would be hc entitled according to the df II t 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