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ma Uonroe Doctrine.

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congress, 10 the year 1873.
somo eight years cafner, snd shortly after
,he fall 81 N %,poleon, the holy Alliance wss
formed. Tae parties 10 u we've hassir,
Prussia and France. Their object were very
rsliglously, but somewhat vaguely stated 10
be the assistance Of each othee in the case OF
need and the treatment Of shsir suti5cts rs
members Of a cbrisiisn ia'aily. The world
in general, however, understood it 20 be n
league of absolutism against The rights ADD
freedom OF the nations a bond 10 perpciaaie
monarcbies and repress the spirit OF scli
government 10 the people.
Three years later the hvo great powers ol
Europe assembled in Congress Al ak Ia
chspelle, and formed al alliance Tor the
exercise OF a general Supervisory power oyer
Earopesu a1airs aud the suppression OF dan
gerous revolutions, limiting themselSes, how
ever, 10 tho s~,ric,est Observance OF inter
national law.
Not long after, = spirit of revolution broke
ont ia Spain, Naples ard Sardinia, and the
constitution OF Cadiz wac proclaimed In all
three kingdoms ~ once.
This alarming state Of affairs provoked the
convection OF congress at Troppad in S,lesia,
IN october, 1920, which wss removed near
tho end Of the isme year 80 LsS bach in Syria.
Here not only the aye great powers were
represented, bu. the king Of Esp'es and
some smaller powero. Great Btitaln pro.
tested sgalust the proposed Intervention in
tho affairs Of Italy, b1s was overruled, aud
absoluteism vas restored 10 al ita Yigor on
the peninsula.
In 1891 a royAlist iusurrection occurred 10
Northern Spain, 10 which France gave COM
fort, II not SID. A congress had been arrenG-
ed 10 meet al Verona, when that OF L'ybacb
broke up. Tho principle measure here agi-
tatej was armed Interference in tho affairs OF
Spain. Again Great Britain protested
against the proposed action, ind the Duke OF
Wellioston, who was tue Bfitlsh EnYoy, not
only declared The refusal Of hts government
to participate in any sach preceding bu,
also that England should not attempt to
persuade Spsln to conform to the views OF
the congress.
The French Envoys, Montmorency and
Chsteaubrapd, agAAnst express Instructions
OF their court, urged forward the interyei
tiou, and vsre suppOrtediby the other powers,
notably Russia. The conseq was that
Il French army Invaded Spain, penetrated q:
far as Cadlz Constitution, to which the kinp
had given his consent, and left him free, buI
The country enslayed. No stretch of inter
ference bad ever gone SO tar as this.
These events, eliminating with the pro
cesding at Verona, gays rise to wbathas bsel
called the Monroe doctrine, At Verona tn
subject was egitsiod Of attempting, in con
iorulity With she known wishes OF the ahs1
lutists OF Spain, to bring back tho Spsnisl
c%olinies OF America in sntj ,etion 30 til,
mother country. This alarmed England. Il
February, 1923, Broughhsm said tnat "th,
war of tho allies is not against freedom OF
The Ebro or freedom on the Minci0, bu
against ireedom-against freedom whersye
found. freedom by whomscever enjoyed
: freedom by wnAt ever means achieved, b,
J whatever ms IntioLs secured" MIR. Canning
: then foreign secretary, caused TIE sehem
concerning The colonies 10 be- commIuicatei
!, 10 oUr government vita an intlnAtion tia
J Eugignd would j1ln us 10 resisting the pro
. iecI. The notification was received with a..
D at Washington, where the slliahc3 Wa
/, already causing some unessiness, and %
popular cry Of The people was embodied |
The presidents message, Issued q stor, tin
q sitter. IL was a BIOS wAieA eReciaaliy put
4 stop 20 lhe theu do igns " the ell Anee. Ia
messsge declared, first, that the Unitod State
: would regard any at empt on the part OF IN
ailiel powers to extend their system TO Ia
2 country as dangerous to our peace and safety
SECOND, that we you'd regard the inteTpos
r ZION OF any European power 10 oppTe's VI
!, gtvernments Of this colintnt, which we ha
recently recognized hs independent, or I
%cotteol their destiny 10 any manner wha
Q ever, as manifesliug an uniiiendly dispositlo
tosard the Unltei stsies. There was auoih,
i declaration hsyifg reference TO u cOntroyers
With Russia and Eoglsnd concerning nOftl
: western boundaries, to, wit. That the cont
nents OF America, BY tie Tree and indepeI
dent condition Which they have assumed az
4 maintained, are not hencaforth 10 DO eonsil
cred as subjects OF colonization by any loreiq
i power.