The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-05
OUR FUTURE PART IN WORLD
POLITICS.
Times Have Changed Since Washing
tons Day, but II We Go. In 1t Should
BE with Constitutional Sanction.

/ W" O"s' "s'
Be WIN ConstituuonH oanc'V''
To THE ENRON or THE SuN-sir: Your
oa,,or,ol article last Sunday morning,
ventur,ny thouphts on the business Of
| concluding and nroclaiming peace, 80
strongly cbamp,ons the Independence Of
tho ITni,ed states from the rest Of the
world that IL induces one wishing to
reassure himself that Washington was
laIwaya right and that THE SUN Is al
w.va r,vh, to turn TO tho source Of a
large mart Of rs inspIration. the Wash
ipgton Doctrine.
| One f,nds. alas. the world to-day has
unset the confident philosophy of the
arst President in one or two places.
For instance, 122 years ago, speaking
of the advantages of our detached and
distant situetion. he said in that fare
we'll address:
"If we remain one people under an
efficient government, the period Is not
far off fa) when we may defy material
Injury from external annoyance; CO.
when Wa NAV take such an attitude as
will cause the neutrality We may at any
thine resolye upon. to be scrupulously
lrespected (c) when belligerent nations,
under the impossibility of making ac-
QUESTIONS upon us, will not lightly
hazard the giving us provocation; (d)
when we may choose peace or war, as
our interest. guided by Justice, shall
tcouncil"
At a glance II Is seen that a and d
survived the wears OF 1914 to 1918; b
and C did not. The Central Powers
ineither respected our attitude of neu-
Itcalitv nor lightly haxarded the giving
lus provocation. az their destructive
propaeanda within our borders and the
s,nkine of the Lusitania, as examples,
suffice to proclaim. To get the proper
force and effect OF a and d, therefore,
1--we ware compell.d to DEFY material in
Jury by choosing peace or war-and
we r,oriousIv chose war.
All OF which simply goes to show
that the policv Of isolation and aloof-
mess. no less right now than when 1t
was proclaimed in principle, is set
aside from considerations of practically
land tho increasinr mobility OF the
human race. You truly say that COM
mensurate with this miracle of mate
rial prosress Is the increment of moral
nower that has attended the steady
pursuance Of the washinetonian policy"
Vet ~ aIso renains tyue that the mate
rial and mental changes of 1922 wears
lhays wrouph. other miracles we are
much nearer China. Africa and Aus
traIia nhvsicalv and in thoupht in
I1a,s tb.n ma NAM IN Eurona in 1916
Nv this &c ueant to hiring into tho ac-
lcour,ir1 ot no,itic. md aI,iances to-dav
l.he wonders q, the ocean ,e,egranh
s,.,u.hins wIre,... ord ai-sb,ns the
ir,.rn,.a,.r;os uh,o, ,,.r,,or o,r
thor.h,, int .ctior ord ARMIES from
cor,,rsrt % oorti,o,, w,,h such eass
and d,sn.tcb as mortal. IN 1919 did
No ,ror. draa,, u,e-o noss;h,s tho, aid
~. t,,nor,,,. ,rd r>,r,,,s n, zoe fo-
NV, Tho a~, Win. n, ,,y,tr,,r frop
III. st,.. v.s N. sur, NIT ~ u,onde-s
~. b,r.n vivid I, NOT houna,sss
annears 70 Ia a,mos, so 7, will, M
noro ho Lant v,,h,r n.,,one, bound
ar;e, than will sbins In THO fres se,s or
l,be sv,rg chin. .b,+ are a,nos. bor. In
tho ,ree air End tho human r,rs ,bev
s,r,e w.sb,ryton VA. r,ght no,i,i.
caIlv IN 1876 hut ssr,ouslv ia he IN
,o,s, Tho, &c N. question Tuv
Srx,s oorcer,,o, q, tho An.r,c, ~ IN.
,u,urs rnus+ mako ron-,, tor ,be ,,,oh,I,,y
~ ,ho uorId a. {, 10 No, nc =, NOS Az
; .n.r,c,n who 1--we. HE corn,,v above
oil ,he rsst -, ~. world cannot fo,ga,
tho, Aror,o, g., ,us, &c .oc..s,h,o ., an
: tho res, ~ the world 40 the rest ~ the
world 10 accessible 70 America. cannot
sorc., That nolitic., en.,ties a,,houvh
misguided and mistaken. did not hesi-
tate IN disregard our nsutra,,,v d,d
no, lightly hazard giving us nrpyocatIon
and nrobab,v seriously contemplated in
l vasions II there Is necessarv mar,
for tho United States To nlav In the