The Washington times., 1920-10-25

from the spOlatons and ntgues OF the Old World
Advocates of the League of Nations with characteristic
reckessness of the truth have replied that the League
Nations really extends the Monroe Doctrine to the whole
world
Here are the plain historical FACTS:
One of the most interesting phenomena of history is its
extraordinary tendency repeat itself and of the most
remarkable instances Of that tendency is the
Of the Holy Alliance under the alias of the League Of
Nations.
The Holy Alliance was the after war alliance of the
monarchical countries which succeeded in overhrowng
France at the end of the Napoleonic 1t organised
for the purpose Of expatng and branch all the social
and economic and political changes which the influence Of
the French revolution had wrought throughout the world
Its chief object to accomplish exactly what Article
of the League of Nations seeks to accomplish namely
guarantee the territorial integrity of every nation
comprising the Alliance That meant the guarantee
every nation then existed at the end of the of
the spois of the victory.
They called it the Holy Alliance because they pretended
that their objects holy The preamble unctuous
of piety and charity and goodwill toward the
preamble of the League It was even more fulsome
The liberals of the world suspicious of it from the
beginning but it did not show it's cloven foot until
luton occurred in of the Italian states against terrible
tyranny and the armies of the Holy Alliance
crush it. Then followed revolution Spain against the
corrupt incompetent tyrannica Spanish government and
the armies of the Holy Alliance into Spain
put down. and nation dared to help the Spanish
people in their struggle for liberty.
The Americans watched the gradual throwing off
of the disguise of the Holy Alliance with great
Then the revolutions in South America against Span
ish rule and the setting up of republics there Then
the proposal by the Holy Alliance to send its army
America for the purpose of restoring the territorial in
tegty Article would oblge the armies of the
League to restore territorial integrity"
At this point America interviewed President Monroe
sent message to Congress in which he declared that
America for Americans and that could tolerate
the interference by the Holy Alliance in American
The country responded that message and has become
of great traditional policies It has been seriously
questioned only once France tried to ignore it when we
in the throes of great Civil War and could not
help ourselves Then France sent army into Mexico
seized the country and up of the family of the
Austrian monarchal house the throne Emperor Of
Mexico.
When Lee surrendered and armies free France
received notice to out and she did get out quickly
ships could carry her army.
Once again, not very many years ago. in Clevelands
Administration England challenged the Monroe Doctrine in
the Venezuelan dispute America accepted the challenge
immediately and Great Britain agreed to arbrate her
difficulty with Venezuela and not attempt to settle it her
own way by army, she proposed to do.
The Monroe Doctrine protected smaller nations from
oppression The principle of the Holy Alliance and it's
counterpart the British League of Nations confirms and
perpetuaes the oppression which the greater empires
exercise subject nations and not only confirms this
subugaon and oppression but pledges this free country
of to prevent other nations becoming free.
Not only, therefore, is historic Monroe Doctrine
nuled but also Declaration of Independence which
for century and half has been the beacon light of liberty
to the world
Of Article K does compel fight against
revolution in country unless that revolution aided from
without but the liberties of people in modern times
not been by revolutions unaided.
We did not win revolution without the aid of
foreign nation which assisted because wanted
to weaken enemy than because she wanted to assist
Not of the small nations of Europe has secured its
liberty from powerful oppressor except with the aid of
another nation seeking to cripple the oppressor
to aid the oppressed That is just what Article would
prevent.
Under Article France could not have aided us in
the Revolution.
France could not have aided Switzerland even further
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