The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-04-03
MEXlCO'S PRESIDENT DECLARES
HIMSELF IN RINGING WORDS.
HIS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Monroe DoctrIns--Any Unwarranted
Attack on One Nation should lie
Considered an Attack on All
"A 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 briof, 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 at
tempts at European usurpatlon and
all tendencies TO modify repu blican
institutions of the new world i'm a
monarchical direction aroused great
enthusiasm among free nations of this
continent and gave occasion for dem
onstrations of sympathy, both popular
and government
Invitations of international char.
acter were not lacking that the NJ exi-
can government should at once state
It's opinion in SO grave a matter, but
the executive considered that haste
was not proper in expressing an
opinion on subject which involved
not only the Monroe doctrine, but
also it's application To the controversy
be- ween Great Britain and Venezuela.
i simply stated that | 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 reppblic 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 partiality upon the
part of the monarchies of Europe
against the republics OF America,
against the Independent nations of
this continent, now ali subject to in
dependent forms of government. The
whole of our history. and especially
the struggle Of our people to shake off
the yoke of foreign empire which is
AuIpptdu bOlu III llS origin, lOfln ana
resources, and torrents of bloodshed
in that struggle, are sufficient testi-
mUuy 90 tho world of our love OF in
dependence and our adherence Of a IL
outside interference. IL is our opinion
that to the United States, because of
the immensity of its resources, be-
longs the obligation of assisting
other republics 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 "a 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 opportunely.
In this manner the doctrine now
called by the name OF Monroe would
become the doctrine of America in tine
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 10 discuss them. "