| Show I I Clipped Current Comment i I b tr a y nicaragua I I Louisville I II Tin Till lItE T's Ts lS IDI r T TIllS THIS ISIS foolish Nicaraguan business s confirms I every III alleged against us Ever EveX since Inee the tho Mexican war an and our acquisition of oC California the tho have something something- more than suspected UJ liP u. u If It this act of oC further advance south southward ard be pursued pur pur- sued b by tho administration and supported b by the Senate It will furnish conclusive c evidence to t their minds that further inroads upon their free freedom freedom- om- om perhaps their autonomy will autonomy will remain only a question ques quos tion of or time Suspicion will be bc become ome certainty aversion a will deepen Into hatred Wo We cannot ex CX expect expect ex- ex peeL to draw custom and to ke keep p customers with witha a a. stuffed d club In one hund hand and a silly 5 worn-out worn shibboleth th In the other No Xo such thought entered tile the mind of oC Sir Mr ron Mon roe roc Th The revised Monroe doctrine torn from Crom Its Us context and fitted tilted to undreamed of ot conditions bears no r relation lation or ro resemblance to its original I self Can It bo ho possible that tho the Wilson administration administration adminis adminis- s 1 bent upon a n. policy polte which will viII make malic great military equipment and antI preparation Indispensable Indispensable indispensable Indis Indis- and pIa play to tho the lead of or the cr very steel trust and armor plate It I Is sworn to prosecute Perish the thought Pa rii I New York Tribune I op A s sT IA r TV It T T JIE general support given ghen In Washington Washinton to 1 the administrations administration's proposal to lo establish a virtual protectorate over o Nicaragua at the latter country's shows sho lines hues request party part will not CI figure ure In the discussion of oC this Important develop develop- lop lop- munt of or traditional American policy l rt lines vanish at the waters water's edge Is a British maxim which should hold good with respect to the foreign policy of every cry nation mitlon and It has generally held good In the United States President ent Wilson lIson is to be commended for emphasizing emphasizing em era- tho the point that the arrangement with Nicaragua was made at Nicaragua s request The United States docs not want force Its I to guardian- guardian uL 0 p IC un o U nen Its ts assistance is requested and closer political re re- will obviously ob be of oC mutual benefit It should hould ho bo willing to give the tho help needed frankly living JIing up to tho the obligations which th the formulation and development dc of oC tho Monroe doctrine compel It to assume I I Omaha W World Herald I TilE THC PACT l' THE r charge is made that President Wilson lIson and md nd 1 Secretary Bryan In proposing the establishing of oC a It protectorate over Nicaragua have hao abandoned the doctrine o of oC Imperialism anti and taken up with th the ver very practices the party opposed In the campaign campaign campaign cam cam- of 1908 Conditions alter cases The specific condition that confronts us In Nicaragua Is one ono of ot chaos an and disintegration The Tho Nicaraguans Icar arc are nearing the end resources es and credit and anarchy is imminent ent Grave danger is threatening threatening- the safety tf arid and success JI of oui our prodigious Panama canal enterprise enterprise enter enter- prise by the efforts of European nations to obtain a a. canal concession from Nicaragua Tho The p people of oc that distracted country want stability order and prosperity and to secure It stand read ready and glad to enter Into Ihlo the proposed arrangement It Is Ie undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- un- un best for tor them as It Is for tor us lS It docs does not Infringe on on their Independence which i la is guaranteed guaranteed guaran guaran- teed for tor all time Mi I San Francisco Post I OU on the moment the proposal of or Secretary of or F FOR State Bryan Dran to establish what would virtually amount to an American protectorate over the republic republic re republic re- re public of oC Nicaragua ua Is said to be arousing much Interest among foreign diplomatists at Washing ton While the thc matter mattel of or canal rights Is E UI as a 0 reason for American action It Il Is known that tho the finances of or Nicaragua havo o been In a tangled condition for tor somo sonic time anti An not man many months ago go It Il became necessary for this country to send marines to Managua Corinto and other points lot for forthe the purpose of or protecting American merican lives and p property rep erty Intervention b by the United States In the affairs of or the Central or South American republics s Is In at atall atall all times limes to lo bo be avoided If Ie possible yet t where their governments are bankrupt or oi or embarrassed b by debts I Ithe the same policy th that t has been so successful inSanto In InSanto Santo Domingo might very ery well be applied I II I L The Denver News I Thu JC TREATY rnE HP T HERE HEnE Ij is 18 a disposition In sonic somo quartets Quarters to 1 criticise tho national administration for Its Us planning of ot a protectorate for Cor Nicaragua The ob obJection objection ob- ob objection comes comos from those who ho protest against tho the resumption of or the dollar diplomacy of or the Taft raft I administration and who do liD not nol relish lh the notion that the eon consummation or of the tr treaty at means an en enl to all new plans plana for connection In addition It Is feared that the provisions provision of oC the treaty will have havo an irritating effect on governments governments governments govern govern- ments on both hemispheres and this Is something It Is urged that should at all times be discouraged and If It possible avoided Under the terms of oC the proposed treaty t tho tia e old Nicaragua canal route would 1 come permanently under the control of ot this country countr It would VapId also give give- us a powerful domination In Nicaraguan af affairs at- at fairs Including the regulation of or her foreign rela- rela relations and finances By the payment of ot we shall be bo In Jn position to exclude all other nations from enterprises throughout the Nicaraguan territory thus assuring the absolute safety of ot tho the Panama canal As AJ an Important business proposition the policy of a protectorate similar to that in force In Cuba and securing ex exclusive ex cx- canal rights across Nicaragua and a new naval mn-al base would seem to bo be desirable that 18 Is t If wo we are arc to have havo a most moat efficient protection for tor the tho Panama canal by denial of oC the privilege to open up upa a a. between tho the oceans In a competing route way vay It also aio emphasizes tho the historic significance or of tho the Monroe onroe doctrine and for this reason some of or tho the world powers wilt will probably S see In It a a. diplomatic move to control In time through tho the negotiation of oC similar treaties all the republics In Central America |
