New-York tribune., 1904-10-03
LAUDS MONROE DOCTRINE.
". Guyot, French Statesman, Calls
American Peril Benefcent.

Among the passengers On the savoie. of the
french Line or her last rip n. Yves Guyot
the well known French statesman almost the only
French puhlicist who wrote in The Paris press on
the American side during the Spanish war. NJ
Guvot. who is NV staying Al the Waldorf-Astoria,
IS an ex-meube1 Of the Chamber OF Deputies ex-
Minister OF Public Works and the author OF
number Of books
There has been good deal Of talk in the Euro
pean press OF the American Peril How dangerous
from ye1r point OF view. do you regard it?" NJ
Guyot was asked by a Tribune reporter
Economically? Economically I look on IL as q
very beneheieHt peril II cannot b. otherwise than
advantageous 10 Europe that America is able 20
supply her with wheat. beef. pork. machinery and
the other manufactured products which she does
rot make either so well or 50 cheapy herself Even
the most rampant protectionists cannot regret the
good old times when North America was inhabited
only by few hundred thousand Sioux Apaches
and Iroquois II they did not sell anything 70 Us
equally they did not bay anything from Us: and
more than one % the handsome buildings on the
Avenue de NilIiers in Paris would never have been
erected If you Americans had not appreciated and
bought the work OF our French painters"
"ARd politically
An politically, 7 expressed my opinion on that
point unhesitatngly IN 1898. the tine OF the
spansh-American War. When practically the en-
tire French press was prOclaiming its sympathy for
spain, and part Of it excitedly calling upon the
French government 10 take sides with our sister
country in The % the solidarity OF the Latin
race, asked some one please 70 define accurately
what was meant By this phrase. the Latin race
and, naturally nobody could Spain was destined 10
lose her control Cuba. just she had already
lost control Of her other South and Central Ameri-
oan colonies. Her government by monks and
soldiers intoieraut and fntoIerable; mere ex-
ploitRtion Of the governed for the benefit ef the
representatives. OF the government. and had demon
Euaed itself 20 be Incapable Of reform One cannot
hrf1 An
eeRn WITH bloody coercion. II was 1ust the same
Nh The Philippines, where such books as Bernar-
On dc Saint Pier-es Paul ard Virginia were pro-
eeTibed on account of thei- revolutionary tenden-
cesr
The Monroe Doctrine Was enuneiated as a reply
70 the Holy Alliance when Spain called to Europe
70 help her 10 crush her insurgsnt colonies in
America. President Monroe BY asserting in lss2
me right % the government al Washington to
recognize the new republics. ard by procianing In
~" the principle thai America longer a field
Tor foreign colonization. and that II European in
iervention should be attempted the United States
would not remain Indifferent spectstoU NO matter
uhaer what form that Intervention might be mani
sesteo, accomplished work OF the highest cIyiliza-
uoh- II permitted the republics OF South America
aho OF central America 10 organize themselves. II
may well be SAID that they still far from perfect
examples OF self-goYernment. but their faults
spanish Inheritance from which they are gradually
freeing Themselves Yet while the strong nations
oi Europe should not abuse their power 10 oppress
sneA republics like Venezuela, On the other hand
ne United States viii not be justified Ia con6oning
- - wrongs they may commit simply the plea
- tney are weak and are situated IN America"
.-,Do you view with any apprehension the much
s1.ed of American imperialism -
american imperialism r. a very different growth
80 the Caesarism which Is spreading its roots
shout Europe. With population Of 50. s0O0l
- territory large as al Europe, the United
go maintains army OF fewer than one hun
thousand men This IS a self-eFident proof
- you do not contemplate our Invasion and con-
.sL II your navy Is stronger IN proportion than
~ army IL need not disquiet as. because the
e.--ed States desires 10 protect Its commerce and
u ttieeas possessions AssuEedly see nothing IA
- so-ealled American peril or American imperial
- - menace tine friendly relations between
rance and the United States. do not call up the
.-..-nQTies Cf lafayette and ROchambeau Interna-
Ia policies cannot be Indefinitely maintained on
ei9lnds 0f mere sentiment There more sub
&@~1ual reasons for a continuance OF our comfy
lefe "a no question Of disputed territory 70 come
setNeen ua: none is likely % arise Finally we
siAte one common cause ana Interest The United
states and France the two greatest republics fn
Lns world aud this fact constitutes for them =
elnmunity 81 interest IN the face OF laonarchIcsl
eolntries sgen where there h a limited 1aonarcbv
&C stil more IN The face OF those which are rllsd
y .lperors and aufOcrats.
~ GuyOt viii leave the city this week for Wash
snston and VII SO later 20 S. Louis.