Arizona republican., 1898-08-07
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

| Persons of imperfect historical per spective and limited imagination con- ceive that entry of the United States into the affairs of Asia would be aban- donment of. the principle of the Mon rec doctrine, and would leave us ex- posed to all the perils from which that cherished tradition is supposed to shield us. This is faithful echo of | the interested warnings of the conti mental press that if we meddle in the concerns of the eastern hemisphere, Europe will be free to meddle in our affairs. It is a bit odd that these dreads and warnings at home and abroad come from persons who always have held the Monroe doctrine in con tempt; who have invariably resisted l it's application when it made for sAmer- l ican power and dignity, and appeal to it only when they think they can use it to thwart the development and diminish the influence of the nation. graphical theorem, but a principle of civilization. It is 10 bull of Alexan- der, dividing the world on meridian l lines. It is the joint pledge of two | freedom as far as their power extends, and the field of that pledge broadens in every generation with extension of the power and influence of the Anglo | Cov which Monroe's message guaranteed to the South American republics was l the small first fruitage of a mighty principle. whose large and enduring and Adams must have foreseen, if his duller mind missed it.
 The Monroe doctrine was the begin ming of the Anglo-Saxon' alliance. Then the two vital and swarming peo- pies of the earth united in support Of the principles of liberty in political or ganization and social development. which is the very foundation of endur- ing civilization. The principle has gained in breadth without losing force, and it unites the two branches of the iAnglo-SaXon race in Asia now, as it united them in South America three , quarters of a century ago. Now as then, these two kindred peoples stand shoulder to shoulder against the con- tinent of Europe, and now as then dynasties hesitate and chancelleries
 
 force behind the Monroe doctrine was the British fleet; now, two other fleets loom up beside it in Asia, and they are those that have won the last two naval wars. The Monroe doctrine has a conner cial as well as a political. side. In the period of political activity among na- tions that side came foremost In this period of immense commercial energy all over the world the other side is in | evidence. In it's infancy the Anglo Saxon alliance guaranteed the political freedom of the new world against the aggression of the holy alliance. Now it comes to the defense of civilization against continental coalition of the same great powers, which wish to per petuate the Spanish colonial system where it exists, and set up a similar system in their own interest in dis membered parts of Asia and Africa. The Monroe doctrine is as vital in Asia as in America, in the east as in tI1
 moral support of Japan in the late war, and of England in the open-door policy. If we go to the Philippines, it will make Manila another Hong Kong, a free emporium of the worlds trade and a beacon of the worlds civilfza- tion- It is the enduring spirit of the lAnelo-Saxon race.