San Antonio Daily Light

THE MONROE DOCTRINE
not a Lotus Leaf.
GERMANY MAY INQUIRE.
The State Department May Also Say
Something
GERMAN COLONIZATION IN BRAZIL THE OCCASION.
German Officials are Reticent as to the
Speech--Root will Not Say One Word
About It Germany is not Inclined
to Make any Trouble in the West at
Present-Accepts the Monroe Doc-
trine Her Government Does
Not
Colonize Root
Looking Out for
American Interests in Brazil.
New York, April 30.-A special to
the Herald from Washington
says:
Secretary Root's speech, relative to
the Monroe doctrine, is likely to be
productive of some diplomatic inquir-
ies at the State department. Herr
Von Holleben, the German ambassa-
dor, is in New York, and in his ab-
sence the younger officials of the em-
bassy are disinclined to talk for pub-
lication about the secretary's remarks.
It is emphatically asserted at the em-
bassy, however, that there is no in-
tention on the part of Germany to
forcibly enter the westward hemis-
phere. By the act of its representa-
tives at the Hague the German gov-
ernment recognized the Monroe doc-
trine and it does not propose, accord-
ing to the embassy officials, to violate
it.
"Germany would prefer to keep her
subjects at home," said one of the
attaches. This is impossible, how-
ever, and many have emigrated to
South America and to Asia Minor,
where they are peacefully developing
the country. It has been frequently
reported that German colonization in
South Africa was dangerous to the
United States, but you may be sure
that Germany has no hostile intentions
toward this country, and that the emi-
gration of Germans to South Amer-
ican is simply in pursuance of a peace-
ful business policy."
It is said there are nearly a million
German subjects in the southern part
of Brazil. A private letter received
from an American source, near where
the German colonists are established
declares there is no truth in the report
recently published that trouble was
brewing between Germans and na-
tives. Those close to Secretary Root
say it is hardly likely that Germany in
the present undeveloped state of her
navy would like a crisis to be pre-
scipitated at this time. The secretary
declined last night
to
discuss his
speech and he refused to be seen to-
night. The Navy department has been
paying attention to the colonization
of the southern part of Brazil by Ger-
man subjects and it is understood
Rear Admiral Bradford, chief of the
bureau of equipment, has considered
the advisability of recommending that
this government enter into negotia-
tions with Brazil to establish a coal-
ing station at Santa Catarina.