Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-09-10
MY guardians Of the

one we are only guardians d tbo
other. - lhe
The Congress of the United State,
Pieused ltselt before the war not to ar
Iu'ie Nupd, put tine Congress Of tha
tHilea states, the House approvin,
me appropriation and the senate rati
! Tying the treaty. established our ~
s"Inte title to the Philippines.
! But there is a deeper and j hroaa.-
reason for the difference. cuba 49,
not need our flag for security aoaie,.a
foreign nations The Philippines do IN
\ bd Will have the protection of tha MAI
roe doctrine. The Philippines cannot
have that protection. Whether Cnho
/ snail have become part Of the Trnitea
J States, whether ii shall strictly rarnair
under our guardianship. whether -
shall Ee an absolutely independent no
tiun, no foreign power will dare N I'M
wade h.r.
IN" Monroe doctrine, now recognized
and respected throughout the world
enriro'es this continent and its contie
unus Islands with A panoply az invio-
Iable os the sacred circle Of the church
which the aroused and impassionad
licheiieu drew around his devoted
ward To shield her against the insidi-
Gus designs Of a hated minister Tba
late which befell the French invasion
AZ Mexico gives warning Of the fata
which would come to any Euronean
invasion Of an American domain.
But the Monroe doctrine is A policv
framed for the security Of the western
hdlf Of the world, and il limited III M
sphere Of operations to this henois.
phere. Does not he understand tbat
the Monroe doctrine is an American
policy for the security Of the two
Americas, that il is limited in its an
Grafton To this continent and to its con
tiguous islands, and it is respected bv
Europe because it is thus limited ana
that, if il be carried beyond those lin.
itations, it is shattered here?
once undertake to carry that doe
trine all over the world. that moment
you destroy its efficacy here. and Mr.
Bryan is apparently unconscious that
his policy is the deadiest possible blow
at the Monroe doctrine and that IN
undertaking or processing TO extend il
over the Philippine islands, he is
breaking down this barrier against
European invasion Of the American
continent
There is nothing in that doctrine
which prevents US from acquiring ter
ritory on the other side which we make
our own. There il everything in that
doctrine Whish prevents US from ap-
plying il for the protection of terri
tory there which is not our own. We
do not protect or defend the countries
even Of Central ana South America in
the sense of which ne speaks. We have
not Set UP their governments. We are
not responsible for them or their acts.
We have simply declared that because
they are on the American continent
We will not permit any European pow
er To absorb them. because that would
De q menace to our security.
But we cannot use that argument
for the protection of the Philippine is
lands. or the application Of the Mon
roe doctrine u them. If we are to ex-
tend any protectorate at all, as Mr..
Bryan proposes We must extend a
distinct ana definite protectorate IN
less YOU want to open PandOras box
of evils. unless you want to plunge
into new. untried and unmeasured seas
Of difficulty. l conjure you not to give
any federation of this most perilous Of
all policies.