Bisbee daily review., 1914-04-04
SUGGESTS CHANGING
 MONROE DOCTRIN E
 FOR PAN MERICA.
ADMIRAL CHESTER DECLARES NEW CONDITIONS IN WESTERN
 HEMISPHERE DEMAND ACTION

PHILADELPHIA, April 3.-A "con. cert Of action" among American Re. publics in defense of the principle of America for Americana" as a sub stitute Tor the manner in which the Monroe Doctrine ls enforced today by the United States alone. was urged by Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester in speech hero today before the American Academy or Political and Social Science.
 Two distinct and fnrrcaching principles are laid down In the Mon. roe Doctrine" he said. "The nrat ia the principle of 'solf-dofenae." Tho second is that south American Re. publics, which followed our lead In de. claring their independence, should have our protection in maintaining this doctrine for themselves.
 "rhe first principle is automatic and immutable. and all other considera. tions must give away Co it. The sec. ond Is amenable Co charges or amend. ments that will bring it into accord with new conditions that arise. The question now Is, therefore, do the same conditions prevail on the west. ern continent today that existed at the time President Monroe sent his message to Congress in 1923?
 We should remember that the South American Republics were in their infancy at the time of the Mon. roe Doctrine was declared. and were struggling, against great odds for lib erty. The United States proclaimed herself the protector of the western world as a matter of necessity, for without her aid the newly formed Re publics were helpless to battle against the great odds opposing them.
 The question today. SO far as our own national defence is concerned is, would it be a menacC to interests centered so far away as the United States if a European Power, whose Do- litical and even religious aspirations may be the same as our own, should attempt 10 acquire territory in Ar geniina. for instance? Such an as sault would. of course. affect the in- terests of this country, but should the United States attempt to interfere in the matter unless asked by Argentina to aid her in throwing of the menace that assailed her?
 Leading statesmen of Brazil and other South American Republics have declared that the Monroe Doctrine is discredited in the republics for whose benefit it was devised, not that they do not appreciate the good intentions of the United States, but they deny the right of this nation 10 appoint itself guardian over their welfae. doctrine founded upon the principle laid down by James Monroe. but giving the right of protectorate to the powers in gen eral and not to any country in partic- ular, would be the ideal doctrine Is 'he belief fthe people of Latin-Amer. ica.
 We cannot however. with propriety form an alliance" for that word has been tabooed by an unwritten law of the land
 Let us form then concert of ac- ton" after the principles of the Mon roe Doctrine. similar to that estab- lished in Europe for support of the doctrine known there as "The Balance of Power" Call this part of our inter national policy by. the name of the Monroe Doctrine, if you will, or by the term America for the Americans which will probably better please our confreres in the south. and at the same time be in accord with the general principle of that doctrine"
 But there is field in which the in. terests of the United State sshould not be shared with any other nation, the nation. the speaker added in conad ering the countries of the Caribbean Sea or along the Gulf of Mexico. "The right ftho United States to protect these countries. and the protection of "The Father of Republics has been called for, and accepted so many times, as to establish this policy of the American government as an inalien able right" he said
 "In defending the Continental Pol icy of America for the Americans the United States will have ample cause for keeping up an efficient Navy and she will need every ship that our non military country will authorize to be constructed"