The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-17
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SOMEBODY MUST FIGHT OR BACK DOWN.
M. M. MURDOCH, Editor

SOMEBODY MUST FIGHT OR BACK DOWN.
The EAGLE was the first paper in the country to assert
that the presence Of the German English warships
in American waters in a hostile attitude, was both
menace to the greatest international law ever enunc-
ated by the American people and insult to the govern
pent at Washington The Eagles second editorial OF
week later but of like spirit with the first was criti-
cised as being sersatiora and a bluff reference to
the Associated Press dispatches OF yesterday morning
viii make plain the feet that rot only few American
citizens Of omicias CT editors Of like opinion
end with the Eagle and that there is something Of ap
rrehonson and alarm upon the part Of the peoples and
governments respectively Of Germany and Great Britain
IF the dspatching Of those ships Of TO American
waters bent on hosiIites without permission from this
government is not an iafracton Of and contempt for
the international rule laid down by and often
toasted by the American people then contempt and in
4aetion are i5possbities That such view conclu
sion is correct is fully atested by the parliamentary and
nowspaper discussions which ensued in both Germany
md Great Britain ostensiby ruled respectively by the
son and The grandson Of the queen who never entertained
either love or respect for people who had ever proved
humiliation to her ancestors Blood is thicker than
water The ties that bind the monarchies Of Germany
ana England are stronger Great Britans pretense
Of love for ITS Angosaxon cousin across the sea cousin
Who ly his superior enterprise and grander methods
threatens to dominate those markets Of the world 70
which, fer So long England and Germany both have owed
their success and wealth peoples Englands love for
America is Of exactly quality OF the love nurtured in
Old Mexico and by Spain for usis but the subserveacy
ana fattery OF the thrashee for the thrasher
The Monroe Doctrine should only be emphatcally
and promptly reaHrmed but its meaning and fully
explained and ali forthwith
America does rot have TO so over TO European waters
to enforce the Monroe Doctrine or to command the re
spect Of monarcbicaI DULLES She has to drop her
ironclads down INFO the Caribbean and along the
coast Of south America with plenty Of coaling stations
and any amount Of ammunition within easy reach Cuba
and Porto Rico would come in mighty handy and
that canal now built and fortified would be no
vantage.
The late Senator Davis resolution after citing the his
tory and intent Of the American doctrine as ex
pounded by one Of our first presidents resolves
that the United states Of America reafirms and
confirms the doctrine and principles promulgated
by President Monroe in his message of Deem
Der. > 1923. and declares that it viii assert and
maintain that doctrine and those principles and viii
gard any infringement thereof particularly any at
by European power 10 take and acquire any
additional territory American continents or
island adjacent thereto any right OF sovereignty
domain in the same in any case or instance as
which the United States shall deem such such attempt
to be dangerous It's peace safety by through
force purchase session occupation pledge, colonizat2
by control Of the easement in any canal or other means
founded pretnon OF right or under any other uncunded
preensious as the manifestation of unfieucy dispo
Fon toward the United States as an inerposition
which would be impossible in any form the United
States to regard with Indifference"