The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-25

interfere with his performances IN
Hayti. England, he intimates. covered
before the Monroe doctrine. but he is
not afraid to march right up to the
muzzle Of it. Probably his ignorance
does not compass the slightest inter-
probation of the Monroe doctrine, and
does not realize that it did not apply
to the Haytian incident any more than
it did to the exaction by Great Britain
from Nicaragua of a penalty for vio-
1ation of international comfy
/ Every American state that runs coun-
ter to International law and the usages
of nations must pay it's own reckoning
without protection from us. 1t is only
when the territorial integrity or the
political independence of such state
is threatened by European power that
we step in to forbid the extension Of
the monarchicai system upon American
soil. Hayti had sinned. and Hayti had
to pay the penalty. 1t was nothing
to US whether it was the Union Jack
or the Prussian eagle or the Russian
bear that appeared in the Haytian
harbor, as long as the demand for
reparation was founded upon justice.
If civilian the Witless' wants to find
out whether Uucle Sam IS afraid or
not, he should announce the permanent
occupation Of Port au Prince and the
annexation of Hayti to the German
empire.
Similar or even denser ignorance on
the part Of Europe is exhibited in
the comments of the leading papers
of their capitals upon the present sit
uation in China. The big free-b hooters
Of the continent, like all other pirates
and banditti, are desperately sus-
picious Of one another. 1t makes no
difference whether there Is or is not an
| understanding between Russia, Ger
| many and France as to the division Of
China. Each distrusts every other as
| thoroughly as if they were arrayed in
open hostility. Each one is figuring
on all the possible combinations for
and against it in the game of loot that
is now projected upon the continent Of
Asia. In the alignment of forces the
position of the United States becomes
factor Of prime Importance. 1t is
generally understood that England is
desperately jealous of the other powers
that have secured such an advantage
oughly enraged by Russian seizure OF
territory that should have been hers
as result Of the war with China. and
was kept from her only by Russia's
peremptory denial; and that there is
talk Of an English-Japanese alliance
to secure a proper share of plumber
while the Acknowledgement of China
goes forward. Much study and solicit
tude are expressed over the probable
attitude of the United States and the
possibility that it may join hands and
fortunes with Japan and England
After all these years it is impossible
for the rations to understand that the
American policy is one of strict non
interference. The error is pardonable
perhaps, in view of the present lingo
suit to the American system and the
American idea ought not to fiddle
diplomatic minds or make them
entertain the conception of an Ameri-
can participation in the dismember-
ment of China. AS already expressed
in Washington, the policy Of the United
States toward developments in Asia
and in Africa Is one of absolute indif-
ference 1t matters nothing to us who
become the heirs of Chinese disinte-
grafton, any more than where the
lines are to be drawn in the partition
of the Dark Continent. In the selfish
sordid and wicked schemes that are
being carried out across the oceans
we have no part or lot. Our destiny
Is fixed upon the American continent
and to that we limit our political aims,
our protection and our interference.
BY the same token by which we warn
all other peoples to keep hands off Of
American soil, we guarantee our own
neutrality when the territory in anoth-
er hemisphere is in dispute Our safety,
our independence and our unquestioned
supremacy in America depend upon
any part IN the great drama that is
now opening across the oceans.