The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-05-06
ATTACKS
GOVERNMENT
PLAN
(By William E. Borah)

i
The President In his address explain.
atory OF the new covenant had this
to say with reference to article XXI
which is the article that is supposed
to preserve intact the Monroe doc
ltrine: "Artile XXI is new" There
is wise old adage that when you
have anything to say, be sure and say
nothing. l take 1t that the silence
OF the president upon this matter OF
such moment to the American people
is due to. the fact that he Is unwilling
to take the responsibility of saying
that this amendment was sufficient
and equilly unwilling TO say anything
which might endanger the league.
The President has long let 1t be
known that he does not regard the
Monroe doctrine any longer of Inn
portance to the American people. At
the same time he realizes that there
is very strong sentiment among
the people for Its preservation. The
only thing he could do therefore.
under the circumstances. was to sim
ply remain silent as to the effect Of
this reconstruction and permit such
construction to be placed upon It as
others might see lit to place upon It.
5 In order to fully understand why
this peculiar language and this pc
culiar phraseology has been used 4
10 necessary to 60 back q little.
A STRONG PROPAGANDA
For the last fifteen years there has
been q very strong propaganda quiet
~ carried on against the maintenance
OF the Monroe doctrine. This propa-
ganda has It's impetus in foreign
countries. From time to time arti-
cles have appeared and arguments
have been presented showing why 1t
was no longer essential to our well
fare to maintain 1t. and how and
wherein it was calculated to create i'll
feeling with other people.
When the conference at versaillec
met, Lloyd George said. according to
press reports, that England could af-
ford to give us much In order to win
America away from her traditional
foreign policy. meaning the policy
of Washington against entangling
alliances and the policy OF Monroe.
When the first league constitution
was presented, the Monroe doctrine
was entirely surrendered. No eff
ort was made therein to preserve Il.
Mr.. Taft and some OF the others yea
lous supporters OF the league attemp
ted TO convince the people that it
was sufficiently preserved by being
extended to the whole world. But
thin position was abandoned. 1t
could not be maintained. The mere
statement of what the Monroe doct-
rine was answered the argument Of
those who claimed 1t was preserved.
OVERWHELMING.
Then the covenant went back for
and sentiment in favor Of
preserving the Monroe doctrine un-
was overwhelming. Some
had to be given to II.
But there was tremendous oppos-
ltion abroad 10 its recognition When
an American representative of the
League to Enforce Peace endeavored
to secure the Endorsement OF the
Endorsement OF the English division
o. the League to Enforce Peace of an
IN tho covanant ,roxid
lg for the Monroe doctrine 1t was re-
jected. Both the French and Eng
fish delegates to this meeting of the
League to Enforce Peace in London
objected, and also other nations.
The matter finally came before the
at Versailles. and when
Il was first presented by the presl-
dent, the press DISPATCHES inform us