Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-06
PROFESSOR BINGHAM TAKES SLAP
At MONROE DOCTRINE IN ARTICLE
Statement in Berlin Paper At.
tracts international Atten-
ton and Comment

FOPCA I'll SIoNCo putty IL
South America that has attracted in
ternationaI attention. II constitutes
what the Literary Digest, which gives
extended notice to the matter, calls
An American Slap" at the Monroe
Doctrine"
The article was published in a Ger
man paper. The Literary Digest gives
| the following particulars:
Professor Bingham, Of Yale, an ex.
pert on Latin America, where he has
travelled extensively, has published a
work under the title, THE Monroe
doctrine an Obsolete Shibboleth." He
was subsequently requested by the ed.
itor Of the Berliner Tageblatt to com.
lnunicate to its readers, in the col.
umns Of that leading German paper,
his views on United States policy in
South America, a country where Ger.
man interests are yearly becoming of
greater Importance. The professor be-
gins his article telling his readers that
they must be careful to distinguish
between the Monroe Doctrine of 1923
and the Monroe Doctrine as it was de
veloped under, ClevelRnd's second ;ad.
ninistration by Secretary Of State EOl.
ney on the occasion Of the Venezuela
muddle. On this point DR.. Bingham
says: e e.. 'r<F
THE new Monroe Doctrine rests on
false premises and it's activity is de-
rived from impossible theories. Only
listen to what Olney says: The States
Of North and South America are by
air oaro,.o pbioal ft10cifion fl,o;r not
ural sympathy, the similarity of their
form of government, commercial and
political friends and allies" t.,
! DIR. Bingham denies that the geo.
graphical proximity of the Latin and
Anglo-Saxon republics establishes the
soundness of any such presumption.
On the contrary, he remarks:
ANY schoolboy knows that this
statement is not in harmony with the
real geographical position and prox-
unity of South America to the coun-
tries of the world. The greatest of
South-Am'erican Sites are situated
much nearer to Spain and Portugal,
for instance, than they are to New
York and New England. Key West
is not nearer to Rio de Janeiro and
Ruenos Aires than it is to Gibraltar,
and the general route from Valparaiso
to San Francisco Is longer than from
Valparaiso to London. Peru is Dor
dered by the Pacific Ocean, and yet IL
is farther from Puget Sound than
from Labrador"
To talk about natural sympathy"
says the professor, is merely ito throw
Gust into the eyes OF, the American
people" "Such sympathy has no ex,
istence," at least as regards South
America. To quote further: ~
"From the South Americans point
Of view the Monroe Doctrine of today
is not only a burden to be borne, but
nn actual injury which we inflict onlyi
because we are ignorant Of the posi-,
ton Of things in South America. Wei
have assumed the attitude of the Elder
Brother with the Club who at one
time might have been justified in as.
suming control which today Is super |
fluous 1t is necessary for US |
to- understand-once for all-that the |
leading powers of South America are
quite able to take care of themselves
and already are strong enough tol
treat our Monroe Doctrine with ~derf
sion"
1.-THE indications of this fact are le-
yion," continues this authority on Dip
omacy and South American affairs.
The newspapers, monthlies, and uni
Versity teachings show that in Latin
America the claims of the Monroe
Doctrine everywhere excite hatred
and antagonism." This point he dis
misses, however, as beyond the scope
f his essay, but lifts his voice in
THE writing on the WALL is
isible, he says dramatically. Brazil
las the largest dreadnoughts in the
world" Argentina and Peru are
building ships of war" He continues:
1.-The writing on the WALTZ will
cot say that Mongoliah hand has
,haped the letters. Yet it may safely
,e averred that many thoughtful minds
zee in South America the crucible in
which Latin, Indian and Asiatic blood
ire to be closely intermingled. The
eading Indian Inhabitants of Peru,
Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia, &C
.ording to an eminent anthropologist,
% closely resemble the natives OF
Northern Asia that the hypothesis OF
south America being originally col
,nized by Asiatics assumes an air OF
1t is at present quite
that this colonization Is &C
lively going on. One thing is certain.
The Mongol question in South Amer
ca has reached a critical stage. The
'osition Brazil has taken with regard
o Japanese immigration is exactly OPP
'osite to that taken by California. Ar
.entina actually welcomes the Japan
sc, and these immigrants are so nu'
lerous that the Japanese government
dis subsidized a direct line of steam
hips by the Cape of Good Hope route.
mother Japanese line passes by'way
+ Honolulu to the west coast OF South
Lmerica."
If Latin America is powerfully rein
orced from Asia it is better for us,
avs this writer, to have the "A B c.
Argentina, Brazil and Chile-for
riends and not for enemies, that Is,
- must dr0D oITr Mnnrno Doctrine. |