The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30
Thoughtful Americans cannot fail

Thoughtful Americans cannot fail
to understand that IL u navy were
o"ycrpowcrcd the Monroe Doctrine
would become ~ valueless Us the his
tOrlc scrap Of paper and that 1t could
bc revived. if at all, only by a vast en-
penditurc which would Tevolutionize
their economic position.
meanwhile other and more directly
unpleasant consequences than an occu-
patton If Brazil would not he Impos-
siblc.
"If this war ended in the subsection
Of the Allies to- the will Of Germany
the United States would quickly he
brought face To face with n dangerous
situation for which II is quite unprc-
pared. To Americans the war offers
many lessons of far reaching impor-
ancc. The ISOLATION which Washing
ton upheld must now Il" recognized rs
gone forever and a new political out
look may present itself in which rcl,-
lions with Great I,ritlin viii appear in
their true light.
The services which We have rem
deied to the United States in the past
and the far greater services which tie
NV y wv Nh- 'l'N WI W. '
Acknowledgement. The masses vino
profess the Monroe Doctrine will No
longer ignore tie support 1t has re
ccived from us and may r,aliH" that
british cooperation alone en- gulran-
tee it's in~viullbility in -. future.
"As ;hc Ncir ~ Dabiic has wisely
stated. only a combination of
ali the American Powers can make
I'an-Americanism !, safe and useful
organic itiun in the world to-day The
vital factor in such an organization IL
the british navy. and the Naval Union.
for which | earnestly pleaded In the
.NOrfh tW,riCud Rcri,W tvcnty-one
years ago. may now become a practical
possibility.
Nations lighting FOR their existence
in a cause whicn they consider sacred
may perhaps bc pardoned IL they are
too prone 10 expect Others to see with
their eyes. Americans. remembering
the civil war. Will understand this
tendency.
Then toe u vita. principle vas a;
stake. and Il great statesman Pres
ident showed no tenderness 70 the
commercial interests of neutrals and
rightly extended the sanctions If IN.
icrna.ional law to meet the essential
needs which he had perfectly grasped
I'VE "n our side accepted the jus.
t.cc of measures which hroush; puv.
erty ani suffering - a part IT ON
population. and We committed what
Won I!ernhardi calls the unpardunahl,
blunder Of not Supporting the south.
..W. -, E4. o.
been in the position which she ha,
REACHED before 1914 and IL Great Brit,
ain had not been as capable OF up,
Folding the Monroe Doctrine as sh. (,
to-day Americans can easily imaciu,
what would have javpruca.
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James NJ. i.eek and DE- i. William
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