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HOW ROOSEVELT
KEPT PERCE
By WILLIAM HARD
In METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE
It seems to me I once heard a man
say: "Now if Roosevelt were presi
dent, we would have been plunged
into this terrible war straight off.’’ In
truth I heard this remark so frequent
! lv that I determined to go over the
diplomatic records of the two Roose
velt administrations.
I find that Roosevelt had many
bully opportunities to plunge the
United States into foreign conflicts.
I find that he was obliged to face and
handle three great crises with three
of the greatest countries in the world.
, 1 find that he was obliged to take a
hand, a decisive future-fixing hand, in
the affairs of three small countries—
small but near-by and turbulent and
dangerous to the world's peace. 1 find
that he was obliged to have dealings
with many other countries in mattars
capable of bearing fruit e:ther of
friendship or of hatred. I find that
I he wrote on a visiting card the terms
on which a violent European contro
versy was settled. I find that for
eigners think of him as a great his
torical figure not because of the part
he took in railway legislation or in
pure-food legislation or in conserva
tion legislation or in any other activ
ity of domestic politics, but because of
the part he took in international poli
tics—in the politics of the world at
large. I find that Europe and Asia
regard him as having been primarily
—for good or for ill—a diplomat.
This is the Roosevelt least known
to Americans.
The Alaskan Boundary Question.
His first difficulty was with Great
Britain. It was acute. It had to do
with the Alaskan boundary. The
British put forth a claim which, as
Roosevelt remarked, was "just as in
defensible as If they should now sud
denly claim the island of Nantucket.”
Alaska is a kite. It has a main body
and then, fluttering southward along
the Pacific coast toward the state of
Washington, a tail. The dimensions
of this rail were determined, long be
fore Alaska passed from Russia to the
United States, by a treaty of the year
1*25 between Russia and Great Bri
tain. It provided that the boundary
between Alaska and the British pos
sessions should run along the crest of
the mountain's by which the coast was
paralleled. The United States accord
ingly occupied the coast region with
out resistance.
In 1S9v however, there was a dis
covery of a considerable quantity of
gold in the Klondike. The Canadians
immediately insisted on also discover
ing a semi-submerged coastal moun
tain range which spent a large part
of its time under the waters of the
Pacific and whh h. when it rose to the
surface, rose principally in the form
of scattered headlands Here was the
boundary, along the crest of this ab
surd range. leaping from headland to
headland across great bodies of navi
gable water! The United States
would get a succession of headland
tips -snd Canada would get a succcs
sion of deep-water inlets, on one of
which was situated Skagway. the best
entrance to the Klondike goldfields.
This line, calculated to fatten the
part of any vaudeville rerformer, be
came diplomatically serious in the ex
mme. Under McKinley a "Joint
Commission” was appointed to con
shier twelve topics in dispute between
the British Empire and the American
Republic. One of the twelve was the
Alaskan boundary. The representa
tives of the Empire refused to come
to terms on any of the others until
their version of the Alaskan boundary
had been conceded to them. It could
not he conceded, and the "Joint Com
mission” collapsed.
At this point Roosevelt became
president. Quietly, in the routine of
diplomatic intercourse, he refused ab
solutely to accept Great Britain's am
phibious mountain-range line and re
fused also, with equal absoluteness, to
arbitrate it. John Hay, as Secretary of
State, pointed out "the fatal tendency
of arbitrators to compromise.” This
matter could not be compromised. As
Roosevelt said on another occasion.
"Uncle Sam does not intend to wrong
any one. but neither does he intend,
if his pocket is picked or his face
slapped, to ‘arbitrate’ with the wrong
! doer.” What then? A Commission was
erected. It was not a Commission
with a third-party arbitrator on it. It
was a Commission equally divided be
tween the two countries. The repre
sentatives of the United States were
Lodge of Massachusetts and Root of
N'ew York and Turner of Washington.
The representatives of the British
Empire were two Canadians and one
Englishman. The Englishman was
England's Lord Chief Justice—Alver
I stone.
This Commission met in London in
: 1903. Its purpose was indicated both
i by Roosevelt and by Hay. Roosevelt
i said (through strictly diplomatic chan
i nels): "I wish to make one last effort
: to bring about an agreement which
will enable the people of both coun
tries to say that the result represents
the feelings of the representatives of
both countries.’’
In the meantime Roosevelt moved
United States troops into Alaska. He
let It be strictly diplomatically known
that those troops, if the Commission
should fail, would be used "to reduce
i the country to possession.” He paused.
