The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-19
Stenographic Report of Eloquent
Speech of DR.. Burris jenkins s

flecuonS on the knowledge of the Am.
erican people. but there have been
many deviations from the truth in de.
nning the Monroe doctrine. Some of
these people who undertook to define
TIE Monroe doctrine for you have told
you that the Monroe doctrine has three
prOngs like a pitchfork: Make no en-
tagling alliances; y do not al
low any European nation to acquire
another foot Of ground in the western
hemisphere.
The Monroe doctrine is neither Of
the first two propositions. 1t is the
third proposition and that alone-that
no European nation may acquire a
single foot of ground in this hcmis.
phere, and for that | would not only
fight but l would let my boys go again
to fight.
Let us consider these other prongs
to the pitchfork. Make no entanglmg
alliances But | ask you to consider
that we We're then a nation without a
constitution, no government, no fl.
nances, no anything, scarcely able to
stand alone. when France and Great
Britain went to war. There were some
people who desired to help France;
gratitude for the help she had render.
ed US against England; and Washing.
ton said, You are not able to stand
alone Make no entagling alliances
But times have changed. We are now
the most powerful nation on earth.
You might as well quote that other
saying of Washingtons, The stage.
coach iS the best means Of locomotion."
They crucified Washington. Papers
then read a good deal like papers to-
day. They crucified him shamelessly.
Was ever a man so criticized so Will.
fled as Washington, the father Of his
country? And Lincoln, the great Abe
Lincoln; they used to say. I'VE wish
Abe Lincoln were dead" and hardly
were the words said until the assassin's
bullet found him. His heart was brok-
eli before the fatal shot. Now we go
TO Washington and stand in the shad-
ow Of that great spire erected to George
Washington, the Father of his Coun
try and under that great wide monu-
ment erected to the memory of Abra-
ham Lincoln: and % years from now
when we 90 to Washington we will
stand under another monument erect
ed To- Woodrow Wilson, the Father Of
Peace.
For l40 years we have made no en-.
tanguns alliances. and during that liO
Years We have grown to be the largest,
strongest nation on the face of the
earth But how about the 14lst? We
declared that we would not get mixed
up in European politics but We did get
mixed up. We elected the present
president with instructions that he
must keep US out of war. Peace loving,
he lried to keep US out of war, but
he couldn't and we We're dragged into
il in spite of ourselves.
Let someone out there tell mo how
we could have kept out of war.
man was trying to explain how we
could have kept out of war coming
down OF the train this afternoon. If
We hadn't gone into the war Germany
would have ruled Europe and it would
have been our turn next. We would
have had to fight for our lives in less
than 20 years if Germany had won,
and she would have won. England
was almost gone, France was entirely
7 exhausted, Italy was caving in, when
America stepped in and saved the day
Make no entanslng alliances
When that objection was first advanced
there WJ'n % million Of our boys still
in Europe N.th their feet in the mud
of Flanders ,hi # France. 1t is sticky
mud. I'VE been there and | know.
Could We desert the European nations
our allies in their tine Of trouble?
We are mixed up in the affairs of Eu
rope and We can never get unmiNed.
When Washington made that state.
mcnt il took 50 days 20 cross the At
lantic Ocean-3O days to get into com
munication with a nation in Europe.
Now ii takes five days to cross the
Atlantic tomorrow it may take only
~ hours; and il takes no time at all
to s,t ito communication with them
The world - so much smaller ana the
United states so much larger than they
were i'm WaShngton's time. That age
died in lS9S when we took the Philip
pines when we took Porto Rico, when
We So. cuba free and gave her re
publican form Of government.
The Shantung Arrangement
As t. the part about Shantung. They
are voting on the amendment tonight
and it will be defeated What was
japan 10 do. Let Us quiet our minds
and give Japan eVen.handed justice.
The question Of Shantung arose in this
manner. In 1895 couple of German
missionaries and German diplomat
were killed. Then came the Boxer up
rising, and tie government of China
called in some other nations to help
her clean her house. After the house.
cleaning was accomplished each nation
which took part in the housekeeping
was paid an indemnity by the Chinese
Government. Indemnity concessions
CWrrc made here and there to all the
nations who helped her, and the indem-
mites were accepted by all the nations
except the United States. The United
States turned her indemnity back to
the government with the instruction to
establish scholarships in the college at
PelIing for young Chinese men. Il was
the first time in the history of the
world that an indemnity was given
back to the source from which it came,
but the United States did it.
In paying her debts China gave Ger
many kiau Chow and two ports of
China, and Germany possessed those
ports until the war broke out in 1914.
There was no protest entered by this
government, no protest by Great Brit
ain, by France. or by anybody None