The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10

to declarc..the adhesion of Mexico to tn
: Monroe doctrine as a principle vital t
j. the republican institutions of thi
o hemisphere. He discussed the Eng
lish Venezuelan dispute somcwha
vaguely, but to tho general effect tina
he had thought ii best TO leave tn
-, burden of the controversy to the Unit
ed States as in fuller possession of tn,
facts than he was. Flo expresses graft
, iication that tho trouble is 80 we'll il
, way of honorable adjustment, and thci
improves the opportunity to make cleal
his opinion on the general principle in
volved. He holds hat Mexico is un-
der obligation to assist the republics
of this hemisphere against possible at
tacks from Europe and he argues that
each of these republics fought. by
means of declaration like that of
President Monroe, to proclaim that
every attack ON the part of foreign
power, with view OF curtailing the
territory or independence or altering
the institutions Of any enc Of the re-
publics of America should be construed
as an attack upon all and upon the
system OF government for which they
stand 1t is the duty of all, therefore
he believes, to stand together against
any such aggression provided that tho
nation directly attacked or threatened
in that manner bespeak the aid OF
other nations opportuncly.
Gen. Diaz's message has been re-
ceived enthusiastically by the other
nations of Latin America, except that
Costa Rica shows a jealous fear that
Mexico aims at a protectorate of Cen
trail America, and Chill, still sore over
her difficulty with the Harrison adj
mnistration, and strongly pro English |
in her feelings anyway, doesn't want |
the United States TO have sany repre-
in any congress for mutual
protection, and there is some exhibit
ton of a similar feeling in Honduras
Caro- of Columbia, Morales of Brazil,
and Borda,, of Uruguay all wire their
to Diaz and the latter
pronounces him ''the spokesman and
leader of all Latin America. while
the president of Bolivia not only ap
plauds his action but urges union to
stop aggressions by England. All the
newspapers of Buenos Ayres warmly
commend and support the view of Mex
co.'s executive. In fact it is gener
Il chorus of approval from the Texas {
inc to Patagonia, and it is big with
meaning for the future of the hcmi- I
phere where, after all the difficulty !
nd discipline some of these nations {
ave been through, the noblest achieve r
lents of the human race are to be !
ecorded in the next century. :
1t is only another demonstration OF i
be farr reaching consequences of good g
hat are to How from Clcveland's bold p
nd timely stand in his Venezuelan =
greatest, as we have al
avs maintained, of the many great
,rvices il has been his fortune TO
,nueI to mankind, no matter whether a
was another bit of Cleveland luck" a
: far-sighted craftsmanship on his b
art. History will recognize the fact r
I'd accord HIM high place ror it, a!
iaz, who is undoubtedly one Of the d
eat men of his times. as is attested III
? the wonderful work CT regeneration la
+ Mexico in which he has led re pl
ICES the Importance of this service in hi
II measure, and sees the opportunity "A
secure its permanent beneficence.
The Monroe doctrine. from nero II
ccutivc utterance without even a pc
finite national sanction, has become, nc
is Oh the point of becoming, a per, he
lnent part OF international law. CT
-om an original conception bottomed he
) justification only on self-interest, 81
has expanded to great principle of II
integrity. Its meaning, kn
now made plain to the whole world, ha
that the entire soil of all the Ameri. ~. ~
S is inviolable to foreign aggression, Ki
d on ii free and self governing pco. flu
, must be left to work out the prob. ex
MS that are of the highest import IN, ,ll'
&c to humanity. hi,