The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-30

has left no expression OF his views
and rather blames Secretary Seward
for not being more aggressive while
the civil war was raging. rs though
both men did not have their hands fuN
without theorizing on that matter. The
facts remain that in the one serious
instance of an infraction Of The doc
trine enunciated by the United
States. the invasion of Mexico 10y "A
French army. the French Withdrew
unwillingly at the instance "f the
United States. and that Russia at "A
comparatively small cost was climb
mated from American affairs through
the agency Of Seward when he was
free to act.
A curious instance of the reaction
Of the imperialistic tendencies of the
twentieth century Is the admiration
now shown for James h. Polk. hitherto
one of the least distinguished Of our
Presidents. an admiration for tic ac-
comp,ished fact Of national expansion
which Prof. Hart seems to share heart
ily In spite Of Folks having been "a
Democrat and having Violated the
spirit and letter OF the Monroe Doc
trine as Prof. Hart sees II. lie thinks
a modification was introduced then
which took the place of the original
doctrine. which he calls the doctrine
of american supremacy" This was
succeeded after the civil war by what
he calls the doctrine of paramount In
terest.' and for tina Prof Hart would
now substitute "A doctrine OF per
manent interest" With his effort to
find Conference or consistency in Mr..
Roosevelt's foreign policies and utter
ances. from which he extracts a
Roosevelt doctrine" the reader Will
sympathize. The trouble seems To he
tina, Prof. Hart tries to explain all
the confused elements in the modern
foreign policy Of the United states 10y
the Monroe Doctrine, as though that
had been the sole panacea IN the past
Into Prof. Harris speculations about
the future we shall not enter. HIS
5 perrancnt interest doctrine has Il de-
c!dedly Teutonic tinge; the ihteil-
l gent American who looks ahead VIII
l expect that the men who nave 10 ueal
with foreign affairs Will regard inc
real interests Of the country IN the
: future as they have in II past Ill
? spite of some eccentric secretaries "'
; state, lie will also feel pretty sure
I tina, neither the diplomacy nor the
! methods Of warfare Of the present
: hour will be taken as models. ir"i
Hart explains the way in which the
I Germans and the japanese tegari the
( enforcement, ~ the Monroe Doctrine
: for he regards them as possible uah-
J. u.ro,s elements lie ,<plains also the
: a,,t,ude ~ tho Latin American ma.
,io,s ,,d ,boir c,lyo and prago doc.
h ,,,res which n, in with his intcrpro-
,,,io, ~ tho Monroe Dnctrine. h,
= ..i,ys IN tho remaining shreds Of in
,arna,ia,a, law" and IN the IIlgu.
Y ,r,hnr,,
.rb. nic,ure he draws If the I.atii
$ >n.ric,n rcnuhlics * hv no mean.
= oa,,erirp I'm, II may resemble that
I ,,.b,.h mos, Americans form Of then
g md ,beir neople. He has little sympa
- ,b, u,,b ,heir dissimilar civilization
$ ,i,b ,b.,r frequent revolutions an,
@ ,.,,, ,bor emh,rrassinu financial
-.r.action. ue seems inclined &
y $50 49,, ,,r ,r,de methods IN whi,l
,h, hu,;no,s mon ,f IN, United state,
II ,,n,.. ,.c,;rod IN adam, themselves
e ,,,,,,h tho Germans british an,
2 ,,r.r Euroneans have managed I,
= "a, ~. .b,u The atttud, nf ,hes
,,,t,i,s ba Ses,rihas cnrrectly: the,
: 40, .,y.r ~ avail themselves If In,
,r,.,,,, c,,,r T., ,h,m hv rho warn
rc ~ ~. I.ri,.d states T., Eurnpea,
pa,ors a. ke.n their hands off -
,,.ric, and arc a, the same tim
. io,i,,s az ,b. suuerinr mower Of tn
-, I,r,,od states and fearful thai, il ma,
~ ,,,,-toro ui,h ,beir internal affairs
" til, h.v. loon a cause of cmharrass
u 80, ,r,,, ~. berirninr and the chic
-, ,,- h.tr shifting ,y,r IN. sur
" r,so.rco ~ tho Monroe Doctrine. he
u aa,,.o ., chair chronic inability :
y r,atr,.i, any kind ~ s,ahl, govern
e. $50, hac,rso 81 ,he disturbance
u ,,,rc ,be,solyas h.r,us, If the.
~ ,,ah, -, h,rr,u,in. NANCY from r,-
rs tn,or, ana zion ror,slrr "a ror,
i ,nar, .,d osnoci,uv in moro recon
~ .,.,as ho.auo ~ ,b.r a,,rar,ir
IL go. i,,.s,msn,s ~ ,ari,,l vhic
~ t.,ar,so ,r unable IA rrn,cr,
lie I,h,uyh s.,f.defan,c urdnubtcd cd,
e. r,s ,h. chief motive fnr tho frs, snur
""H '' ~ -.
We e.,a ~ Iri,.. s,,,o. b,s Iiyo
" nm IN its implied agreement 10 So
-. that the Latin American republics AZ
VA not intcrfered with. honestly mas
be putaoiy IN al essentials 'l'l MI i'o"s'