The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-11

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Why, says The Spectator, strange a.
it will sound to most American ears
and furious as il will render many
thoughtiess transatlantic jingoes, il
is none the less true that at this mo
ment what stands batYeen the Mon
roo DjctriHo and its complete de8truc
ton are our ships ia the North Sea
and the mud-stalned men In the Brit
ish and French trenches on the
Aisne.' Perhaps so and perhaps not
The Monroe Doctrine, truly, IooEs t.
have about the tensile strength OF q
rope Of sand, but IL hasn't been test
al and We don't know how il would
stand strain. But German vlstors
IN this tremendous conflict would
hardly call the Monroe Doctrine i'm.
mediately forward for proof Of ita
binding power. If British ships and
French battalions stand between the
doctrine and its destruction at the
hands of Germany now. would not
British and French colonies stand in
their stead Ia event Of Germany s
triumph, for long time 20 come?
With India and the isles of the East
that were not taken by Japan-and
Egypt and South Africa-such as the
Beers would not strike for and rich
dependencies here and there ana
everywhere fallen from the British
Empire, With Algeria and ruuis and
Morocco, Anam and Tunkin, and
other fine possessions Of France, with
in her grip, would not Germany have
her hands pretty well filled and
riches enough wherewith to renew
her strength in regions. already raw
aged, perhaps, but with good rayaging
yet possible? II the Germans oyer
come the allies there will be such a
REIMBURSEMENT of the subject region OF
Tie world as will keep even those
interchangeable and dauntleSs people
busy for many Il long year and gen
GRAFTON, until the Monroe Doctrine
has either been outgrown by the
south American nations or grown up
to If II is not abandoned by the
United States. After this war there
any hunting either of territory or
trouble by any of the powers en-
gagged In the whitening conflict. There
viii be enough repair al home ana
establishment or replacement Of
authority in colonies and dependen-
cies to occupy the thought aud absorb
the activities of the bruised empires
Tor u prolonged period.
There is, too, this reflection: Just
at the moment, the Japanese rather
than tho British fleet in South
American waters seems to stand be-
tween the Germans and an open door
to South America, for whatever pre-.
limiuaries that might bo effective to
ward the destruction OF the Monroe
Doctrine But the Japanese fleet
might itself be the omen of challenge
to the Monroe Doctrine So there we
are, and, perhaps, without regard to
the outcome of the war, and merely
in preparation against the readJust-
menta Of empire that inevitably must
follow hard upon such an upbeaval
~ the world Is undergoing, il might
not be 80 bad to follow the we'll III
t,ntioned. however heavily Interested.
suggestion of the haunted Spectator,
and reduce IN some measure the de-
gree OF oar military unpreparedness.
The next international council may
sit in The peace palace at Tho Hague,
but the delegations are pretty certain
to have military men prominent in
their make w, and fleets aud armies
well posed for exhibit in the negotia-
tons We should make at least Il
creditablc. however small. display
% our own resources in the industry
q war. upon which the world may he
entering on rather larger and
more extended scale than the pa,
citicisis have persuaded themselves
and would persuade everybody is
even possible in the civilization of
the present though that same civil
cation may be exactly and a very
excellent reason why such thing is