710.Consultation(2)/280: Telegram
The Ambassador in Mexico (Daniels) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:25 p.m.]
260. Immediately upon receipt of circular telegram July 11, 5 p.m., I called at the Foreign Office to see General Hay and left with him the proposed plan for consideration at Habana. He said after reading the first two pages, “The spirit of this is exactly in line with the original proposal I made at the Panama conference” adding that he was in cordial sympathy with the general plan as outlined. He thought each separate country’s status would have to be considered upon its merits with reference to territory, economics, ethnology, et cetera. He emphasized the fact that in the Pan American Republics there was objection to stressing of the Monroe Doctrine as a doctrine to be enforced by our country alone and said that he was in favor of keeping this republic [hemisphere?] free from outside penetration or any annexation of territory but hoped it would be called a continental doctrine so as to prevent any reopening of the old discussions [Page 222] and differences about the Monroe Doctrine in name. He referred to the statement by Dr. Rowe that the spirit of the Monroe Doctrine had been multilateral and that it ought to be carried out jointly by all the Pan American states and said if all would call it the Continental Doctrine it would secure the united support which was not so easy as when called the Monroe Doctrine.
General Hay added that his doctor would not permit him to go to Habana and that the representative from Mexico would be named shortly.