New-York tribune., 1913-12-29
Lore Of Great Age.

AN American diplomat'st would he aP-
,oi,od AZ tho awful responsibility of pro-
posinv offhard to abolish that wh"l" n"''
of pollcy ep!tnmzed bv thc phrase "'''
roe Doctrine. and 'n the ihst "'s
a., noet would only warilr app ha'h '"'
ouoytion whether such 'hanco oi 'o''f
might not bc taken under deliberate con-
la ra,jop. II may not lie technically IN
,o,,otiopal av. but il 's in,crndc"nai
,orc ~ great ngc aud dignity. ana ds
ouch f. 10 hc onvisaccd with reverence.
professor Bingham thinks. az (" paul
otic citizen, that the United states loses
rather tran gains hy the existence ~ th"
Norroe Doctrine. FIRST. ho think9 1t cot
,r,-,, ,o tho law Of nations. We says;
.L.urtbarmoro. Europe knows that I'm orGcr
ia continue to execute our sef-inposc"
and rosponslhlc mission We mo"i run
counter To- the most approved principles
NJ the Law Of nations And again IT..
! ,ben. our adherence to the Monroe DOC
,rlnc means, practically, disregard or 'h'
nrinci,,les of the accepted law OF hauons'
a. a uorth while 10 continue" These are
hrood inplications. The bOrderland OF IN
toyna,,onaI law Is perlous ground.
"profcssor Bingham thinks We should
disregard the Monroe Doctrine. secondiN'
because it involves too great task MAUI
rally IL must involve some trouble, Dut
ought a rich nation OF ninety millions 70
, he unwilling To take some trouble 10 con-
tributc it, share to the advancement OF
civilization, and IL there a sphere more
onpronriate TO this mission than that IN
which the Monroe Doctrine Is still vital!
The third general objection is that
through engendering III feeling In Latin
America the Monroe Doctrine Is detri-
mental 20 our social and commercial IN
to,asts So far az il goes this may be SO.
hut we should not condemn the past ef-
feet of the doctrine nor abandon II In the
future sphere Of its proper application
vt,bout rejecting, even If the other
American republics fail 10 do 40, upon
what might have happened 10 them In
the past, and what might still happen to
few OF them In the future, without the
Monroe Doctrine in any form"
Relations with Latin America.
piscussing Professor Bingham's pro-
! posals Of what the relations between the
United states and Latin America should
be. Mr.. Wilson remarks:
Professor Bingham suggests that the
United States adopt "a policy that is based
on intelligent appreciation Of the present
status OF the leading American powers.
II Is evident that We already have had
this lie then proceeds 10 outline a policy
whereby the United States should seek to
ioin the a, Il, G powers In the protec-
ton OF the weaker states: should call
sort Of conference 10 deal with difficulties
arising in any such states; should defer
TO the will OF such conference the aues-
ton Of action 10 be taken; should let such
action be enforced, II necessary, by Joint
military measures. and should II naval
action were required, seek preferably to
have such action taken by another Amcri-
can power.
1T would seem far safer To gain BY IT,
cultivation OF good understanding the
benefits latent In such a policy, rather
than 10 enter upon new and complicated
undertakings. The feasibility Of the Mon
roe Doctrine. properly viewed. should