The Cordova daily times., 1919-08-23
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1919
MONROE DOCTRINE AND LEAGUE

The British White Book, recent, issued in explanation of the peac, treaty and League of Nations cove nant, has the following in reference 10 the Monroe doctrine:
 Article XXI makes it clear
 that the covenant is not intended
 to abrogate or weaken any other
 agreements, so long as they are
 consistent with it's own terms,
 into which the members of the
 league may have entered, or may
 enter hereafter, for the further
 assurance of peace. Such agree
 ments would include special
 treaties for compulsory arbitra-
 tiOn, and military conventions
 that that are generally defensive.
 The Monroe doctrine and similar
 Understanding are put in the
 same category. They have shown
 themselves in history to be not
 instruments of national ambi-
 ton, but guarantees of peace.
 "The origin of the Monroe doc
 Urine is we'll known. It was pro-
 claimed in 1923 to prevent Amer
 ica becoming a theater for the in-
 trigues of European absolutism.
 At first a principle of American
 foreign policy, it has become an
 international understanding and
 i is not illegitimate for the peO-
 pie of he United States to ask that
 the covenant should recognize
 this fact. In it's essence it is
 consistent with the spirit of the
 covenant, and indeed the princi-
 ples of the league, as expressed
 in Article X, represent the eXten-
 sion to the whole world of the
 principles of the doctrine; while,
 should any dispute as to the
 meaning of the latter ever arise
 between American and European
 powers, the league is there to
 settle it."
 A great deal of fuss has been madC by the opponents of the League o Nations about the danger to thu Monroe doctrine should the league covenant be adopted. And yet her is the British government standin; sponsor for the statement that no only is that doctrine secure unde tho league, but that the principle of that doctrine are by the covenan to the whole world
 It is beginning to look as thoug] the treaty, when it is ratified by tn United tates senate Gas undOubtedl it will bel, will have attached to reservations or interpretations c some nature. This not for the req son that such reservations or inter pretatiOns are necessary to safeguar the interests of the United States, bu in order to satisfy the factiOus Ot iectOrs and to secure their votes flo ratification. Slowly but surely it dawning on the country that most these ObjectOrs have little but polit ical motives on which to base thei position. As the various objection are torn to shreds by the lOgics reasoning of the statesmen who al advocating the adoption of the leagr as it stands, it is seen tha the assumption of patriotic motive alone is a mere sham to hide tn real reasons.
 It is doubtful whether any man prominence in the senate, aside fro radicals like Borah, Johnson al Reed, would care to have 1t said him that he was responsible for tf failure of the treaty to secure ratl cation, with all that it implies further negotiations extending f( months and perhaps years.
 It must be remembered, also, tn; any reservations" or interpret tions" that may be adopted will in addition to what, in the nature a peace treaty, has been signed b the defeated central empires. these additions to the document adopted it means that the assent