Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-25
England - the Mouroe Doctrine
and President Cleveland.

OniZSU CandUa- ne LUSilSU cOlDl
ized Massachusetts and Virgins
The Dutch colorized New York an
Pennsylvania. The Spanish coloniz
ed Florida. Mtxico and South Amer
lea.
Not many years elapsed til IL
British had by force of arms abs0l
ed the Dutch and Saeei colonies
and sitter that the Eaglish and FreEcI
went to war for territorial posscssio,
and the English We're the victors
That is the way Cinada came to b
British. If France bad won tn
fight, the Americans would to.day b,
speaking French instead OF Englis!
III the war between France and EGG
land for the mastery OF the country
tie colopists under tie British gov
crnment learned the art of war Tht
evolutionary Captains who fought
the revolution Of 1776 to conclu
SION and won independence, were de-
veloped in the French and British
war. The revolution could not have
taken place, it it had not baan for the
fight between France and England
The pity is that Canada Was rot I'm
braced in the tidal wave of revolu
ton Of 1776.
After the United States was organ
izsd, they bought the Spanish pos
sessions to the boundary line OF
Mexico.
But Spain held firm grip Oh Mex
leo and the South American States
until about 1890 when h!exico and
the other South American S,stes
rose in rebellion and threw of the
monarchial yoke Of Spain and declar-
Cd their Independence as separate
S5atss. In 1922 the Congress of TIE
United States Of America recognized
the independence of the colonies in
revolt against Spanish li;ngly yul9
The same year that Congress rec
ogn;zsd their indsDecdenca, namely
1922, Rus ,ia, P.l5sia, Austria Gct
FrGnca proposed to iaterf9-a AID re
in-S!ate Spanish rule in the States ip
revolt, James Monroe vas thsn
PreS't-... Int Of tbs United Stats. and
in 1928, he ssat a rI.se ige 10 C3A-
gress, supporting !. n rcc5Ga;ziug
the independence of Mexico and
South America, ana l.;d It down as
9 Rule that: "That The i'm .r,caa Con
tinsnts By the free and independent poSi
tian which they hnva assumcd and main
TUNED, are hencefofth not 10 be eOns,der
ed as subjects for future colonization By
any European Porer.
That is the Monroe doctrine.
But that is not all, England ALSO
iutely at that time favored the dec
lsrstion that President Monroe made
and her prime munster Canning ex-
pressed approval cf the doctriue that
the United States set forth.
Row the present British minister,
Salisbury takss dilTsraat view from
that Of Canning y years ago.
Now the British minister is aeains.
The Monroe doctrine and declares
that it has no standing III Inter "
ionsl law-the law between nations.
When President Monroe declared
tie Monroe doctrine, the Britiah
minister greatly favored it. The
British favored it then because they
Ssse not on good terms with The
purposes and plans Of the Spanish
govCrauent.
But things are different Tow,
The British government owns
strip of territory alongside of the
s ate Of Venezuela in South America
and the Venczueianders say they
have time and again been showing
their line further into the State Of
r"nezuela until tLey now claim a
1,r,e strin or ,,..ri'orv of tia! State.
The Venezuelan g1v rnmen- nave
protested and protested till they are
almost driven to the point Of resist
ing by forcs of arms the grasping
propensity of the powerful British
nation.
Enslsnd is a territorial pirate
She has stolen large portion of
India by insidious methods, cultivat
Cd and applied to weaker nations ny
her statesmen and politicians.
In 1886, just 200 years ago she
obtained concession from the IL
dian government to establish fac
tory in Iodia. When the factory was
completed, it vas fully equipped
British fort and she has ever since
that date been building factories
and forts III India TIL she has
managed to over-run AMI subiugate
two hundred millions of the peopls
Of that country, and the brightest
diadern in QUeen Victoria's crown is
known as the Empress OF India. No
protest Of Indis ever prevailed
against the grasping policy of Eng
land. Every new steal was bscsed
up By the British army.
Venezuela says England is deter
mined to rob her of territory regard
less of all protests. To reach fai,
settle,nsnt of the boundary line in
dispute. President Cleveland prepos-
ed to the British government that
the matter be submitted to arbitra
tor. England promptly rejected the
offer of the Cleveland Administration
and then the matter rested till the
President returned from his duck
shooting when be Issued message
to Congress on the 18th inst, stating
tka issue, and declaring in favor Q.
maintaining the Monroe doctrine
and asked Congress to appoint {
Commission to examine the matte.
in dispute about the boundary line.
If tie President expected the Re
publicars ir Congress to oppose hin