The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-10
"ENGLAND'S WAY OUT"
De Valera's Suggestion for Safeguard
ing Security of British Isles,
By Eamonn De Valrea.

If it were really her independence or
her simple right to life as national
state that Britain wanted to safeguard
she could easily make provision for
that without in any way infringing
upon the equally sacred right OF Ire
land to its independence and to its
life.
The United States by the Monroe
doctrine made provision for its securi-
ty without depriving the Latin repub-
lies Of the south of their independence
and their life. The United States safe
guarded itself from the possible use OF
the island of Cuba as base for an at
tack by a foreign power by stipulat-
ing:
That the government of Cuba shall
never enter into any treaty or other
compact with any foreign power or
powers which will impair or tend to
impair the independence OF Cuba, nor In
any manner authorize or permit any
foreign power to obtain by colonization
or for military or naval purposes or
otherwise, Judgment in or control over
any portion of said island
Why doesn't Britain make stipu-
lation like this to safeguard herself
against foreign attacks as the United
States did with Cuba?
Why doesn't Britain declare Mon
roe doctrine for the two neighboring
islands? The people of Ireland so far
from Directing would cooperate with
their whole soul.
Mr.. De Valera wishes it understood
that, in drawing upon the precedent OF
Cuba for a suggestion as to the rela-
tons between Great Britain and an in
dependent Ireland, he commits himself
in no way beyond the principle EN-
bodied in the article from the Cuban
American treaty of 1908, which he has
quoted above. In his opinion, the adop-
ton of that principle would not impair
the full independence of Ireland. The
other articles of the Cuban treaty Mr..
De Valera has not subscribed to.
The United States, it will be recalled,
did not consider the Monroe doctrine
in itself a sufficient safeguard OF its
special interests in Cuba and, conse-
quentlv it refused to withdraw its au
thority and allow Cuba to become self
governing until Cuba had entered into
the written contract, which in part fol
lows
Article One.
The government of Cuba shall never
enter into any treaty or other com
pact with any foreign power or powers
which will impair or tend to impair
the independence of Cuba, nor in any
manner authorize or permit any foreign
power or powers to obtain by colonial
ton or for military or naval purposes,
or otherwise, Judgement in or control
over any portion of said island.
Article Two.
The government Of Cuba shall not as
sumo or contract any public debt to pay
the interest upon which and to make
reasonable sinking fund provision for
the ultimate discharge of which the
ordinary revenues of the island OF
Cuba, after defraying the current ex
penses of the government, shall be in
adequate.
Article Three.
The government of Cuba consents
that the United States may exercise
the right to intervene for the preserva-
ton of Cuban independence, the main
tenance of government adequate for
the protection of life, property and in
dividual liberty, and for discharging
the obligations withr respect to Cuba
imposed by the treaty of Paris on the
United States, now to be assumed and
undertaken by the government of Cuba.
Arcticle Seven.
To enable the United States to main
tain the independence OF Cuba, and to
protect the people thereof, as well as
for its own defense, the government OF
Cuba will sell or lease 10 the United
States land necessary for coaling and
naval stations, at certain points to be
agreed upon with the president of the
United States.