Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-04
Experts Believe Determined
Effort Will Be Made With
in Few Years to Break Pan
American Policy.
MONROE DOCTRINE HAS
ENEMIES EAST AND WEST
Nation Should Have Navy
Strong Enough to Defend.
Atlantic and Pacific Coasts
at Same Time,

tay MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wissl
Washington Jan. 3.-Possihility of
= combined attack hy two foreign
powers to break down the new Pam
American doctrine evolved from main-
tenance by the United States and ac-
.ccptance by South and Central Amer
ican republics of the Monroe doctrine
js one of the fundamental bases for
the national defense plans formulated /
by army and navy strategists.
They believe il essential in the
formulation Of a national military
policy, il was learned tonight to pro-
vide against the eventuality of an as-
sault upon the doctrine by either an
sAsiatic or a European power or even
Iy an alliance of two such powers,
which might hurl forces simultan-
cously at the Atlantic ana Pacific
coasts.
Powerful Navy Required.
A navy equal in strength to those
Of any two world powers, except Great !
Britain, and an army prepared TO
fight for the integrity of the Pan
American idea anywhere in Pan
America is the ultimate extreme Of
the plans of the military experts.
Ten years is the time the navy gem
eral board believes the United States
has in which to prepare for read
justment OF world forces which will I
follow the European war In setting
1925 as the time when the United
States navy should equal any afloat--
which means reaching the two power
standard of the British navy, the
board estimated that much time would
clupse before the rhoclI Of the pr qant +
war passed sufficiently to permit any |
of the belligerents to look to South
and Central America for colonial de-
velopment or trade aggression
Adequate Army Essential.
Plans Of the army war college |
would be consummated in six years.
The army officers take the position
that the United States must have suf-
ficient troops and troop ships to land
forces in any threatened Pan-Amer-
ican country to meet an invader.
AL these preparations It Is now
known, have been presented by stratc
gsts to the administration as essential
10 support the Monroe doctrine so
that the United States may be able TO
act alone, if necessary, TO preserve its
ideal of no entanglng alliances. Such
ideals, the military students have
stated impose new duties on tho Unit
cd Substitutes that require some
thing more than policy of mere pas
sive resistance.
Plans of Wide Significance.
While the administrative branch of
the government has submitted to con-
gress d definite plan which contem-
plates an increased expenditure Of
more than n billion of dollars on the
military and. naval establishments in
the next six years, all other agencies
of the government are acting to unity
tlons. To students Of diplomacy the
Pan-American declarations of Presi-
dent Wilson in his opening address TO
congress; the declarations for Pam L
American unity made to the Pan
American scientific congress here by
Secretary Lansing, and the general
effort for unity of all the Americas !
on a basis of friendship and equality
take on added significance when con-
sidered in connection with the ad-
ministraton's preparedness plans
Pan American Policy Strong.
The recent announcement that the
from Argentine, Brazil
and Chile had been selected by the
United states to represent it ON the
commission provided in the peace pro-
vision treaties with France, Germany
and italy, is regarded as one Of the
4
Significance also is seen in the dis
closure that an effort to postpone the
Pan american congress on the ground
that sufficient time had not been
given to prepare an adequate scien-
tific program, was met by the state
mcnt that the United states was in |
desirous of taking prompt
steps to furtner the spirit of Pan-Am-
erican accord, confidence, sympathy ,
and mutually South American cap
itals uniformly report that the con |
gress is regarded there as more po- |
ltical than scientific and that apprO- f,
baton of the sentiment Of Pan-Am-
erican unity is freely expressed.
secrecy In Department.
What confidential Information the Y
army war college and the navy gem I
oral board may have gathered con
cerning the intentions of any certain !
power or powers is not being reveal 7
cd but there are certain matters of t
general knowledge which are known /
TO have entered INTO the study of
possibilities upon which the theory |
of two-power attack upon the Mon ]
roe doctrine was based. {
with the military program agreed | 1
upon and defined. the two boards Of /
strategists were asked what. in their i
opinion. would constitute adequate Y
national defense Their Answer was 9
TO build a two-power navy and or i
ganize "A federal army Of sufficient ]
size so that IA portion Of 1t could be /
used in any southern country against d
d foreign invader without impairing I
the safety OF the United States itself
ls0ard Recommendations. s
To accomplish this the general II
board then recommended for the
uaVNs a
Authorization IN 19le-f7 ~ 5
5000. 100000 IN new ships as against G
"a total Investment In fighting equip d