The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-27
SUBSECTION RATEs.
E.rAEEMoNRoE DOCTRINE.

Recent diplomatic developments
and international discussions involv-
Ing the attitude OF European powers
: Especially .Germany-toward Near
agna have brought the Monroe Doc.
trine into the worlds spot light a.
fsain and the impression is strong
y that It will soon be given a new ap.
plication. The Monroe Doctrine is an
elastic diplomatic garment, not SO
elastic as the popular Imagination de.
picts II, but capable Of so much
stretching, when occasion demands,
that 1t will fit a multitude of situa
ri tons however different. There has
not been an administration since its
ssS Inception In which this guiding prin.
\ ciple has not been hauled out of its
Y historic recesses to do service in con.
nection withione difficulty or another,
and Sindlcations are that President
Taft's will be.no exception from this
rule. The Monroe Doctrine Is already
spoken OF US most suitable diplima-
itc habiliment to enfold the interna-
iional eyesore, Into which the choas
gof' Nicaragua is fast developing,
t9hile the United States restores ord.
.eE and sets the struggling republic
on Its feet again. Agitation has al.
ready begun. too, in the Pan.Ameri.
can conference on the part of the
in.American governments which
n owe much of their development to
Its existence, 10 make the doctrine!
now merely q declaration OF ( the
United States--a guiding principle
TOR the entire western hemisphere
Snch a political profession OF faith
SlWould mark a new era for the two
Americas, There is little doubt that
Sthe Monroe Doctrine of the present
day contains much that was not COM
templated by the President who first
gave II formal expression. Each adj
ministration, in n crisis has tackled
ADMINISTRATION. in crisis has tackled!
"a new meaning on 1t or stretched AM
Old meaning to greater lengths until
II has become coat of many colors,
hut none the less stout garment and
showing no sign of wear.
~ President Monroe, in his messageI
Eof December 2, 1923, said: THE oc.'
;easion has been judged proper for,
\ asserting as a principle in which the
rights and interests OF the United
States are involved. that the Amerl-
San continents, by the free and In
dependent conditions which they.
have assumed and maintain, are now
henceforth not to be considered as
subjects for future colonization by
any European powers. We owe 1t,
therefore to candor. and to the ami
cable relations existing between the
United States and those powers, to
declare that we Should consider any
attempt on their part to extend their
system to any portion Of this hem!.
! sphere as dangerous to our peace and
safety. With the existing colonies or
dependencies Of any European power
z we have not interfered and shall not
interfere, But with the governments
4 Who have declared their independ-.
;enee and maintained II, and whose
independence we, have, on great
consideration and on principles, &c.
tknowledged, we could not view any
tnterpeslt!on for the purpose Of OPP
pressing them, or in controlling in any
other manner their destiny. by any
Etrpean power, or in, any other light
!. than as the manifestation of an I'm:
friendly disposition toward the United
States
n Briefly the Monroe Doctrine, as so
uttered. declared against the inter.
position Of European powers in the