THE DRAGO DOCTRINE.
United Press Association. — By Electric
Telegraph. — Copyright. (ReceiA'ed July 26, 7.50 a.m.) THE HAGUE, July 25.
Grc.it Britain and Germany supp~>n tho United States' proposals for T ho collection of contractual debts. These proposals are regarded as less extreme than Drago's Doctrine. (Drago's Doctrine proposes that r>o monetary claim due to tho subject of a foreign power shall be collected by force employed by that poAvdr. The doctrine Avas formulated in the Argentine 7tepublic by Senor Carlos Calvo, a AvellknoAvn jurist and ennunciated by Dr. Luis Drago, Minister, for Foreign At fairs, at tho time Avhcn Great Britain, Italy and Germany, with tho concurrence of the United States Government. Avere blockading a Venezuelan port *i>r the purpose of collecting debts).
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13484, 26 July 1907, Page 5
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123THE DRAGO DOCTRINE. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13484, 26 July 1907, Page 5
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