New-York tribune., 1895-12-11

S :ss and and SS4H M 20 d" to
and duplicty which characterized many OF their
predecessors during the hundred and more years OF
open even to the slightest possibty of misconcep,
ton, he position OF the United States. We cannot
Of @ for alleged Ps
n i the Sf the
Snrgnteous s9yerclgnty over any additional Amer
that. by diplomatic Multiplication With or without
the concurrence Of any weak South American Gov
sumption of disputed boundary line, ever become
tributary to or part of any European sovereignty.
WATCHFUL OF GREAT BRITAIN
"All our diplomatic intercourse with the Govern
ment of Great Britain during the years In which We
have been at peace has necessarily been character
lied by constant watchfuness upon our part. At no
time could %e permit loose unmeaning language
in our diplomatic correspondence lest II should be
taken advantage of. And for good many years
the nations OF the world have been chary about
leaving any unoccuped territory any scattering
islands unprotected night. for fear the morning
would find them under the paw of the British lion.
The United States does not covet what possessions
England may have. and we have no desire to estab-
bound 10 that the status quo of 1873 shall be
held involate In far as the territorial limits or
concerned This Government has already in
dicaed that the control OF Cuba by any other Euro
pean Power than Spain would be regarded as inim-
ica to our own welfare. and that the only aterna-
tive to which h ms would @ ssss wSud be & hs
policy regarding Cuba is probably well understood
az reiteraton Of the Monroe Doctrne as applied to
conditions but slightly modified The policy OF the
lea. as has been shown. was determined many years
ago. and that was merely another expression OF the
Monroe Doctrine as adapted TO the then existing
conditions; uo ,.u a o,a,,eo,, %
the United States than in any OF the exigencies
noted where the Monroe Doctrine its equivalent
ana now % Condition n Whch our
rival competes with us Tor the control OF p; North
rivalry for territorial control OF America has again
reached ;he physically aggressive stage nor to say
trament of the stronges. battaons or the heaviest
the country what the map OF the world presents
before us. and to make apparent the magnitude or
the Engsh dominion around and apomt US no, be
menace TO our country. AS is sometimes said, that
tinted States must look after the United States:
We are old enough and strong enough TO stand
the nations Of the earth We should conduct our
foreign affairs so Justly 1 1d Wh sTGn @ no q
affect us and that the troubles Of other countries
Will pass us by.
ENGLAND's GROWING INDUSTRIAL POWER.
"The growing Industrial power OF England in
America is of quite as great significance to her
territorial expansion The railways of Canada aided
and sustained by Government appropriations. have
stimulated every branch Of enterprise in that Do
minlon. The competition which has followed be-
tween Canada and the United States in regard to
various great commercial and industrial undertake
ings has not been subject OF wholly unaloyed
qualification to people. 1t remains for u.s. as
representatives OF the people of the United States 10
decide whether the great territory OF Canada with
its sister colonies innumerable In the West Indies
and elsewhere surrounding and guarding our own
approaches to the Gulf OF Mexico and to the delta
OF the Mississippi shall be deemed as demanding
any further assertion Of policy. To my
mind the point has been reached and passed when
doubt should exist to the complete maintenance
of the Monroe Doctrine. broadly construed Not
only so, bu, the rapidly approaching and pressing
question IS to be. and is now whar additional
sten in the progress of the Republic. That is the
question of this day. the problem Of this age