The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-04
MONROE DOCTRINE as
A PEACE SAFEGUARD.

The true end Of every great and free
people should be self-resDecting peace:
and this nation most earnestly desires
sincere and cordial friendship with all
others. over the entire world, of recent
years, wars between the great civilized
powers have become less and less fire.
quent. Wars with barbarous or semi
barbarOus peoples come in an entirely
different category, being merely a most
regrettable but necessary international
police duty which must be performed
for the sake of the welfare Of man
kind. Peace can only be kept with
certainty where both sides wish 20
keep it; but more and more the civil
lied peoples are realizing the wicked
folly of war and are attaining that con-
ditiOn of just and intelligent regard
for the rights Of others which viii in
the end, as we hope and believe, make
worldwide peace possible. The peace
conference at The Hague gave definite
expression to this hope and belief and
marked a stride toward their attain
ment.
This same peace conference acqui-
esced in our statement Of the Monroe
doctrine as compatible with the pu--
poses and aims of the conference.
The Monroe doctrine should be the
cardinal feature of the foreign policy
of all the nations Of the two Americas,
as it is Of the United States. Just sew
enty-eight years have passed since
President Monroe in his annual mes
sage announced that The American
continents are hencefOrth not to DE
considered as subjects for future col
onization by any European power
No Foreign Colonization.
In other words, the Monroe doctrine
is a declaration that there must be no
territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by any nom
American power at the expense Of any
American power on American soil It
is in no wise intended as hostile to any
nation in the Old World. Still less is
it intended to give cover to any agrees
sion by one New World power at the
expense Of any other. It is simply q
step, and a long step. toward assuring
the universal peace Of the world by Sc
curing the possibility Of permanent
peace on this hemisphere.
During the past century other influ-
ences have established the permanence
and independence Of the smaller states
Of Europe. Through the Monroe doc
trine we hope to be able to safeguard
like independence and secure like per
manence for the lesser among the New
World nations.
PIcte ETAOIN SHRDLU ETAOIN N
= This doctrine has nothing to do =
= with the commercial relations OF =
= any American power, save that it =
= in truth allows each of them to =
= form such as it desires. In other ,
= words. it is really a guaranty Of y
= the commercial independence of =
= the Americas. We do not ask I'M =
= der this doctrine for any exclusive 2
= commercial dealings with any 9TH ?
, eF American state. We do not Z
= guarantee any state against pun ?
= ishment if it misconducts itself, 4
: provided that punishment does not ,
= take the form Of the acquisition Of =
= territory by any nOn-American >
= power.
Our attitude in Cuba is a sufficient
guaranty Of our own good faith. We
have not the slightest desire to secure
any territory at the expense OF our
neighbors. We wish to work with then
hand in hand, so that all of US may be
uplifted together, and we rejoice over
the good fortune Of any Of them, we
gladly hail their material prosperity
and political stability, and are con
cerned and alarmed if any of them fall
into industrial or political chaos. We
do not wish 10 see any OLD World mil
itary power grow up on this continent,
or to be compelled to become a mill
tary power ourselves. The peoples of
the Americas can prosper best If left
to work out their own salvStion Al their
own way.