The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-08-05
WAS An american VICTORY
PROCEEDINGS AT THE HAGUE.
The Monroe DOctrin Is Recognized the
World OVsr-It Won at the Hague
1t Has SeeU Of Great Value tn the
United States In the Far East.

The Hague, Aug THE United State,
comes on, OF the peace conference with its
prestige greatly Increased by the victory
1t has won in obtaining a recognition OF
the Monroe doctrine. Whatever the worll
al large may think OF the labors oil the
conference, the delegates themselves are
almost unanimous in affirming that their
Accomplishments are greater and more lItI-
1ortanl than they expected at the outset
Their view is probably Justified if one
Includes the UNIV ritten and indirect result.
OF their deliberations. The feature Of the
eonste-s which most impresses many OF it,.
members Is the removal OF many preju.
dices AMI misconceptions which more than
tWO months close and amicable assOcia-
ton between representative men Of all
countries has accomplished. This unques.
tionably will prove Of greater value to the
United States than to any other country
Il Is true, rs mentioned earlier in these
dispatches, that there was a tacit feeling
at the outset in the minds Of many OF the
delegates that the Americans were almost
interiOpers in what heretofore had been
regarded exclusively European questions.
This feeling had entirely disappeared, even
before the American delegates themselves
raised the point week ago that the Unit
ed States must decline to accept the pro-
posed duty to volunteer friendly offices in
quarrels between European countries.
The American delegates also accom-
panied their adhesion to the arbitration
rom n zion 80 l.. 4.
amounted to an express reservation OF the
Monroe doctrine, saying: Nor shall any,
thing in said convention be construed 20
require the REIMBURSEMENT by the United
states Of its traditional attitude toward
purely American questions"
In accepting thi, declaration on the part
OF the United States the continental pow
ers virtually admitted the validity Of the
Monroe doctrine as a principle Of intern4-
tional law, a. its validity had been adj.
mitted by Great Britain in the Venezuela
affair.
Moreover, America was not only fully
recognized as the great new factor in the
international situation, but her delegates
commanded greater influence during the
id5t SIN WEEKS OF the session thAn any
Others.
1t i curious, hut significant. that moth
ing added 80 much to American influence
in this parliament Of the world az the ad-
vent Of the American flag in the east.
1t has been manifested again and again
in indirect ways to the United States dele
gates that the appearance Of American an
thOrity on the other side Of the Pacific has
won such recognition and respe, from the
other great powers as no amount Of in
terndl progress and prosperity would have
accomplished.
The Philippine question, of course, hI-
been discussed, but never in any line ex
cept the thorough execution Of the present
policy. The European statesmen at The
Hague simply do not recognize a. possible
the existence Of any other policy, and
would be extremely astonished il opposi-
ton to the energetic establishment Of
American authority in the Islands should
be seriously considered.