The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-16
DO YOU mean this literally :"
Ijt4ee On NationaI

orr lob to protect them; iet lnsA'
taLe care OF themselves.
IN, Won include all OF our neien-
ha,.. MEXICO. among the rest!
..T an. that country 10 9 nuisancs.
uh.t h,,sfness is It OF ours VINO no., .uios
/. = - - Icrg a it behaves. ITSELF
..yor would have no oD1ec.lv =.
ith.. - the occupation OF Me1ico ~
E,ropean power, with. say Mll'io'A
/ troops?" ~, .h.+.
..rrna but would you advise oui
acting to prevent It, were II in"i,
n.M ives SUPPOSE should; assuredly
NO do not want foreign army q oui
| DOORS" ,,.hdr.U
,.. ,,htection to the application OF
tha Monroe Doctrine to Mexico
..ya.. I think In the case OF Mex
~, The doctrine is necessary put
should let its application emo VIA
.How about the countries TO the
south Of Mexico; between Mexico anu
/ the canal - n.ar.
! ..Rlank the canal; wish we nadn ).
| h,,flt Il It will get US into lou o.
tronble before we're through.
! ives. hut we have built It; ana
wa.ve agreed to keep It an open neu.
| trail seaway for all users, and lot ina.
nurnose have constituted ourselves
its armed police Now, are you VIII
Ing that the army Of occupation wnicn
ynn would not permit In Mexico
shou,d he allowed to establish itseil
hetween Mexico and the canal!
mo 81 shouldn't say that. We must
no secure as far as the canal zone AZ
any rate. ~
t-;na should cover the territory De-
tween ourselves and the cana!
/ well where. exactly, would you
now draw the line?"
| aAt the far edge Of the canal zone
there 1t should STOP"
what then, would you advise our
doing did an ambitious European
mower line up its army but ten miles
havond the canal. within heavy gun
range Of its prism and works! Wouio-
~ Il seem necessary in. that case
That we have In the zone an equal
army Of our own. And II we hadnt =
/ would not the absence Of SUCH re-
itaining force constitute q virtual sur
lender Of the canal into the hands OF
the other side?
.sWell. we've fortified the canal
! eyes. against ship IRE at its APP
breaches. hut not at all against An In
vastinr army. Nor Is the protective
area a. either side sufhcientiy wide
In nreyent the dropping Of heavy
| al. into the canal from outside.
sThat. OF course, couldn't be per
mittad: I admit that we must protect
the canal at all hazards, ana - far
south as necessary.
..Then, I take II, you would wish TO
! maintain the Monroe Doctrine DOWN
| to 4 line suhiciently remote TO assure
/ ina canal against an invading army.
inst where. in Central or South Amer
iica. would you place that line, IN
view OF the celebrity Of present day
military travel and transport
| II can't say. precisely
.well. suppose II be drawn across
! Brazil for instance. and we assent
TO the occupation Of the territory be
yond II. How should we assure the
! inyfolability. Of the territory on this
] side Of the line-by stationed army
OF our own"
/ eve couldn't maintain . military
force In Brazil. of course-but brazi!
1 could invite us In IN case OF trouble.
.,True. but the invitation might
come too late, or It might be mace
impossible for Brazil with q foreign
army on her back to invite Us At all.
Even should she do 80 we should nave
! first to create an army and next 70
move It q long way, while the enemy
meanwhile would be moving rapidly
north. Do you think 1t practicaois 70
draw our line at any point which We
could neither maintain by pefma-
nent force nor reach quickly enough
| in case OF need!
mo. that probably would not oe
practicable"
NOW. isn't It likely that should We
! hermit the occupation of any South
~ Centrll American territory by
! nusf,ful european military power tnas
tarritorx would soon become the thor
4 omph1v equipped base OF an army sum
lc,ent in equipment and numbers 20
threaten our own peace and secur
iity?" -,
] to arm against 1t.
4 "Well. doesn't 1t follow that In or
der 20 prevent the very mtlitarization
~ our country to which we AL are
onposed-the maintenance OF q stand
ing army OF European dimensions
which from the beginning has beer
i contrary to our policy--it Il essential
that we forbid and maintain sumcien'
. forces to prevent II necessary the &C
Iouis,tion by a foreign military power
OF any new territory whatever in thi!
.henisphere?"
"Oh. / see; your contention Is tha
the maintenance of the Monroe Doc
Urine by means of a powerful aavJ
will rid us of the need. OF huge
standing army Of our own
Exactly; given sufficient navy
the Monroe Doctrine itself is q more
certain barrier against invasion than
without It. any army could possibly