The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-28
THE MoNRoE DooTRINE.
A Vigorous Policy Proposed-An
other not so Vigorous to be Dis
CuSSed Fully

other not so Vigorous to be Dis
cusscd Fully.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-Two oppos
ing phases of the Monroe Doctrine wefr
presented to the Senate to-day, on,
from the Committee on Foreign Rela
tions favoring a strong reaffirmatiol
of the doctrine, and another from Mr.
Sewell, of New Jersey, urging that tn,
doctrine had been carried so far be
yond its scope as to threaten danger
ous consequences. Mr.. Davis, of Min
neseta, presented the committee re
port, as he Is the author of the measure
embodying the essential features oi
all previous resolutions. It not only
affirms tho original doctrine of Presi.
don't Monroe, but specifically applies ii
to the mainlands, outlying islands and
| isthmian canals, embracing, Hawaii,
Cuba and the Nicaragua Canal. Mr..
| SeWell's speech attracted attention
from the fact that 1t is the first utter
ance OF opposition to the prevailing
tendency in Congress on the doctrine,
and moreover the New Jersey Senator
used direct language in criticising the
question which involved tho possi-
bilities of war. The action to-day
promises to bring on q full discussion
OF the Monroe Doctrine before action
is taken.
The Davis resolution and preamble
In full 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
whereas President Monroe in his mes
sage to Congress of December I'd, Ammo
ntr,I n 90
as principle in which the States are
involved that tho American continent
by the free and Independent condition
which they have assumed and main
tanned, were thonceforth not to be con-
sidered as subjects for future colonial
tion by any European power.
Whereas President Monroe further
declared in that message that tho
United States would consider any at.
tempt by the allied powers OF Europe
to extend their system to any portion
Of this hemisphere as dangerous to our
peace and safety; that with. the exist
European powers we have not inter-
fered and should not interfere but that
with the governments who have de-
clared their independence and main
tained 1t, whose independence we have |
on great consideration and on Just |
principles acknowledged, we could not |
view ary interposition for the purpose
of expressing them or controlling in |
any other manner their destiny by any |
European power, In any other light |
than as the manifestation OF an un-
friendly disposition toward the United
States; and further reiterated in that
allied powers should extend their po-
IitlnQI SuQtam I'm nnrtInn nf aithnr. |
continent without endangering our
peace and happiness. And
Whereas the doctrine and policy so
proclaimed by President Monroe have
since been repeatedly asserted by tho
United States by executive declaration
and action upon occasions and exigen-
cies similar to the particular occasion
and exigency which caused them to be
first announced, and have been ever
since their promulgation and now are,
the rightful policy Of the United States,
therefore be 1t
Resolved, That the United States of
America reaffirm and confirm the doc
trine and principles promulgated by
President Monroe in his message of
December 2, A. d. 1929 and declare
that they will assert and maintain that
doctiDe and those principles, and will
regard any infringement thereof and
any attempt by any Euro
pean power to take or acquire any new
or additional territory on the American
or any island adjacent there
to, or any right of sovereignty or do
minion in the same, in any case or
Instance as to which the United States
shall deem such attempt to be danger
Gus to its peace or safety, by or through
force, purchase, cession, occupation,
pledge, colonization, protectorate or by
control OF the easement in any canal or
any other means Of transit across the
Isthmus, whether under un-
pretension of right in cases
of alleged boundary disputes or under
the manifestation OF an unfriendly |
toward the United States
and as an interposition which it would
be impossible in any form for the |
United States to regard with indiffer-