I dedicate this work to the people of the United States. In writing it have sought inspiration in the principles of Washington, in the ideals of al...

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF THE UNITED STATES IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Some opposition exists, chiefly on the part of adherents of the democratic ...

4 Are the declarations of the government at Washington sincere? Are the people of the United States really brothers of those of Central and South A...

5 There are many philosophers and thinkers who find the fatherland everywhere, and who would rejoice to see the word patriotism synonymous with hum...

Rome attained proportions surpassing in grandeur all the nations of antiquity. The origin, development and apogee of Rome greatly resemble the orig...

7 way, human society, as an organism, feels all impressions or changes taking place among the individual members of the human family. world soul, a...

8 tive. This is the origin of the prosperity of the United States. It was an American, also, who first communicated thought by means of the telegra...

9 propose to consider in this section, the second question: Are the declarations of the government at Washington sincere? Is its aim conquest, the ...

10 southern frontier of the great empire, while the fondling of Canada, as exhibited at present, would be the seeking of the pole for the northern ...

11 her colonies for self government. Others maintain that it would be better if Panama were in the hands of Colombia, and that the Canal will cause...

12 icạ; and if the people of the United States would but remember the sorrows of Washington, and the supplications of Franklin in Congress, they wo...

13 the road leading to the federalization of all of North America, and that this great object is the guiding star by which we are led, whether or n...

14 each retaining its relative independence while revolving around the sun, the centre of the system. This magna charta, this law of universal grav...

15 do not know whether American statesmen appreciate these truths and whether they proceed in accordance with them. The laws of evolution, however,...

16 time when books were few, and there was no telegraph, or steamships or railways, much less can it contain itself in this age when the great and ...

17 their kindred of the south, and because Mexico and Central America have been passing on from one Calvary to another. No matter! It is the inevit...

18 re! It could also refuse to recognize any government resulting from military coups or from elections attended by manifest violence. Simple denia...

19 The sad example of the trusts established in the United States show that capitalists are heartless, even where the welfare of their own countrym...

20 Nicaragua, than that of introducing corporations, since in the United States themselves the government is now endeavoring to cure the body polit...

21 forced upon Honduras, the United States could have prevented it; and after the outrage of the Momotombo against Acajutla, the United States was ...

22 not promptly paid, refused to supply the wants of the Nicaraguan dictator and of his favorite. Then Zelaya caused the appointment of an Arbitrat...

23 nor yet the Nicaraguan lawyer who after the lapse of the three years demanded the forfeiture of the contract, who is now a judge in the supreme ...

24 For this reason it is of the utmost necessity to bring the facts to the knowledge of the people of the United States, and to inform them of the ...

25 Speaking generally, an aversion to truth is another singular characteristic of Latin society. Let the Saxon, then, teach us to keep the plighted...

26 ministers in the capitals of Central America, had been devoted to the creation of the Pedagogic Institution, Central America would already enjoy...

27 The obligations and duties which one nation contracts always draw after them reciprocal duties. The Monroe Doctrine, now universally recognized ...

28 Zelaya had involved the country to an astounding degree with contractors and companies, English, French, German, Italian and United States. The ...

29 States. Have we the right to deny to the United States the right of intervention in our internal affairs? By no means. But we have the right, th...

30 government in Central America is more and more urgent, so that immigrants may have proper guarantees for life and property, and so that the Unit...

31 While the new generations are receiving education, the United States could assist and direct Central America along the lines and in the practice...

32 sublime maxim attributed to our Saviour: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The people of the United States and their lawful rep...

33 that the government should be in the hands of the best element, proper selection having been made from among those best fitted for the work. Thi...

34 each country, all of them beginning under eight years of age, so that they would enter the establishment uncontaminated by any fixed vices. Some...

35 sheltered vales of Central America where the farmer hand is so sadly needed. This would be a method of conquest and expansion never dreamt of in...

36 character, having acquaintance with our nationalities, and free from all immoderate or unlawful ambitions in a word, men of recognized probity o...

37 concessions, monopolies, and land and mine grabbing operations, always availed themselves of the instrumentality of foreigners. Corruption conta...

38 nations had their birth and growth on the banks of large rivers and by the shores of the sea. Egypt on the banks of the Nile, whose periodic inu...

39 produced its tendencies, its ideal, its evolution. The arteries, nerves and vessels of this great organism, are its rivers, lakes, seas and rail...

40 The earth itself, the gentle mother earth, adored of the Greeks, forged the links of North American confederation. Man comes and learns; he touc...

41 and expansion have developed in the United States in a gigantic manner, and are already irresistible. We cannot do otherwise than prepare our ba...

42 would be extremely scientific; indeed, it might be said to be mathematic. It would be magnificent and sublime; not a work of conquest and destru...

43 building of bars and coves, the entire country could be traversed by steamships and merchandise. In the vicinity of Bluefields, when its large a...

44 the primitive inhabitants of Lacio, Gaul and other points able to restrain the biologic movement of mankind? They were not; just as it was not p...

J 45 II. Acknowledgment of the right of the citizens of all and any of the signatory countries to institute suit, either acting by themselves, or t...

46 ters, they should likewise UmMume the obligation of requiring the lawful succession of governments respectful of the rights of personm, whether ...

47 another to continue the business, seriously prejudicing the interests of honorable Americans, among whom it is sufficient to mention the large p...

48 lection of the revenues and the payment of the appropriations, and for the payment of interest upon foreign or internal debts, etc. etc. represe...

49 EPILOGUE. The preceding pages have hardly been written, when we are apprised by the press of the country that even President Taft, himself, is s...

50 Furthermore, President Taft, in his message to Congress accompanying the Nicaraguan Treaty, says. Better by far is this beneficial and construct...