New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-09
BALANCE OF POWER.
MONROE DOCTRINE IN MR.. CAN
r1c.s TINE AND IN PRESIDENT
ROOSEvELTS DAY.

Ola World might be readjusted from the
- world. He lent his support 10 the Aoh'oe
-,,+-g-e when II was first proclaimed anu O0'
ae5 that England had much 10 gam
.,o+b,ne 10 lose from the creation Oh SPANS"
.,e-tcen States independent OF European 'o
-, English sympathy for Spanish coiu
So struggling for independence ana S'ii'--e
. or,, ont their destinies as republican oo
..,,,,aaIths rapidly waned after MI CahilIns
18th. and for half a century the Moiilo
- ne regarded in his country as charac-
i.+io ri- Of Yankee braggadoclo- MT + io"'
tr1e drew a parallel between ii ana lie
- = r1o,al l,,ll which proclaimed that span
- o7o-a should own territory west OF 'iie
,.,. IN the continent discovered by thet'i
IT, authority Of the Pope to order the pom"
=, 5es+inies of the New Wcrld was Fepuu
&c soon as Spanish ascendancy was -
;, buccaneers sea rovers and colonlS'S
+ber Furopean lands; and according 10 'e ~
80 ENGLISH view the responsibility OF "eN
ting that America was designed LOT -,
-.-o,,,.;,,e,v would be discaimed by the oIl'eN
c.o+as Government as soon as there MAS d A
- -ai5 ,,pon South America under cover Vi
-.,,,,1a naval demonstration. Public opln-
= - ,ova5 -he compass since the NeheHueia
....-aa,a and Mr. Cannings conclusions reSpe,
60; +be Monroe Doctrine are now aoopteu oH IN
t.as+ informed English writers. II IS po',,
-a-,arls the leading journal 10 -,
,,,ntrv has no right 10 take eN'et
hitch NE have no interest in obstrucuhs'
~. conversion of England to Mr. Canning
.aeonahle view began with the sel'eiiie.
the Venezuela controversy Before
Clexeland's message was oeliNeIeu ~ -,
- had contended that the boundary dispute
-oo-,aa Great Britain and Venezuela alone
- .t,.+ the Monroe Doctrine had nothing 10 uo
;., 3. Under the settlement he virtually rec
t-e5 .l,a right Of the United States 10 Inter
1,ene and TO arrange the conditions OF arol'ia-
,ion The British Government had oIlciallE
recognized the Monroe Doctrine and al'housh
the benevolent protectorate exercised py 'iie
Washington government might be disclaimer
both by Venezuela and the Spanish-Amerlcah
,a,ub1ics Il could not be restricted 10 the
sv,an7ns and forests Of the Schomburgk line. but
must logically be extended to the entire Western
FTernisnbere From this time FORTH wrote one
or the English commentators upon the Nenez-
,oela settlement 1.-The republics OF South Amer
lea. whether they like it or not. are under the
wing Of the American eagle. The European
power having the largest interests in the West
ern Hemisphere had sanctioned the Monroe
Doctrine when he allowed the management OF
the foreign relations OF Venezuela to pass tenn
porarily into American hands. Logically there
was no escape from the conclusion that the Brit
ocably 10 moral support of an American pro-
tectorate over the two Western continents.
The war with Spain and the revision OF the
Clayton Buwer Treaty on American lines have
completed this conversion Of English opinion
The deiiverance Of Cuba when there had been a
sustained conflict against Spanish rule and the
establishment OF republic by the friendly Of
fees Of the United States were results in con-
forrnty with Mr. Canning's declaration Of sym
patty in favor Of misgoverned colonies In their
struggle for independence The substitution OF
single for dual control over the isthmian canal
was the natural sequel to American acceptance |
of responsibility for the restoration OF peace |
and order in revolving Spanish colonies: and ii |
seemed to involve a fulfment Of Mr. Canning's |
forecast that the New World would be called |
into existence TO redress the balance OF the |
Old" British sympathy with the United |
States in the war with Spain. and the settle |
rnent Of the canal controversy was sanctioned |
by English opinion as an act inspired by a |
spirit OF accommodation and Anglo-Saxon good /
feeling. So cordially Is the Monroe Doctrine |
accepted In England that President Roosevelt |
receives only words Of commentator when he
asserts that the nations now existing the |
Western continent must be left to work out |
their destnies among Themselves and that |
America. North and South, is no longer TO be |
regarded the coloniZing ground Of any Euro |
pean power" The Times speaks with its old |
time authority when It says: I'VE have no rea- |
son 10 object TO the protest OF the United States
against the acquisition of new territorial rights |
In North or South America by any European |
powers That is not principle of international |
law. but question Of policy, and one upon |
which every government has an indisputable |
claim TO take its own line
Without contrasting so tolerant and sympa-
an .14+a -Ji -.-;s6 faa rnffar
Of the English press upon President Cleveand's |
Venezuela message, when there general /
agreement that the Monroe Doctrine did not |
enter into the serious diplomacy OF nations. L
hnd 1t more agreeable 10 recognize the intelli-
gence and good sense which are disclosed by TINS |
complete transformation Of opinion British |
possessions in the New World are safeguarded, /
not endangered. by the Presidents protest
against European Intervention and colonization.
Safeguarding Canada is left at liberty TO work !
out its own destiny and TO secure immigration
from every quarter of the world 1t enjoys
complete legislative autonomy under the British
Crown. and is released from the costly policy of
military and naval ornaments; and 1t Is In
favorable position for profiting by the mainten-
ance Of peace in the Western Hemisphere and
py the construction of a gigantic work OF en-
cheering for the convenience Of all maritime
nations. The Monroe Doctrine is not operative
against Great Britain, now that the Venezuela
question has been settled and the canal treaty
revised in the American way 1t tends to pro-
tect all British possessions In that quarter of
the world against meddlesome diplomacy and
European intrigue AS for the new canal
treaty. It is an unmixed gain for England her
merchant fleets will use the waterway, II II be
constructed with American capital; and the
British Government. while not responsible for
its control will command the approaches TO IL