On October 20. 1903, the Commis
sion uttered its decision. Lord Al
verstone voted with the three repre
sentatives of the United States against
his own two Canadian colleagues.
Great Britain bowed to the applause
of the world. The Pacifists perceived
that the honor of a nation can easily
be preserved without the slightest
threat of force. Roosevelt withdrew
the United States troops from Alaska.
The friendship of two great peoples
had not suffered one moment’s pub
lic interruption. The boundary of the
United States in Alaska ran unmo
lested along its lawful line.
The Dispute With Germany.
In the midst of this engagement with
Gr£at Britain. Roosevelt had been
forced into an engagement with Ger
many. Germany had certain “pe
cuniary claims” against Venesuela. A
It is being suggested that Mexico
should be annexed to this country for
her own good. Tell it to Carranza.
Speaking of strikes reminds us that
it is about time for the underpaid news
paper publishers to strike for higher
subscription rates, increased job print
ing prices, and better compensation in
every way. With printer's supplies up
in price from 25 to 100 per cent, about
the only profit left the publisher is
his experience, and that has never yet
satisfied a gnawing stomach.
railway, for Instance had been bnfit
In venemela at the *"equeet of Ven
ezuela by German capital at a cost of
120,000,000. Venezuela had guaran
teed the interest on that $26,0o0,000.
It was not paying it- When pressed,
:t added a moral delinquency to its
dnancial delinquency. It not only re
fused to pay, but it refused to enter
into any effective plan looking toward
payment. Germany had a good case
and Venezuela had a very poor one.
At last, on December 8, 1&02, Ger
many broke off diplomatic relations
w'th Venezuela, and so aid Great
Ri;tain. Already the fleets of Ger
many and of Great Britain, and also
of Daly, had established a blockade in
Venezuelan waters. Certain war ves
sels belonging to Venezuela were cap
tured and the town of Puerto Cabe'lo
was bombarded
Roosevelt did not attempt to make
the CnDed States take a public pose
as '‘sovereign” of the Caribbean. He
launcheu no public “fiat.” His inter
pretation of the Monroe Doctrine was
moderate. It was moderate not only
fu its rhetoric but also in its essence.
In his message of December 3. 1901.
glancing at the Venezuelan disi>ute.
he said: “We do not guarantee any
state agr-inst punishment if it miscon
ducts itself.” Germany had every
reason to be pleased with this recog*
nition of its rights.
At the same time, m order that
there might 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 territpry by any
non-American power"
At first it seemed that Germany was
content to abide by this proviso. On
December 11, 1901 the German am
bassador at Washington stated that
his government had ‘‘no gurpose or
intention fo make even the smallest
acquisition of territory on the South
American continent or the islands ad
jacent.” It later appeared, however,
that “acquisition” ;n this statement
meant ‘‘permanent acquisition." Ger
many would make no acquisition that
was permanent. It did not consider it
self bound to make no acquisition that
was temporary. In fact, it was look
ing forward to such an acquisition.
Roosevelt at once objected. He re
called the f*ict that in China there
were many “temporary" acquisitions
of territory by foreign powers and
that in all st, :h cases the word “tem
porary” seem ed to mean “while time
lasts.” Xotei ensued. They contin
ued to ensue They threatened to
keep Wa.-hington reading and writing
til! the Germans had landed on Ven
ezuelan soil. Roosevelt laid clown his
pen and sent for the German ambas
sador and determined to get the mat
ter settled personally without one
word more on papera
Roosevelt to d ’•’on Holleben, the
German ambas'ador, that he wanted
"assurances.” He told him that
Dewey was maneuvering in the Garib
bean: that the "assurances*' in question
would be expected to arrive from Ber
lin within ten days; that if they did
not avrive Dew ?y would be ordered to
sail southward and “to see that no pos
session. even temporary, was taken of
any place in Venezuela.” Von Holle
ben replied tf'at his government would
ertainh retlse to rive the Cnited
States the ”>vssurattte" requested.
A w« k lsti r yon Hollebc n Tie I
the White rouse to speak of another
matter. He spoke of it and turned to
leave, Roo-ievelt: "Have you heard
anything fiom Berlin about Vene
zuela?" Voi Holleben: “No.” Roose
velt: "It w‘U not be necessary then
for me to wale through all the re
maining thr*e days. I will wait just
twenty-four hours more. Twenty
four hours 1 -om now Dewey will sail.”
