The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-09
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THE TWO REFERENCES.
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garding the much discussed Monrpe doc
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What right nave We 20 Soy t trar.
south Ameacsn a pep sy psrt Of Il to any
p5 Spe aui Pswss position FOR the United
statfs GovernTeht TO take
Aioag a sdifSrsnt line The Kansas City
Journaf has recently devoted several COLI
vn,ns-of editorial space to the. exploitation
| 81 10 belief that these United States
should assume sort Of ad iitem guar
,iianship over all. the, South American
kStEyss. nav their debts. ssssaaarl,y them when
ftfev are unru,v and reaerally look after
all their material ana temporal interests.
We are in effect. to treat them az orphan
ebiiaren or ar- LOT III ssiinrtiv school
boys. The following extract will show
| the trend of It's arguments:
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ezsIsia We Shall acquire the dominance
sners Enteh europe you,a 1ke,io haye. ~
| IN kesfanes ETope oes, ana reserving both
sonttpents OF America TO the big repub-
with ! brave beasf and to the last en-
tdeavox. But whether We wish only to
n,aaa onsn et nr unoIn
possession, lot US. remember that the way
uo narsr s ~ ssan MN Prss;dent
Monroe ~ R'ssy' -
This 3s cxnansi Jsfsll ss+siSd. eft "a the
| A,ctrsns A. the .%aass~aVman under a
,ds~ht,v sirerent. phaae, II Is in effect
1 pledrtnr this Goyernment to take adj
4 vantage vantage of every Opportunity 70 interfere
with the South American republics with
the ultimate design Of acquiring terri
tory. There has hardly been a time since
the United States became an independent
1 power when there was notssome sort Of
/ fet0Iiition going On In that country. There
| has been no time when one or more of
ffh6se Governments was not in debt to
some of the European people. Revolu-
ton and.dsht are normal conditions in
Ilt4tmssE America. y ~
I The theoSy Of The Journal, judging
I;frDnasits editorials, is that we should pay
]. the dehtg Of ANY OF these little States and
| thereby secure to ourselves a sort of
mortgage on their territory. ana fight all
the world. If necessary, for the privilege
fAels aebss and gohbiing their
| poSsess4onsil stieh proceeding would in
.yOlxs, sls in. fnaacialaas well as martial
5.dimculties to which there would be no end
and no Cessation. We would be In the
| position Of big bully at school,
| On the other hand, the position Of The
Times is.equally dntenable. for 1t assumes
| that Wills We may prevent foreign Gov
ernments from acquiring territory in this
Continent -of hemisphere by force, we
ftS nave no right to object to any extension
fof sbaIT aomininr, re purchase or cession.
THAT in neither the spirit nor the letter
L.nNxA6r ,aaonroe' .aoctrine. In his famous
~ ~ Ss ssa,S+ssa that tive .co,ld not
| ,,,a,, 80 ,,,tar,,,y,,,on for the nlrnose Of
;onrrfs .A,,, tA6Er dont4oii,ns in any other
| n,,Ar tna,v ssst,,v. Nv any European
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/ Lvards tia ITnttAd ststes.s' General Giant
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interpl sted lhls islsuese eer ls Wh 'l
HE said In a message 10 Congress in 1870
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thaI 'orileoTS On tiAs heiAispneto ssOu ~
not be held subjects6f transfer BY efeaty
! ar othsrw,sa ~ any, Euronaan nowar."
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Itsis main tfsaf n IN mt the enrov,yiGS III
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any OF the South American republics.
We are not expected to act as surety for
them when they go a-borrowing, nor to
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