Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-28

insist that when the war is over, II
Germany were successful, she could
not take over the territory of Canada
and overthrow her government ana
establish her own there, OF take any
oppressive measures which would
have a similar effect. But we could
not object to her exacting an indem-
nifty if she were the victor"
Sees Peace for. United states.
Mr.. Taft sees little danger of the
policy drawing this country into
trouble with a European nation soon,
at least, one reason being that the
present struggle abroad will leave
them exhausted and, therefore, un-
likely to begin new hostilities.
In support of his views Mr.. Taft
cited the opinions expressed by his
predecessor, Colonel Roosevelt, in his
messages to Congress.
Mr. Roosevelt, in his commune
cations to Congress has again and
again asserted that the maintenance
of the Monroe roctrine does not re-
quire our government to object -
armed measures on the part of Euro
pean governments to collect their
debts against governments on this
continent that are in default of their
just obligations, provided only that
they do attempt to satisfy those
obligations by taking over to them
selves ownership and permanent
possession of the territory of the
debtor governments, or by other op-
preSsive measures.
I'm the first place." said Mr. Taft.
"the Monroe Doctrine is a policy If
TIE United States, and is not m
obligation of international law bind
ing upon any of the countries af-
fected, either in European countries
whose action 1t seeks to limit, or the
countries whose government and ter
ritory it seeks to protect. Nor does
1t involve an absolute obligation On
the part of the United States to en-
force It, 1t rests primarily upon the
danger to the interest and safety of
the United States, and, therefore, the
nearer to her boundaries the at
tempted violation of the doctrine, the
more directly her safety is affected
and the more acute her interest; and
naturally therefore, the more eX-
treme will be the measures to which
we should resort to enforce 1t,
How 1t Applies TO the b C.
",rhe Monroe Doctrine, SO far as it
applies to Argentina, Brazil and
Chile, the so called A B C govern
ments of South America is now
never likely to be pressed, first, be-
cause they have reached such point
that they are able to protect them
selves against any European inter
ference; and. second, because they
are so remote from us that viola
tion of the doctrine with respect to
them would be little harmful to our
interests and safety.
"The second great limitation of the
AZ iG
contemplate any interference on our
mart with the right of a European
government to declare and make war
upon any American government, or
TO pursue such course in the vindic'-
tiou of it's national rights as would
be a proper method under the rules u
international law. This was express
ly declared to be the limitation of
our national policy by Mr.. Seward
lust after our Civil War, when Spain
made war against Chile.
"a question which has arisen in
respect to the present war is whether
ff Germany or Austria or Turkey
with whom England is now at war,
were to send a naval and military
force to Canada to take Canadian
ports and wage war upon the soil
of the dominion, this would be vio-
,tion of the Monroe Doctrine and
would be something against which
that doctrine would require us to
nrotest. II seems to me clear, from
the history of the Monroe Doctrine
and from Secretary Stewards declara-
tion in the case of the war between
spain and Chile, that consistent pur-
suit of the policy would not require
us to object to any warlike measures
under the rules of lawful war which
England's enemies might take against
Canada.
what we have done in and about
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