Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-12

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 to our own depubllc there are nov already republics in the regioi south of us which have reached point of power and prosperity that en ables them to be considerable factor: in maintaining this doctrine which i'
 c much to the advantage of all of us
 -ust be understood that under nc
 sstances will the United State;
 Monroe Doctrine as a cloah
 rritorial aggression. Should
 f our neighbOrs, no matter how
 ent. how disregardful of our
 finally get into such position
 the utmost limits of our forbear-
 are reached, all the people south
 ls may rest assured that no action
 ever be taken save what is abso-
 fely demanded by our self respect;
 hat this action will not take the form zDf territorial aggrandizement on our bart and that it will only be taken at an with the most extreme reluctance l and not only without having exhausted every effort to exhaust it.
 Will Not Shield Wrong Doing.
 "As to the second point, if a repub- lie to the south of us commits tort against a foreign nation, such, for ln- stance a wrongful action against the persons of citizens of that nation, then the Monroe Doctrine does not force us to interfere to prevent punishment or the tort. save to see that the punish ment does not directly or indirectly as- sume the form of territorial occupa- tion of the offending country The case is more difficult when the trou- bIe comes from the failure to meet contractual obligations. Our own gov ernment has always refused to enforce such contractual obligations on behaIf of its citizens by the appeal to arms. It is much to be wished that all foreign governments would take the same view. But at present this country would certainly be willing to go to war to prevent a foreign government from collecting a just debt or to back up some one of our sister republics in Q refusal to pay just debts: and the al formative may in any case prove to be that we shall ourselves undertake to bring about some arrangement by which so much as is possible of the just obligations shall be paid. Person | ally should always prefer to see this country step in and put through such an arrangement rather than let any foreign country undertake it.
 T do not want to see any foreign | power take possession permanently or | temporarily of the custom houses of | an American republic in order to en- force it's obligations, and the alterna- tive may at any time be that we shall be forced to do so ourselves.
 Must Bear Each Others Burdens.
 Finally, and what is in my view, really the most important thing of all, it is our duty, so far as we are able, to try to help upward our weaker broth CTS. Just as there has been 8 gradual growth of the ethical element in the, relations of one individual to another, 1 SO that with all the faults of our Chris l jan civilization it yet remains that we [ Ire no matter how slowly, more and e nore coming to recognize the duty of ( caring one another's burdens. simi- l. q arly believe that the ethical element c by degrees entering into the deal e lgs of one nation with another. p Under strain of emotion caused by tf ldden disaster this feeling is very ev- ai lent 4 famine or Q plague in one pl ountry brings much sympathy and al Ome assistance from other countries. oi Ioreover, we are now beginning to 2 ecognize that weaker peoples have a si laim upon us, even when the appeal W s made, not to our emotions by some tl udden calamity, but to our consci- t .nces by a long continuing condition ( 1f affairs. i s.I do not mean to say that nations 8 nave more than begun to approach ( the proper relationship one to another, s and I fully recognize the folly of pro { ceeding upon the assumption that this ( ideal condition can now be realized in full for. in order to proceed upon such ] an assumption, we would first require some method of forcing recalcitrant nations to do their duty, as well as Of seeing that they are protected in their rights.
 Pride in Cuban Work.
 'In the interest of justice. 1t is as necessary to exercise the police power as to show charity and helpful gener- osity. But something can even now be done toward the end in view. That something. for instance, this nation has already done as regards Cuba, and l is now trying to do as regards Santa Domingo. There are few things in our | history in which we should take more | genuine pride than the way in which ] we liberated Cuba, and then, instead | of instantly abandoning it to chaos, | stayed in direction of the island until we put it on the right path, and finally | gave it freedom ana helped it as 1t 1 started on the life of an independent republic.
 Santo Domingo.
 "Santo Domingo has now made an appeal to us to help it in turn, and not only every principle of wisdom but ev- cry generous instinct within us bids us respond to the appeal. The conditions in Santo Domingo have for a number of years grown from bad to worse un- til recently all society was on the verge of dissolution. Fortunately just at this time wise ruler sprang up in Santo Domingo, who, with his collea- gues. saw the dangers threatening their beloved country. and appealed to the friendship of their great and pow erful neighbor to help them. The i'm