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TO DECLARE THE DOCTRINE.
Resolution Presented to Congress to
Define Monroe PRINCIPLE.

Define Monroe PRINCIPLE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-In the
Senate to-day Davis (R.) of Mime
sofa, of the Committee of Foreign Re
latious, arose as soon as the routine
proceedings We're disposed of and sub
mitted favorable report on the reso-
linton framed by him enunciatiDg the
Monroe doctrine. 1t was read from
the desk, receiving close attention.
The resolution, with preamble aud
all, is as follows:
Concurrent resolution relative to
the assertion and enforcement of the
Monroe doctrine:
"ResOlved, by the Senate, the House
of representatives cOncurring, that
President M"urOe, in his message to
Congress of December 2, 1923, deemed
it proper to assert as a principle in
which the rights and interests 0f the
United States are involved, that the
American continents, by the free and
independent condition which they
have assumed and maintained, were
thencefOrth not to be considered as
subjects for future colonization by any
European power.
"Whereas, President Monroe fur
ther declared in that message that
the United States would consider any
Europe to extend their system to any
portion of this hemisphere as danger
Gus to our peace and safety, that with
the existing colonies and dependen-
cies of any European power we have
not interfered and shall not interfere,
but that with the governments who
have declared their independence and
maintained it. whose Independence
we have, on great consideration and
on just principles acknowledged, we
could not view any interpOsitiOn for
the purpose of depressing them or
controlling in any other manner their
destiny by any European power in
any other light than as manifesto
ton of an unfriendly disposition to-
ward the United States, and further,
reiterated in that message that it is
that the allied powers shall
extend their present system to any
portion OF either continent without
our peace and happiness, !
and whereas the doctrine and policy !
40 proclaimed by President Monroe |
have since been repeatedly asserted |
by the United States by executive de- J
claratiOn and action upon occasions
and exigencies similar TO the parti-1
cuiar OCCASION and eXigrucy which
caused them to first be announced,
and have been ever since their pro-
mitigation and now are the rightful
policy of the United States, therefore |
be it
"Resolved, That the United States !
Of America reaffirms and cOufirms the |
doctrines and principles promulgated |
by President Monroe i'll his message |
Of Dece ~ Der 2, 1923, and declares that |
it will assent and maintain that doc
trine and those principles, and will |
regard any infringement thereof, and
any attempt by any Eu-
rOpean power, to take or acquire auy
new territory on the American CONT
nents or any islands ad jacent thereto,
for any right of sovereignty or do
minlOn in the same, ia any case or
instance as to which the Uuitei |
States shall deem such attempt to ne
dangerous TO it's peace or safety, by or
through force, purchase, cessiOu, Oc
pledge, colonization, pro-
ectorate or by control OF easement in
4 canal or other means of transit
across the American isthmus, Sheth
9r on unfounded pretensiOns of right
II cases of alleged boundary disputes
)r under other uufouudrd pretensioDs,
IS the manifest action of au unfr1eud-
Y disposition toward the United
States, and as an iuterpositiOn which
{ would be impossible in any form for
be United States 10 regard with i'll
Inference"
At Davis request the resolution
vent to the Senate calendar.
Gray d. of Della ware stated that
lie desired it understood that the ia
Orabie report was not unanimous.
Walcott (R. Of Colorado gave notice =
hat be would on Wednesday address ,