The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-22

we had been willing. not only to give
way TO Spain, but to surrender our
/ Monroe doctrine"
But, Mr.. Senator, the Monroe doc
trlne IS not generally a. regarded as
involved in this war with Spain. is il ?''
No, and it is not directly involved, !"
replied Mr. Chandler. The Monroe doc
trlne IS only incidentally touched by
cur action in the case of Cuba The
Monroe doctrine has always implied
the recognition of existing European
governments in this hemisphere. but
only upon this condition-that any
European power having possessions
here which it grossly misgoverns. we
shall feel it to be our right and duty
TO expel. We have never taken the
position that European powers already
established here were to be driven out
but simply that they should make no
new establishments here, and. as a
corollary, that such territories and
people as were already under Their
dominion should be well governed"
This exceptional attitude which we
have taken toward Spain-demanding
that she must go, bag and baggage
entirely out Of Americas the only
case of the kind that can arise. be-
cause Spain is the only European ma
ton that misgoVerns on this side of the
world. England does not misgovern
her colonies; she holds those of her col
onies that are composed of civilized
people capable of self-government with
their own consent, and, so far as I
know, that is true also of France and
Germany. So that the reason for which
we are lighting Spain, while il bears in
clcentally upon the Monroe doctrine
cannot possibly lead us into a war with
any other European power.
We are in armed conflict with Spain
because Of her war methods, which
are barbarous; because of her long
and terrible disagreement of the
Cuban people; because of her bad
faith, as shown in the De Lone letter.
which revealed her as practicing de-
ception upon US in the matter of
autonomy, and at the same time in
sulting our president, andZast, but not
least, because of her allowing the
Maine to be blown up by some of the
extreme Spaniards in Havana We are
fortunate, again, in having such strong
specific causes for the war we are MAX
ing.
This war is fortunate, too, in this.
that. while Spain is not so powerful a
nation as to make it prudent to avoid
conflict with her, yet she is not so
weak nation as to make her an I'M
worthy antagonist. or one whose de-
feat will be an inglorious thing in itself.
extent of her naval and military
establishments, are not so small that
we can be charged with making a
cowardly fight. Her expulsion, by
force, from this hemisphere is, indeed,
no holiday affair.
1t is, furthermore, exceedingly for
tunate that the United States goes
into this war not for itself, nor to gain |
anything for its own ACKNOWLEDGMENT, |
but simply to fight for friends and |
neighbors. Yet another piece of good |
fortune for US is that things are SO |
in Europe at this time that |
Spain cannot get any heln from the /
concert of Europe" which three or
four years hence, she might be able
to get. All the conditions of the time
and, it seems to me, all the circum-
stances of the war, are in our favor.
My feeling is that it is manifest
destiny, clearly indicated by these
fortunate circumstances to which I
have alluded. l think it will appear in
history, both as TO its immediate out
come and as to the far-reaching con-
of which l have spoken. as
one of the most fortunate
vars in which any nation ever en-
gagged. And the world may well infer
nat If we will take such a stand and
make such sacrifices fer a neighboring
people, we would certainly fight for
ourselves and our own interests still
more readily and resolutely.''
What important change, if any. do
'ou anticipate, Mr.. Senator, in our. in
ernational relations as the result of
his WARP"
THE new feature in our interna-
ional relations is,' replied Mr..