At the end of twelve hours von Hol
ieben returned to the White House
and said the t he had heard from Ber
lin and tha' he now had the honor
to rc.quest tbe President of the Cnited
States to acf as arbitrator in the set
tlement of t »e differences which had
uiifortunatel.* arisen between the Ger
man governreent and the government
of Venezuela
The point is not that Germany
capitulated. Its position was unten
able, and it c ould not avoid capitulat
ing The poir.t is that one of the most
dangerous at d one of the most de
cisive momet is in the history of the
international relations of the United
States passer by without one public
act or one public word to open the
slightest rift in the cordial popular
friendship be; ween the United States
and the foreign nation concerned.
“Four L xssons to Europe.”
It turned oM, after all. that Roose
velt did not do the arbitrating be
tween Germary and Venezuela. The
Hague Court was in existence. It
needed busin ss. Roosevelt had al
ready given its first case. That
was a dispute between the United
States and Mc-cico in the year 1902 i
over ‘‘The Plots Fund of the Cali- ;
fornias.” It ; mounted to a claim
against Mexico by certain American j
Roman Catholit bishops. The Hague i
Court decided ?hat Mexico was to
pay those bishops an immediate lump
sum of $1,400.0(Ci and a future annua!
sum of $13,000, Mexican money.
Roosevelt no V gave The Hague
Court the Venezt elan dispute. In so do
ing. he won a stecial word of praise 1
from the most distinguished of French
Pacifists, Baror d'Estournelles de
Constant, who, a few years later, in
summing up Rooievelt's greatest con
tributions to real’stic Pacifism, said:
‘ President Roosevelt has given four
striking lessons to Europe: first, in I
having brought tefore the Arbitra- j
tion Tribunal at T-Ae Hague the ques
tion between Mexiho and the United
States over the f'ous Fund claims, i
while Europe wa> scoffing at the
peace court whict it had created; |
second, in obliging Europe to settle
the Venezuelan r fair pacifically;
third, in proposing a second Peace
Conference at The H tgue to complete
the work of the first and. fourth, in
j now intervening to pilt an end to the
! conflict between Russia and Japan
in the Far East.”
The decision was made in 1904. In
that same year certain powers noti
fied Roosevelt that they were about
to proceed against thi custom-houses
of San Domingo. Roosevelt learned
something from Venezuela and he
had learned something from The
Hague. He had learned that this bom
barding and blockauln^ of Caribbean
countries was going Ic continuous
unless the United States managed U
cajole or coerce de in . ient Caribbean
countries into some sort of solvency.
I
The loafer, the kicker and the
bluffer are three of a kind, and the
bread is not conductive to the welfare
of any community. If they could see
themselves as others see them they
would not be seen at all.
“Letting the other fellow do it” may
save you a little exertion today and
lose you your job tomorrow. Do it
yourself.
Change of program every night at
the opera houee. j
He thereupon Invented the poll^
which was denounced by all Pacifist*
but which brought peace—the policy
of custom-house protectorates.
Speaking of Cuba, if Roosevelt had
desired bloodshed, he could have had
it there in streams. It was under
Roosevelt that we were obliged to
begin our second oeeupation of Cuban
soil. In 190C the Liberals revolted
against the Moderates. Our agree
ment with Cuba was that we were
to “intervene for the maintenance
of a government adequate for the pro
tection of life, property and individual
liberty.” The “Des Moines” hap
pened into the harbor of Havana.
The president of Cuba. Palma, was
powerless and terrified. He asked for
marines. The "Des Moines" sent
them. It looked as if we were about
to take Cuba by force of arms
Roosevelt called the marines back
to their ship. In place of marines,
he sent Taft. It was a great con
trast. Taft, unarmed and disarming,
proceeded to Havana, and conferred
He tried at first to set up a new na
tive government. It could not be
done. The Cubans could not agree
among themselves. Palma resigned.
There was then no government at all
Ta't stepped into the vacuum and
completely filled it. He became “Pro
visional Governor.” There was no bat
tle. Roosevelt had gone into Cuba, just
as he had previously gone into Santo
Domingo—by diplomatic seepage.
The Question cf Japanese
Immigration.
In Oe*ober of 1906. the school au
thorities of San Francisco excluded
all Japanese of all ages from the
regular public schools and directed
them to attend a special public school
in which thev were to be segregated.
•Tanan protested proudly and bitterly,
both by popular demonstrations in
Tokio and by diplomatic representa
tions at Washington, appealing to the
treaty of 1892.
In December, within two months
after the issuance of the San Fran
cisco school order. Roosevelt said to
Congress: "In the matter now before
me. affecting the Japanese, every
thing that is in my power to do will
he done, and all the forces, military
and civil, cf the Fnited States which
I may lawfully employ, will be so em
ployed ... to enforce the rights
of aliens under treaties."
