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Cross function which he had promised to attend.
I asked him what had been done about the Pan-American Pact. He said he was
continually prodding Lansing, but somehow or other he could not get him to move
with celerity. I suggested that the Germans and others interested in keeping
the pact from materializing had something to do with the delay. He admitted
this, but thought it should be pressed to a conclusion, even if Chile and Brazil
should not at the moment consent.
Chile, it seems, does not wish to subscribe to the clause "guaranteeing
republican form of government" alleging that it restricts her to what form of
government she shall have. The President and Lansing thought and suggested
to Chile that a clause could be inserted by which, if <add>she</add> <del/> desired to adopt a
monarchical form of government, she could withdraw from the pact. I did not
approve this. I thought we should insist on their agreeing to the clause as it
is. In my opinion, it is better for Chile to remain out than to have the en-
tire pact spoiled by a tacit admission that any republic in the Western Hemis-
phere might at some future time desire a monarchical form of government.
The President again insisted upon my taking hold of the matter regardless
of Lansing's sensibilities. He said no man's feelings must stand in the way
of such important work. Gardiner's eulogy of him for having put this Pan-Amer-
ican Pact into motion, evidently stirred him. As a matter of fact, Gardiner
had merely repeated in that part of his article what I had told him, and had
given my <sic>estimae</sic> of its importance.
The President does not seem to me to be up to the mark. In discussing
the New York Postmastership, he surprised me by frankly confessing that he
would like to appoint Johnson because it would please Murphy, and Murphy could
help him carry out some beneficent legislation and help in other directions
where he thought needful. For instance, he said, he thought it desirable
that Fitzgerald should not be re-elected to Congress, as he was detrimental
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Cross function which he had promised to attend.
I asked him what had been done about the Pan-American Pact. He said he was
continually prodding Lansing, but somehow or other he could not get him to move
with celerity. I suggested that the Germans and others interested in keeping
the pact from materializing had something to do with the delay. He admitted
this, but thought it should be pressed to a conclusion, even if Chile and Brazil
should not at the moment consent.
Chile, it seems, does not wish to subscribe to the clause "guaranteeing
republican form of government" alleging that it restricts her to what form of
government she shall have. The President and Lansing thought and suggested
to Chile that a clause could be inserted by which, if |
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