Arizona republican., 1899-01-05
THE OLD SIGN IS STILL UP.

to land us with our cherished Monroe
 doctrine? Where are we, anyway ?
 Where is the Monroe doctrine?
 He got this answer to his question:
 Smashed to smithereens by the
 American fleets and armiesi But it was the will of the American people and destiny that the war which sent Spain
 out of the new world should knock the
 Monroe doctrine to bits, and so you
 will have to stand it. If we are to have
 a doctrine relating to European ex-
 pansion in the western hemisphere it will have to be a new doctrine enforced
 by the American people on new prem ises The Monroe doctrine is no more.
 It ended when George Dewey sailed into Manila harbor and smashed it and the Spanish fleet to pieces. Meanwhile
 we are, expanding.
 We owe it to candor Gas President James Monroe said when he announced the doctrine in question: to challenge the correctness of this answer and to give our reasons. It seems to us a nasty and misleading answer.
 This is not to deny that it is plaus- | ible and even, to a certain extent, logical answer. President James Mon roe did say in the famous message of December 2, 1923, that this country was not going to interfere with the exist ing (American) colonies or dependen cies of any European power" and this country has now taken Cuba and Porto Rico away from Spain. Presi- dent James Monroe did not say that the United States would never acquire A hn laid emphasis on our remoteness and separation from old world politics and rivalries. It can be plausibly argued that he gave the powers to understand they need fear no meddling by the United States outside the limits of this hemisphere Yet now our flag is flying over Manila.
 Does it follow that the Monroe doe urine is mo more," and that the Euro pean powers can proceed with im- punity to divide up South America among them, as they have divided Africa? Not at all
 We did not interfere in Cuba and Porto Rico because they were de- pendancies of European power, but
  less misgovernment of that European power had become intolerable-a re- proach to humanity, a scandal to civilization. We did not go to the Philippines in quest of new territory, but in quest of a fleet of the nation with which we were at war. Moreover. in our going there and staying there hoY ,ot in1o bo t1t1 assurance given by President James Monroe in that message of 1923. Tn the wars of the European powers" be said, ''in matters relating to them selves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do." No departure from the policy here indicated no infraction of it, has occurred this year. We have not taken sides in a war between European pow CTS. The Philippines are not European islands; they are Asiatic islands.
 If the Monroe doctrine has suffered | any abrasions this year, thsre is quite enough of it left for all practical pur- poses. It has not parted with any of it's vitality. It was framed and pro- mulgated originally upon considera.. tions relating to our own interests and | security. The Holy Alliance, whose threatening proceedings called it out l was entombed in history many years ago, but these considerations still ex- ist. It was what President James Mon roe's secretary of state and successor | called it, a principle resulting from | the emancipation of both the Ameri- can continents It had no sanction | of international law It had nothing behind it but the fighting weight of | Uncle Sam and-in the background, | but visible-the nghting weight of John Bull It was the Canning doc The European powers that carefully : refrained from asssnting to it were equally careful not to fool with it.
 Uncle Sam's fighting weight has not | fallen off any since 1923. Tn the very heat of the Venezuelan controversy | Lord Salisbury wrote to Sir Julian | Pauncefote that her majsstys minis ters were disposed to accept the Mon | roe doctrine (properly cOnstrued) as a sound and useful doctrine. The old | sign, No trespassing!" set up seventy | five years ago in this hemisphere is still in its old place and it still means r business. It may be dreadfully illogi- cal and all that in view of the occur rences of the present year, but it's there, and every European power knows it is there, and would-be tres passers will be likely to think twice | and then do some more and pretty | hard thinking before they disregard it.
 There died in London the other day