The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
CALLS MONROE
DOCTRINE VAIN
l. of No Use to Latin
America, Says Argentine
President.
MESSAGE IS ELASTIC"
Permits Us to EncrOach on
Others Sovereignty, He
Complains.
IS SELFISH DOCUMENT
"Purpose Is North American
Domination Against
European"

-we are Of yesterday but we fli the
world Is a phrase repeated INCREASINGLY
bv tho American OF the North, like a
morning Grafton. A strong monologue
But 1t is the expression OF giant who,
lying between two oceans, resting his
head on the frozen wastes near the Pole,
warns his neither extremites in the trop-
ical sun and even spreads himself too
much over the southern part Of the con-
un,nt. his power makes h arrogant,
strength calls him TO conquest and even
his wealth serves AS an accomplish In
the agsrlndlzement which wounds the
moderation OF the humble"
The giant Is Uncle Sam and the prln-
c.p.e ac'uiting his attitude is the Mon
roe Doctrine. This Is the view held by
Dr. Rogue Saenz Pena, President OF the
Argentine Republic, whose diplomatic
representative in Washington Is one OF
the A Il c medators who offered their
services to settle the conflict between the
United states and Dictator Huerta.
In a book which has just been published
In Buenos Ayres Or. Saenz Pena takes
up the famous declaration OF President
Monroe. from It's enunciatlon as a warn
ing TO Europe against helping Spain win
back her South American colonies.
through all its applications In the nine
tenth century. lie comes 10 the con-
cus.un that IT has been OF absolutely no
benefit TO the Latin American republics,
was never Intended to be so and has
l.Tt h.. =,
to acquire territory and pose as the
champion Of the western continent be-
fore Europe. a pose which is resented by
the nations 20 the south as that OF .
ueacherous stepmother.
THE principle OF non-lnervention," says
the Argentine President. which Wash
ington proclaimed as of universal appli-
cation. Is sustained by his descenda mt s
against Europe, but the contrary prln-
cip.v . exercised as AN undisputed right
against the Spanish american republics.
at * beyond any doubt" he explains,
"thlt Monroe read his message with
mental reservations which his successors
have taken advantage OF to extend or
restrict the formula. with capricious in
Expectations Ike those OF Polk or merely
ABSURD deductions ike those of Cleveland.
THE message seems TO have been made
OF gutta percha, an elastic substance
which can be- stretched, and IL adapts IT.
tslf 10 every convenience. in the eXclu-
svt interest II the lnterventions OF which
II b., the cause"
The Argentine statesman will not even
Civ credit for the doctrine OF non-inter-
vent..u 10 President Monroe Canning.
the British Foreign Minister OF the early
da5s ut the nineteenth century, is the
man % whom that credit must he given,
Dr, St-uZ Peud contends. II was Can
Mn who caused En-land to withdraw
from the Holy Alliance IN 1898, the year
he me-ft-o Wa delivered before the
congress &C the United states. ana IL was
through that action that spain was in
oimHl' OF carrying on a night for the
suoJuEt'.on Of her colonies In the Western
htm.5pnrre. Otherwise the defiant words
OF VI Nu'uc would nave been of no avail.
The message Of December. 1928" he
says, was flash in the pan and II 1t
stopped the fleets of the Holy Alliance
ana changed the political schemes of Eu-
rope IT was because the league
OF k'uSS had been already warned by the
protest Of Great Britain The Monroe Doc
trlnc lacks originality, and when the Cab
met ar Washington claims II as It's own IL Is
.hFAd'1- a domain lJll title to which may
a' claimed by Great Britain the United
state "aH not In the vanguard Il was
toye1 Dos the squadrons OF England"
l'r ~acn2 Pena quotes the cele-
Grated speech Of Canning In 1926 10 jus-
NY ..E assertion - resolved" said the
h"'-h statesman, that. II France had
SPAN, 10 should not be Spain with the
indies. called n New World into
- .''uee to redress the balance o. the
U.u.'
Having thus disposed OF what he calls
u t.uJn of the United States that the
o"''.u" which siyel the Independence OF
~ Latin American republics was born in
Na.'luston, urging as a further proof
mn the United states did not take the
initiative In recognizing that indepcnd-
enc. DR.. Sacnz peul goes on TO his other
lo.7- mat the doctrine has permitted the
United states to encroach on the SOW
err. nty Of the Spauish-Amorican nations
"instrument Of Annexation."
"Nu small number of the States of
LAIN America, he says. "cAn cor
ie'i the assertion that the Monroe Doc
rl1e was purely defensive. Mexico can
tel les that II was an instrument OF an
i'Ntlnn and one that has been used Inn
H'"' r1'n,y NicarISua perhaps has some
tHHt stronger TO say, recalling the Clay
,'''Hu.Wcr treaty, whic. set at naught
u" objections Of Monroe and established