Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-04-22
ARMS To DEFEND
LATIN REPUBLICS
President Pledges Monroe Doc
tfine at Bolivar Statue.
THOUSANDS GREET HARDING
States Plainly That the U. S. Stands
Ready at Any Time to Fight, if
Necessary, to Protect Young
Democracies.

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Demoeracies.
New York, April 20.-Standing in
the shadow of the statue of Simon
Bolivar, the great South American
liberator, President Harding in an adj
dress reasserted his faith in the doc
trine laid down by Monroe a century
ago. He stated plainly that the Uni
ted States stands ready at any time
TO fight, if necessary, to preserve that
doctrine and to protect the young
de-. ocracies of the new world against
oppression and tyranny.
Diplomats from all over the South
and Latin American countries and
the countries of the old world We're in
the audience which heard the Presi-
dents simple utterance of faith in the
destiny of the two AmericS and the
warning which accompanied it, that
the United States Is the "big brother
of the smaller republics In fact as
well as in theory"
Duty and Opportunity.
"The republics of the new world
nave u SICdL tbASSlOIi " pei 1OA IA as
WELL" the President said He cited a
world torn by war and conflict and
strife turning to the two rich young
continents of the western world in
hope of aid.
Herein lie for us both duty and
opportunity" said the President,
g'duty to those whom we may help i;
opportunity, In helping others, to help
ourselves"
President Harding's reassertion of
his faith in the Monroce doctrine and
his intention to preserve it was Wig
orous. He said, in part:
1.-THE history of the generations
since that doctrine was proclaimed has
proved that we never intended it
selfshly; that we had no dream of
exploitation. On the other side, the
history of the last decade certainly
must have convinced the world that
we stand willing to fight, If necessary
TO protect these continents, these
sturdy young democracies, from OPP
preston and tyranny.
surely we may contemplate with
some satisfaction the vindication that
our American system has won. Under
it, in a period so brief that history
recalls no parallel of achievement. we
have filled two continents with SPLEEN
did and prosperous states. We have
maintained ourselves independent of
The older systems, aloof from their
differences and struggles.
c4and for Craat po@A5ar
ave have erected in these conti-
nents power which, when civilization
was at stake, dared to cast into the
scale on the side of right; and we
have seen its weight have deciding
part In the cause Cf human justice.
1.-The doctrine proclaimed under
Monroe, which ever since has been
jealously guarded as fundamental
of our own republic, maintained hat
these continents should not agail he
regarded as fields for the, colonia. en-
terprises of old world powers. There
have been times when some have
thought TO make our adhesion to this
doctrine a justification for prejudice
against the United States. They have
AOFSthN NAAsAA ENd Aitttl VIZ nave SOuEHl
TO hold the nations of the old world
at arms length in order that we might
monopolize the privilege of exploita.
ton for ourselves Others have pro.
tested that the doctrine would never
be enforced If to enforce II should in.
yolve us in actual hostilities.
Path of Washington.
"Surely we may look on our work
and decide that it has been good we
may well decide there can be no de
parture from the standards that were
raised for us by the founding fathers
IF we could consult our Washing
Ton and our Bolivar today, and if they
could advise us out Of their wisdom
and experience. they would tell us Il
so forward In the firm confidence that
ours is the right course. l believe
they would admoniSh us to hold fast
to these institutions of moderation, ot
independence and gradual but sure
progress.
I'VE have created no Utopia here
in the new world, and | have small
hope that we shall. We have accom-
plisbed something toward better1nen,
of mankind, toward peace, prosperit,
and security; but We have vet far t,
travel.
Il know / may speak the spirit O
the United States. No Selfsbpess i'm
pels, no greed is rging, no envy in
cites, no hatred is actuating. Tber,
are here today the same aspiration,
as those which won enthusiasm a
Simon Bolivar when he came I,
breathe his admiration for Washin
ton in 1906"
{. A. Shores, Lumberman, Dead
Ashland. Wis. Anrl On