St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-21
SENATOR DAVIS THINKS THIS
MONROE DOCTRINE
OR ABANDON 1T ENTIRELY.
CONCISE AND CLEAR HISTORY
OF ENGLANDsS SAGGREsSION IN
SOUTH AMERICA.
HAS NO RIGHT THERE AT ALL,
But Has Her Hands on the Key
to the Whole COun-
try,

Senator G. K. Davis has decided
opinions ON the question of the rights
of the United States in the Vene-
zuela controversy, and thinks this
government should insist on the ap-
plication of the Monroe doctrine or
forever abandon the theory of that
doctrine as a mere bluff. To
G o b e reporter who called on the
senator at his home yesterday he
gave the following interview:
1.-The whole interest in this coun-
try in the present controversy" said
Senator Davis, "arises out of the eX-
istence of an application Of the Mon
roe doctrine. This was promulgated
by President Monroe in his annual
message in 1928, and it is a singular
fact that the establishment of that
doctrine by the United States was
i'm concert with and partly at the
suggestion of England herself, so
that, of all European powers, Great
Britain ought to be the last to dis
regard or deny it. 1t came about in
this way: After the fall of the first
Napoleon in 1875 Russia, Austria and
France, with England consenting,
though not formally joining, formed
What is. known in history as '"The
Holy Alliance" by treaty, the OBJ
Ject of which was to keep the balance
of power in England, an equilibrium
Which 1t was supposed had been OBJ
tanned by the partition of the dis
membered empire Of Napoleon.
The BourbCns having been driven
from Spain in 1907, and Joseph
Bonaparte having become king of
that country, the colonies in the new
world from Mexico to Cape Horn
Immediately threw off the yoke and
erected themselves into republics
upon the model of the United States.
The Bourbon Ferdinand having re4
gained the throne of Spain was con-
frCnted, in the course of a. few wears.
with revolutions and uprisings by
MS own people and called in the
french army, in pursuance of the
planI of "The Holy Alliance."- to
suppress the instructions. This was
ABOUT 1872, and was approved by
congress of the sovereigns constdtut-
ing the alliance, or some of them.
which was then being held at Ver-
ona in Italy.
Ihe French troops speedily overran
spain and it was proposed that France
and Spain should join their forces in
the expeditions to the Western henis-
phere to resubjugate the young re-
publ1cs which had then existed for
several years.
ENGLAND AFTER TRADE.
During this time Great Britain any
lous to procure the trade with those
former colonies which Spain had bare-
tolore enjoyed as a monopoly. had
sent consuls to the important cities
IN these various republics, which. al
though not a complete recognition of
tnelf independence, was a step in that
direction. The United States had done
the same thing and think had recoe-
n1zed most of the governments. Eng
land feared that if the other European
powers should succeed in re-establish
ing the sovereignty of Spain in South
America and Mexico and the Central
American states she would lose the
great trade which she had already ae-
qulred with those regions. According
ly Mr.. Canning, on behalf of the Rrit-
1sh government, notified the said Eu-
ropean powers that the British gov
ernment considered the separation of
the colonies from Spain had been eff
fectual to such degree that it would
not tolerate, for an instant. any ces-
sion to France which Spain might
make, of the colonies on which she did
not exercise direct and positive in
fiuence, and would not allow any third
power to attack or reconquer them for
Spain. This was pretty sound Monroe
doctrine, although of course, the inter
est of England in the matter was en-
tirely sordid. England needed aid: the
continental powers were against her.
Mr.. Canning accordingly suggested to
Mr.. Rush, who was then our minister
at the court of st. James, that the
United States ought to take a decided
stand in the matter and the conse
quence was the PRONUNCIATION of the
Monroe dotrine at the date above
stated. This declaration may be di-
vided into three announcements:
Il. The American republics are not
to be subject to future colonization by
any European powers.
III. The United States would con-
slider any attempt on their part to ex-
tend their system to any portion of
this hemisphere as dangerous to our
peace and safety.
iii. The United States would not
allow any interposition for the purpose
of depressing them or controlling. in
any other manner, their destiny by any
European power on any other line than
as manifestation of an unfriendly
disposition towards the United States.
This action caused the projected i'm
vasion of South America by the armies
of France and Spain to collapse.
MONROE DOCTRINE RESPECTED.
1.-The Monroe doctrine has been re-
speeted by every European nation.
from the date of its PRONUNCIATION, ex-