Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-01-10
nroacbed. But canning's "almost

preached. But Cannings "aimos'
brutal REFUSAL" and the announc'
ment made by President Monroe in
his message killed the project be-
fore IL was really under way.
The meaning of the announce
meut made by President Monroe
was plain, and yet there has never
been any exact definition of the ex-
tent to which this government
would go In interfering In behaif
of the South American states
When it was first made the tenden'
cy was to limit lite scope and keep
il in cousonance with the policy OF
strict non-interference which the
young republic had adopted. Thus
Thomas Jefferson was at some
pains to point out that Spain alone
could re-conquer her territories ana
the Unified States would not inter.
fere, as that was her right All the
United States would do would be to
prevent other European nations
from lending aid. Two years after
the doctrine was proclaimed the
house of representatives in con-
gress passed a resolution declaring
that:
"The United States ought not to
become a party with the Spanish
American republics, or either OF
them, in any joint declaration for
the purpose of preventing interior
ence by any of the European pow
ere with their independence CT form
of government, or to any compact
for the purpose of America; but
that the people of the United States
should be left free to act in any
crisis in such a manner as their
feelings of friendship towards those
republics and as their own honor
and policy at the time may dictate"
John c. Calhoun was emphatic
that the United States was bound
to nothing further than ITO act in
each case as policy and justice re-
ouired," and Thomas II. Benton
said that if the doctrine was interp-
reted to mean that the Unite States
proposed ITO stand guard over the
new world and repulse all intrusive
colonists' it was greatly misunder-
stood Even at the time when
France was attempting to set Maxi
milan up in business in Mexico
Secretary Seward wrote to Minister
Motley in Vienna that France and
Mexico being at war, the United
States would pay no more attention
to the matter than as though any
other two nations were at war. He
even went so far as to say that the
United States would not interfere to
prevent foreign government gain.
ing control of the Mexican throne.
But the popular idea of the Mon
roe doctrine wsa then az it is now
that the United States assumed a
sort of protectorate over the Ameri-
can states, and guaranteed them
from supervision from without, and
this popular conception was made
official by President Clevelands as
ton in 1895. This country now
would not consider for moment
allowing any foreign power to gain
control of the Venezuelan govern
ment, as Secretary Seward proposed
allowing France to seize Mexico,
even though war should break out
in a perfectly Legitimate way.
There would be no interference with
the war, but the settlement of the
war would have to be by some
means which did not contemplate
a cession of territory or of SOW
ereignty. Whatever the Monroe
doctrine meant when il was an
nounced, it now means that Europe
must keep hands off the Western
continent, as England and Germany
will discover if they carry their at
tack upon Venezuela too far.
Every Bottle Of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy Warranted.