The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-23

l shall make will he chiefly to the ef-
feet that the so-called Monroe doctrine
has been miSapplied in the pending con-
troversy; that SO much of President
Monroe'S message al referred to the col
onlzatton of portions Of America by Eu-
ropean powers could have no applicable
lty TO any boundary dispute now exist
ing in South America; that the hostility
to the extension by European powers of
their systems to any portion OF this hem
lsphere, as expressed in that message.
has especial reference to the systems of
government which were based on the
divine right Of kings and which We're
directed 10 The overthrow of all republics
wherever existing; that the Monroe doc
trine was in no wise intended as insist
ing upon republican forms of govern
ment in this hemisphere or as commit
ting this government to maintain the
doctrine outside its own borders except
as its own integrity might be affected;
that this country is embarking upon
A NEW AND DIFFERENT
policy from the one laid down by our
Ill now congress has uniformly declined
to define the so-called Monroe doctrine
or to adopt it as a rule of action.
There has been much tension for the
past two weeks. The letter of the secre-
tary of state to Mr. Bayard was almost
incendiary The presidents message
gIoWed with the possibilities of war.
Members Of both houses of congress not
TO be outdone, followed the Presidents
suggestion as to the appointment of a
commission with feverish haste. Just
what the commission is to do or how
II is to do 1t, nobody knows, but we have
created it. and it stands, as yet more a
menace than a guarantee of peace.
''The efforts of the government to fire
the national heart have not been unavail-
ing, nor was the work difficult.
There is discomfort, too. with existing
conditions in many sections of the coun-
eel ~ n
war with foreign country, could not
MAKE MATTERS WORSE.
and might bring Improvement There are
all over the west and south men who
work on their farms and find the grain
they raise little more valuable for food
than as fuel. who know that the rail
roads which charge them for the trans
portation Of their products are largely
owned in Great Britain, and either pros
porous or insolvent. are fostered and pro-
tected and managed by the federal courts.
They also view with distrust the close
financial relations existing between the
bankers of the east and those of Lon
don, and they would welcome any event,
even war that would result, as they be-
lieve war would destroy these relations
and lead us to rely upon our own re-
sources alone and to embrace economic
those of foreign countries. Thoughtless
and weak and ignorant as these views
may be, the person who denies their eX-
istence is not familiar with the condi-
lions or opinions in many states Of the
Union. There has never been a doctrine
more misunderstood or misapplied than
the so-called Monroe doctrine. 1t is and
ever has been without recognition by
other countries and has always been re-
fused the approval of congress.
Not only was the Monroe doctrine the
direct outcome Of English suggestion, but
in all the wars for independence fought
infested districts of these tropical prov
inces of South Africa, and in the long
struggle for liberty which drenched the
Spanish colonies in America with the
fought ever in the front of battle. With
out Great Britain's aid Venezuela might
not be free.
president Monroe" the senator con-
tnued, protested not against despotic
governments, but against its forcible eX-
tension by the dreadful holy alliance in
this western world of which he stood in
well grounded fear. Congress had failed
to give the Monroe doctrine official sane
ton. and when a congressional resolution
respecting Panama was under discussion
congress expressly refused to commit
itself to the Monroe doctrine in any
form"
In the course of further remarks, Sena-
tor Wolcott said in part:
sELF-DEFENsE
THE Monroe doctrine was essentially
a doctrine of self-defenSe promulgated
for our own preservation and for no other
purpose. Our country in 1928 was Sparely
settled and its boundaries but vaguely
defined. Today our own borders are de-
fined our government inVulnerably plant
ed on the solid rock. No danger threatens
US from without. We are menaced by no
foreign foe.
The passage of the resolution reported
by the committee can do no good, and
h
only adds another faggOt to the fire which
ought not to be permitted to burn. From
the point of view which l am presenting,
the diplomatic correspondence was, on our
side, unnecessarily irritating. The mes
age of the president was ill-advised and
the creation of commission with no
facilities for investigation not shared by
US all and without invitation by the part
les in interest, was hasty and premature.
I'VE have made ii infinitely more dill
cult for Great Britain to accept arbltra-
ton by our demOnStratiVe diplomacy and
volunteer commission, and we are drift
Ing into a position where Great Brit
aims refusal TO arbitrate. and she may
lawfully refuse. Will be considered not
as demanding from us a dignified and
earnest protest
WILL BE NO WAR.
'In my opinion there will be no war
IT will be avoided. not because our posi-
ton towards Great Britain in her dis
Dnte. with Venezuela is tenable, for l
think | have shown its unSoundnesS,
and it has been rejected by the press
and public opinion Of every first-class
power in the world not because by our
moderation and wisdom we avert the
possibilities OF war but because Great
Britain VIII yield the whole controversy
rather than force the horrors of such
war over such question"
But whatever the cause of the up
rising or the merits of the dispute, my
attention at this crisis was diverted to
another channel. France is a sister re-
public and although most of her colon
jes have fewer rights than Cuba she IS
yet entitled TO every consideration and
sympathy because of her form of gov
eminent. Germany has furnished US hum
6reds of thousands Of worthy citizens
who are a credit to the republic; Russia
was our friendly ally in the late war.
And yet. Mr. President. when | read that
all the governments, France, Germany
and Russia had allied themselves to-
the people Of those little islands. com
passed by the boundlesS sea, in defense
of what they deemed their rights Were
marshalling their armies and assembling
their navies, ready, undaunted
TO FACE A WORLD
in arms. uDyielding and unafraid, I thank
God that l am of the Anglo-SaXon race.
Mr.. President, we will protect our country
and our countTy's interest with our lives;
bat we wage no war of conquest. This
republic stands facing the dawn secure
in it's liberties. conscious OF its high deS-
tiny. Wherever in All the world the hand
Of the oppressed or the down-trodden is
reached out to US. we meet it in
friendly grasp. Everywhere upon the
earth il is our mission to amelforate, to
civilize. to Christianize, to loosen the
bonds Of captivity and point the souls
Of man to nobler heights.
Whatever of advancement and of
progress for the human race the cen
turtles shall bring us must largely come,
in my opinion, through the spread of the
religion of Christ and the dominance of
English speaking peoples and wherever
You find both. you ind communities