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FELIX T. HUGHES.

league against any country or people.
ehanses OF necessities ana thouwhf
rom that Of the original league
Ihere may be pact in The peace bu
mot peace IN the pact Our love of
peace comes from the horrors of war
and history is the best pact. An
1here is in the pact is, thar we sign
ia bond not TO fight again, and if
somebody seeks fight we viii fight
hina, so that since there are no
means OF maintaining league 10
enforce peace, but war. how can such
e league be maintained WITHOUT war;
The only league worth a cent lis the
lone IN the mind and soul of the in
aiVldnaf or nation who mas seen the
lhorrors Of war and felt and enjoyed
The blessings OF peace.
one may say that most likely there
would be no such differences arising
IN the league that would require any
serious war or trouble, but that is
purely imaginary The split may
grow until the minds of the contract
Ing parties are equal or nearly SO,
and then comes the tug Of war" So
that the right thing FOR the allied
nations 10 have done. was 10 dictate
the terms of peace which the cen
tral powers must accept, then have
them accept and thereby end the
war. Then we could have talked for
the years TO come, about means 10
prevent another war, but no. the
whole thing must be settled now and
4 forever, before the terms of capitu-
!lation Of the central powers could be
written, and with eli these months Of
struggle and indecision, today, the
world is in a thousand times worse
condition than ii was in November
last when the armisftce was signed
and we find that as TO this nation 8
wants and that nations wants, in
stead OF the peace pact sif6iug wars,
4 we are gust beginning to fight
We have in our own land, more
aconcern about our own liberties and
law abiding people than We can
handle without running after those
Z Of Europe, Asia and Africa, This
country has been opposed TO leagnes
Tor general peace treaties with the
! countries Of Europe from the begin
ming. Our pilgrim fathers left their
native shores 10 avoid the compdfca-
items, alliances and intrigues of their
! people. and they lived and pr.-pered
under their own vine and 1g tree and
grew until they felt they could stand
alone and they did through the rEFo
! lutisn, thereby obtaining indepsn.
iGence.
4 Washington the father OF his coun.
try, left his farewell address with the
instructions TO avoid enIanglsments
4 and alliances with other countries,
and it worked so well thai President
Monroe affirmed the doctrine and
put up fte mig sign, Monroe Doc
trine's Tor Americans and By this big
sign board We have marched TO our
| present human grsatress and Just
now, IN the youth OF this greatness,
we are asked 10 take down this sign,
burn IT and go into the great mix up
/ OF the world; in fact, put ourselves
into this world court 10 abide the DE-
creeg it may make regardiess Of the
wish of this natieE or that.
Monroe Doctrine.
The Monroe Doctrine is defined
and applied in new revised en-
cyclopedia dictionary, as "a term
applied TO the declaration made by
the United States. during rne second
presidency OF James Monroe t1S2l-
.ls25). The first had John Quincy
Adams for its author; it RESUMED
that every spot Of the old world was
covered ny the flag Of some civilized
power, and so would be free from
American encroachment and assert
ed that the American continents, py
the free and independent condition
which they have assumed and main
tain, are henc efoTth moi 10 be con
sidered rs subjects for future colo
niaztaun by any European power.
The second declaration related 10
the unprecedented attempt of the Holy
Alliance 10. W to sLoiugAfe the
Spanish American states which had
reyolted. In his annual message of
1923 President Monroe declared that
the United States woufu consider
any attempt Of the allied powers to
extend their systam TO any portion
OF this hemisphere as dangerous TO
our peace and safety.
Now this doctrine as foreshadowed
by Washington in his farewell adj
dress. had been tried and tested
down to the presidency or James
Monroe from 1871 TO 1895, and when
IT had been seen that the holy Rlll-
ance was attempting TO suhJugate the
Spanish American states which had
revolted, Monroe said any attempt OF
the allied powers 10 extend their
system TO any portion Of this henls
phers, was dangerous 70 our peace
and safety" Just how MIR. Wilson
can say that the alrrec powers,
which he proposes, can extend their
system TO not any, but al portions
of this hemisphere without danger,
puts the legal phase Of this question
to the test In fact his proposition.
as ] view it, is simply absurd, and
made for personal or ambitious
reasons of his own without sufficient
knowledge OF our history and wants
present or past The very thought
simply wipes out the whole Monroe
Doctrine and puts US back precisely
where we were before 1t became the
law and policy of this country. with
our backs to the wall" and the
spirit Of rs" We say, you shah not
pass.
As Washington Monroe and all
our true. great American people down
to the present time have stood aloof
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