The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
Attack on One Nation Should Be
Considered on All.
MeXicO's President FavOrs the
Monroe Doctrine.
1 RINGING MESSAGE.
Says Each Republic Should In
dOrse 1T.
Special Obligation Rests With
America.

CITY OF MEXICO, April 2.-The MOST
important part Of the Presidents mes-
sage, delivered yesterday at the open
ing of Congress, is an allusiOn to the
Anglo Venezuelan controversy and
President Cleveland's message to Con-
gress. This part Of the Mexican Pres
dents message is. IN brief, as follows:
''With our northern neigh bors our
intercourse is of the same friendly and
cordial character as our diplomatic
and other relations have been for some
years past. Naturally, evocation Of
that doctrine which condemns all az
tempts 1t European usurpatlOn and
all tendencies to modify repu blican
institutions of the new world in a
mOnarchical direction aroused great
enthusiasm among free nations of this
continent and gave occasion for dem
OnstratiOns Of sympathy, both popular
and governmental.
'tIuvitations of international cha r.
acter were not lacking that the M ext
can government should at once state
its opinion in 50 grave matter, but
the executive considered that haste
was not proper in expressing an
opinion on a subject which involved
not only the Monroe doctrine, but
also its application TO the controversy
between Great Britain and Venezuela
1 simply stated that I was in favor
OF the Monroe doctrine, rightly
interpreted, but that did not
know whether it was applica BILE
to the concrete case in question.
Now that, happily. the crisis has
passed, which seemed to threaten war
between two great nations into which
the Anglo-Saxon race is divided, and
now that our sister republic, Venez-
uela, IS carrying on at Washington
peaceful negotiations with her power
full adversary, it may not be out Of
place to accede to the desires Of those
persons who have requested the Mex
lean government to state her opinion
with regard to the Monroe doctrine.
The Mexican government cannot
but declare its partially upon the
part of the mOnarchies Of Europe
against the republics of America,
against the independent nations of
this continent, now all subject to in
dependent forms of government. The
whole of our history. and especially
the struggle of our people to shake off
the woke Of a foreign EN- pire which is
European both in its origin, form and
resources, and torrents of blOOdshed
in that struggle, are sufficient testi-
mOnv to the world of our love of in
dependence and our adherence of a IL
outside interference. II IS our opinion
that to the United States, because of
I
longs the obligation of assisting
other repub lics Of the hemis-
phere against the attacks of Eu-
rope, if such attacks are still
to be considered as possible, but for
the attainment of an end to which we
all aspire, each one of those republics
ought. by means Of d declaration like
that of President Monroe, proclaim
that every attack on the part of for
/ eign power with a view OF curtailing
territory or independence, or altering
institutions of any one of the repub-
lies of America, would be considered
by The nation making such declaration
as an attack upon itself, provided the
nation directly attacked or threatened
in that manner bespoke the aid Of
other nations opportunity.
In this manner the doctrine now
! called by the name of Monroe would
become the doctrine of America in the
fullest sense of the word, and,
although originating in the United
States. would be the international
law Of this continent As to the means
10 reduce this idea to practice, this is
not the place or time to discuss them. :"