2control of the customs in Santo Domingo in 1905, the revolution against Zelaya in Nicaragua, the Bryan Chamorro treaty and the events in Haiti in 1915.
OF IN ARCHIVES Article two purported to quote expressions of American statesmen throughout the nineteenth century which indicated the firm intention on the part of the United States to control by force if necessary the course of events in Caribbean countries.
From these statements the editor derived what he called the definition of American Caribbean policy.
Article three treated of the Panama Canal and was a frank admission of the preponderant economic and political interest which the United States has in all the countries of the Caribbean area.
The editor ends by saying. The protection of the canal is the origin of the jurisdicción de policía international created by Mr. Roosevelt and of the dollar diplomacy proclaimed by Mr.
Taft.
Thus in concrete form it may be said that the defense of the Canal, the stability of our governments and the protection of life and property of North Americans and even of foreigners are the bases on which rest the Caribbean policy of the United States.
Translations of Articles four, five and six are enclosed.
The criticism of the United States in these three articles is of considerable interest and is developed with intelligence and restraint.
Article seven endeavors to discover by ilimination the cause of the chronic unrest in the Caribbean countries and the editor concludes that the fault is not inherent in the peoples of these countries nor in their geographic and economic situation