The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-19
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
How We Maintain II.

Editor Morning News: To-day this
country is the laughing stock of every
cabinet in Europe. We are in a predic-
ament in Venezuela brought on by
! foolishness bordering onto idiocy. We
allowed England to take the prelimi-
nary steps necessary to declare war;
and now she has practically declared it
against Venezuela. That means under
the laws of nations, that she can hold
without outside interference, all
the land that she can wrench
from Venezuela. England want
ed the Orinoco. Now she has got
it, The Monroe doctrine is that Eng
land can not take anything she wants
in this country. She comes and takes
the Orinoco river. Where is the Mon
roe doctrine?
For the fourth time England has
made us ridiculous in the eyes of the
whole world England has started a
game for the fourth time. in which we
have everything to loose and nothing
to gain, and In which Europe has
everything to gain and nothing TO
loose England it was, also, that pre-
the same time tried to form a coali-
ton against us in secret, during the
Spanish American war. This time she
has formed her coalition successfully,
and it has already brought its
operations to the point of success. Let
America forever beware of England.
There is little doubt but that
this is a deliberate campaign to smash
the Monroe doctrine. and that 1t was
planned during the recent visit of the
Emperor of Germany to England. Let
US notice that Germany is striking
simultaneously at the commercial SUI
premacy of the United States by a
revision of her tariff so as to injure US.
l am going to beg you to kindly pub
lish the following little note to Uncle
Sam, in hopes that he will see 1t. l
don't know his exact address by mail.
T. H. G.
Uncle Sam you have certainly acted
like an unmitigated ass in this Vene-
zuela natter. IT would be a compli-
ment to you to call you a fool Why
don't you arouse yourself, the world is
laughing at you?
Don't imagine that you are great be-
cause you are smart. You are great be-
cause the Lord takes care of fools.
You have always been one of the kind
that are said to be under His special
care.
The Lord has dropped rich prizes into
your idiot hands, because you have
been an humble idiot, and have tried
to be honest and merciful. You have
not always had sense enough to keep
your birthrights after the Lord has
given them to you.
Where of late has been your
saving sense of humor. You have re-
Gently become as ridiculous as Malvo-
lilo, in Twelfth Night" AS If your
innate idiocy, in allowing England al
ways to take advantage of you. were
not enough of itself to give the ma
lions of Europe the Mysteries, you
swell yourself up and stand before
they like a born jackass, pat yourself
on the back and bray to them TO see
how firmly you maintain the Monroe
doctrine.
When you let England take your
seals, and your gold lands, and the
Orinoco river. you are not main
tanning any Monroe doctrine. Put a
cold towel around your head, get the
swelling down. stop your braying, and
serve notice on those robbers to get
away from your front fence, and stop
tampering with the gate latch.
You don't want to get into war?
Is that it, Well, If you don't put a
ir Venezuela. and that very quick
ly. you will have South America
the theatre of war for every nation
in Europe for the next fifty years.
Not the little mimic wars they have
recently been having there, but real
wars such as European nations have
been fighting in India, and Asia, and
Africa, from time immemorial. You
will then have to keep a standing
army of half million men, and be on
the same commercial footing as other
nations.
The Monroe doctrine is not a piece
OF sentiment to help the weak nations
of Latin America. 1t is a lock on your
front gate to keep fighting from go
ing on in your front yard.
They say they are not "a burglar
ing" Uncle Sam. but note they still
have the booty, the Orinoco river. in
both hands.
After Venezuela comes Columbia and
Brazil; after the Orinoco comes the
American canal and the Amazon How
would that programme suit the Mon
roe doctrine. Uncle Sam? If nations
start to collect private debts in one
country, why not any other? The
southern boundaries of the Guianas are
not settled. tits as easy to run them
to the Amazon as it is to steal the
Orinoco.
A nice time to go to sleep. Uncle
Sam. and scatter your ships. Sleep on
old sleeping beauty and sweet dreams
to you.
They are not "a burglaring"
Thos. H. Gignilliat