The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-12-20
MONROE DOCTRINE
IS sAvRsT LEAGUE
FOR AMERICANS.
Suggestion Is Made That the Nations
OF the Western Hemisphere Should
stand Solid Behind Doctrine.

Washington, ID. G. - THE sanest
association for the peoples Of the
Western Hemisphere is an association
which will adopt, support. and defend
the principles enunciated in the Mon
roe Doctrine" declares the Republican
Publicity Association, through its
President, Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr.
Foreign Minister Pueyrredon, Of Ar
gentina, head of the Argentine delega-
ton to the league of nations assembly,
has withdrawn his country from the
league and is sadly disillusioned
man. According to dispatches he
hopes to align Argentina wit hthe
United States DIN forming new as
ISOLATION of nations to supplant the
league. Senior Pueyrredon found the
same attitude of mind on the part OF
the big powers of Europe that existed
century ago when the Monroe Doc
trine was promulgated, growing out
of the reaction engendered by the
Holy Alliance of the mad Emperor
Alexander | of Russia. II Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, and others Of the Latin
American Republics will officially ap-
prove the principles proclaimed by
Monroe the peace of the Western Hem
isphere will be preserved indefinitely
and the inhabitants of the two Amer
icas need have little fear of military
aggression or political interference
from the belligerent and intriguing.
powers of Europe and the Orient
"The Monroe Doctrine contains not
the slightest hint of hegemony OF
the United States. Though circum-
stances have in the past compelled u.s.
through self-protection. to acquire
certain territories to the south, our
policy Is not imperialistic, we deem
the independence and equal rights oil
the smallest and weakest member OF
the family of nations entitled to as
much respect as those of the greatest
empire declared Mr.. Root, In 1906
and we deem the observance of that
respect the chief guarantee of the
weak against the oppression of the
| strong. We neither claim nor desire
any rights, or privileges, or powers
that we do not freely concede to every
American republic 1t is only tina
I'chronic wrong-doing, or an impotence
which results in a general loosenin'
of the ties of civilized society whicl
I'may in America, as elsewhere, ulti
nately require intervention by som
civilized nation, and in the Wester'
Hemisphere the adherence OF tn
( United States to the Monroe Doctrin
3 NAV force the United States, however
reluctantly, in fragrant cases OF sue
wrong-doing or impotence, to the eN
t eryice of an international police pow
{ err to quote Theodore Roosevelt
Hamilton. in the 'Federalist, &c
| vocated the establishment Of ind'
PENDENT Latin American Republic
so that these two continents shoul
e form a political system of their owl
independent of that OF Europe. Je
d serson, in 1873, made application
c the same theory. Washington favore
he idea. Their views were prophet
Since Charlemagne divided EuroI
y among his three sons. continental FL
e rope has been broiled in ware an
STEPPED in intrigues, with Great Br
o tain playing one combination again
another. Our first and fundamenti
maxim should be, ever to entang
ourselves nthe broils of Europe; OF
] second, never to suffer Europe to Il
{ tar-meff1le with cis-Atlantic affair'