This sentence pen* trated Asia to its
farthest literate regions. In the
“Light of India" Baba Bharati re
sponded: “The American president
has nroved himself to he the one ruler
of the modern world who has his
finger on the pulse of world polities
of the present and of the future."
Roosevelt had promised to use the
military forces of the United States.
H*' lid so. He enlarged the garrison i
of United States troops in San Fran
cisco and let it be known that all vio
lenoe directed against Japanese
would be quenched.
He believed that Japanese mass
imm’'gration was intolerable, and did
not hesitate to say so. “The Japan
ese would themselves not tolerate the
intrusion into their country of a mass
of Americans who would displace
Japanese in the business of the land.
The people of California are right in
insisting that the Japanese shall not
come thither in mass.”
He entered into negotiations with
the Japanese government. Again
there was no public int rnational con
troversy That porcupine, the pub
lished diplomatic note, armed with a
thousand quills and every one of them
poisoned, was allowed to hibernate
Personally, in conference. where
phrases may be unguarded and also
unregarded, the representatives of the
T'nited States and the representatives
of Japan agreed that thereafter no
passports would be issued to Japanese
coolies entitling them to leave Japan
for United States ports This agree
ment has been kept honorably and
with a scientific strictness by the ac
curate gentlemen of Japan.
The material difficulties were ad
justed. A psychological one arose.
Because Roosevelt was so ready to
use garrisons and law-courts to pro
tect the .Japanese in California, it be
gan to be thought in Japan that the;
United States feared Japan. There
fore in November the United States
fleet started for Japan. It was Roose
velt’s greatest service to peace. He
got the Nobel Peace Prize for dcuig
a thing which, by comparison, was a j
parlor trick. He got it for interven-!
ing between two spent duellists. He in- j
trodueed a physically groggy Russia to
a financially trembling Japan at Ports- 1
mouth. New Hampshire. Pacificism
gave him $40,000 and a diploma for do
ing that. The time when he was a real
peacemaker and not a mere peace
usher was when he himself was a pos
sible combatant and when, instead of
waiting for the explosion, he walked
up to the burning fuses of war in SaD
Francisep and Japan and snuffed them
out with his own hand.
In the harbor of Yokohama the
Japanese saw sixteen American bat
tleships. doing a globe-cireumnavlga
tion which many European critics had
declared impossible. They saw; they
admired; like the men Roosevelt knew
them to be. they were thrilled to re
spect.
Roosevelt did not “avoid” war. He
saw it coming and went out to meet
it and fetched it a watchful wallop
across its brow and left it dead.
A taenius for Uiplomacy.
The foundation of all Roosevelt's di
plomacy was that he kept the fleet at
the top-notch of fighting efficiency.
When he said to von HAlleben. "Wha*
I say goes; but, if it doesn't, the fleet
does,” he said it clearly and promptly
and changelessly; and von Holleben,
looking straight at him, knew that h*
meant it; but that was not enough
What produced enough was that von
Holleben also knew that at that very
moment the fleet wras where Roose
velt delighted to keep it — in battle
color doing battle maneuvers in th*
open sea
His domestic policies rose out o.
active study—and counsel. His for
eign policies rose out of active study—
and instinct.
History will surely say that if he
had a genius it was for diplomacy.
History will also surely say that hii
liplomacy of 1916 was merely th«
publication, in private life, of th»
method by which, from 1901 to 190S
he destroyed every cause of war tha*
raised its head against the United
States, and so gained the prestig*
enabling him to become the worldh
most acclaimed—not Pacifist—but Pa
cificator.
Soldiers who have families depend
ent upon them are being discharged
from the regiments on the border. In
time, no doubt, unless something
“breaks loose,” the dependent families
will multiply many fold. Plowing corn
on a hot day is no sinecure, but it is
a paradise compared to patroling the
border with no immediate scrap in
sight.
I still have a few good Duroc Jer-'
sey boars for sale at $10 each if!
sold soon.—Charles fiiehl.
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drop in at the
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Or better yet keep them out of the house. Now is the
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those that have outlived their usefulness with our white
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We have just received another carload of the famous
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The fellow who trades at home
never has to do his kicking by mail.
And then, on second thought, he has
no reason to kick.
Funny, isn’t it. how the sensational
correspondents have suddenly put a
quietus on their wild stories of border
hardships and incompency that never
existed?
The fellow who considers himself
the wise man of town is generally
rated by others as the biggest fool.
The Washington government has is
sued a “White Book" on the war in
Europe and its diplomatic angles. And.
government like, has forgotten our ex
istence in the distribution of free
copies. Keep 'em!