Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-25
American doctrim2:'

American doctll"2:'
''Exactly ninety years to a dat-"ft"r James Nonr''
in a message to congress defined the Monroe "'c'fl'''
Woodrow Wilson in an address to congress '''Ii'''' nv
Wilson doctrine.
''The former was designed to protect tn" LATIN Ann
crican republics from European coIotI#'fIo"* ne l"'''
is designed to save tlr~" republics from r"'"flrn' "I51'"H'
"As the Monroe doctrine was aimed at IN" non! -lI''"hVe
50 the Wilson doctrine is aimed at til" professional rrVo-
lutionists, the corruptju~ concrssiou>ri"~, "n'I tine corrupt
dirtutOrs of all Latin America. II Il age Ii'ahS ANY
ding, it means that so raru this adm -1ra'I"n Is concern
ed the United State, wifi not rrco%H!I. III" r"no(ltnHon3i
authority of Latin American @ovrl7m '"j~ '~tabI!~h'd ny
u~ur7ation without tn" free consent ,# '." u'intInI'jat'd
inhabitants thereof.
IF the United State is to guarau>r" the integrity OF
IHlin-Amcrican countries, they mus in turn MAINTAIN "
kind of government that will not forever threaten peaceful
relations between til" United State &mI tn" rest OF the
civilized world. If we arc to protect their territory, 1t is
right that we should demand that they protect their own
Institutions"
The Springfield Nlass) Republicans. independent, one
Of the ablest newspapers in the United States, and whose
political editorials have no superior, r"noark1 on the Next
can policy that it is in line with the doctrine OF the fathers,
and in the long run will prove to be the principle TO tie to"
Some editors say the Mexican policy OF the message
lacks deinitcncsS. SO does the Mexican situation itself in
the neighboring republic. The poliry Of 'watchful wait
ing' advocated by President Wilson does not suit the beli-
cose editors who are very fond Of G4Itiny-on paper-or
others who enjoy Il fight when the other fellow is in the mix
up anu lutA SIlI'N uISt llul Oh 10 i' HIS bNNl. DIl,c COLI
shlering what the present situation in Mexico is, with all
sorts Of unexpected complications possible, it is hard to tell
what better policy could suit the present crisis, apart from
armed Intervention. The lives and property Of foreign
residents IN Mexico are being protected by the United
States as eI1ectuallv as can be done in acountry honeycomb-
"d with bands of irresponsible men engaged in guerrilla
warfare, many of whom are regular cut-throats, and in
winch the beligerents, on both sides. have little regard for
the rules of civilized armed conflicts. Foreign powers are
Wiling to trust the safety Of their OWL subjects or citizens
to the United States, after having become familiar with the
situation; and, thus, the policy of "watchful waiting,' as
enunclated III the message, is not a dangerous ~ptimism,'
as the Philadelphia Inquirer would like its readers to be-
lleve, but rather the sanest ~policy-for the present.
Young people should acquire the habit of correct speak
ing and writing, and abandon as early as possible any use
OF slang words and phrases. The longer you put it off the
more difficult the achievement of correct language will be:
and II the golden age of youth, the proper season for the
acquisition of language, be passed in it's abuse, the unfor-
tunate victim will most probably be doomed to talk slang
for life. You have merely to use the language which
read, instead OF the slang you hear to form a taste in agree
ment with the speakers and poets in the country.
AS long as a man agrees with you, you think him a good
fellow. When he antagonizes your ideas and doctrines.
you don't like him so well. AS long as the farmer went
along blowing, hoeing and harvesting, and let the profess
slonal politicians run the politics, and the monopoHes run
the business, nobody called him a crank or an ignoramus.
But when he took a hand in the politics and began to cues
ton the right Of others to rob him, the dogs of war we're let
loose on him.
II y Il f.
There is not enough JOY in this Struggling world. So
few people have time for It; but children, happy children,
who are brought up in sympathetic atmosphere, in the in
finite leisure that is theirs, have an immense canaoi+v for
JOY. How can we deny ourselves that enriching spectacle
Ia joyous child? Thee apacity for JOY is one of the high
est of the human faculties, and it is grossly neglected. We
walk too much with our feet in graves. Let us laugh Will
the children and be young.
& s. y Il y So
HAPP HOMES.
A woman may do her level best to make a happy home
for her husband and children but if she is treated as a
slave and only given her board and clothing in nayment for