Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-04-08
u. S. DID STOP WAR
IN THREE COUNTRIES
WHIE NOT MEMBER OF WORLD
CLUB OTHER COUNTRIES
WERE READY TO FIGHT

WEhE READY ~ rIUHt
"Oh, Uncle Ted begged Jack,
pulling at his uncle's evening news
paper, please tell us real exciting
story tonight. You promised you
would If / would study hard for an
hour, and l have just finished"
You're an awful bother, Jack,
answered his uncle, putting down his
newspaper and taking Ruth on his
lap. But | will tell you that story
now IL you are real quiet and prom
Use not to tease your sister any
more"
81 promise" quickly answered
Jack.
"All right. Now this may not be
an exciting story, but it is true and it
happened only few weeks ago. You
both remember, of course, the many,
many things have told you about
the world club plan, and you know
how the United States senate re-
fused to let the United States be-
come a member of that club as pro-
posed by President Wilson because 1t
would mean losing all cur strength
with foreign countries and place us
under the command of a government
of the world instead of our own One
of the most important things about
the plan is the fact that IL we were
member we could not act with the
smaller countries of South America
and with Mexico and Cuba as we can
now. That is because the world
club might not let us act under what
is known as the Monroe Doctrine,
part of one of President Monroe's
messages to congress many, many
years ago. / have told you before
what that doctrine says, so will not
take the time to explain 1t again.
One part of the world club plan says
how we. shall explain the Monroe
Doctrine, which has been for hun
dred years part of our foreign poll
icy 1t has helped us to settle trou-
bles in other small countries to the
south. But If we were member of
the world club we could no longer
act as we wish under it. All this |
have told you so that you will under
stand the real story.
I'm the middle of March of this
year mob attacked the legation Of
Peru in the city of La Paz, Bolivia.
Ou SScb cru 10 OuC COuhlty IA
South America, Bolivia another, and
Chill another, all right alongside one
another, on or near the Pacific
ocean. Each of these countries has
representatives in the other coun-
tries just as We have representatives
in France and England. This mob
attacked the house in Bolivia where
the representative of Peru lives. The
trouble was so great that the Chile
ans, who thought the peace of their
country was to be broken by war,
started to mobolize their troops; that
is, get their soldiers ready to fight.
The Bolivians and the Peruvians,
when they saw their neighbor getting
ready for war, also said they would
bring their troops together. Things
locked very bad and everyone
thought there would be war. The
interesting part about it all is, that
all three Of these countries are men,
bers of the world club which is op-
posed to be organized. President
Wilson wants us to Join it because 1t
will, as he says, help stop war, But
when all three OF these countries
were getting ready for war just lit
tie over month ago, 1t seems that
none Of them thought of asking the
club in Europe more than 10000
miles away, with its supposed ma
chinery ready for business, to help
stop the trouble
why didn't they get the world
club to help?" asked Jack.
Il don't know Jack, except that
think they would all three have been
fighting If they had waited for the
world club to settle the trouble. 1t
just shows that the world club plan
will not work when an actual case
comes up for 1t to handle
"Did they have war;" asked Ruth.
mo Ruth" answered her uncle.
there was no war but 1t was not
stopped by the world club. 1t was
stopped by the United States by the
use OF a broad meaning of the fam
Gus old Monroe doctrine and because
the United States was not q member
of the world club. In other words,
kiddies, the United States with the
same methods she has been using for
at least century prevented war
among three members Of the world
club"
when did the United States do
tnatI' asked JACK.
On March H. the story reads,
the American ambassador in Chile
was instructed by the department of
state to inform the Chilean minister
for foreign affairs that the govern
ment of the United States had in
formed the Bolivian government that
IL viewed with the gravest apprehen-
sion the attack by. mob on the
Peruvian legation and consulate, and
on the houses and stores of Peruyi-
ans in La Paz. The Bolivian gov
eminent was also informed that IN
the opinion of the department Of
state any agitation tending to endan-
ger peace on the American continent
would be calamity which would
place the gravest responsibility upon
those who countenanced ii.
The ambassador was further in
structed to inform the Chilean min
lister for foreign affairs that this de-
7artment would deplore mobilization
In Chile. and that a similar represen-
tation had been made to Peru and
Bolivia regarding mobilization In
those countries. In conclusion, the
ambassador was directed to state
that the government of the United
States viewed the situation with the