The treaty as finally ratified differed in some particulars from
the protocol. In the protocol the United States agreed "to
respect the complete territorial integrity of the Dominican
Republic." This covenant was omitted in the final document in
deference to Roosevelt's opponents who could see no difference
between "respecting" the integrity of territory and
"guaranteeing" it. Another clause pledging the assistance of the
United States in the internal affairs of the Republic, whenever
the judgment of the American Government deemed it to be wise, was
also omitted. The provision of the protocol making it the duty of
the United States to deal with the various creditors of the
Dominican Republic in order to determine the amount which each
was to receive in settlement of its claims was modified so that
this responsibility remained with the Government of the Republic.
In Roosevelt's opinion, these modifications in the protocol
detracted nothing from the original plan. He ascribed the delay
in the ratification of the treaty to partisanship and bitterness
against himself; and it is certainly true that most of the
treaty's opponents were his consistent critics on other grounds.

A considerable portion of Roosevelt's success as a diplomat was
the fruit of personality, as must be the case with any diplomat
who makes more than a routine achievement. He disarmed suspicion
by transparent honesty, and he impelled respect for his words by
always promising or giving warning of not a hairsbreadth more
than he was perfectly willing and thoroughly prepared to perform.
He was always cheerfully ready to let the other fellow "save his
face." He set no store by public triumphs. He was as exigent that
his country should do justly as he was insistent that it should
be done justly by. Phrases had no lure for him, appearances no