Milford chronicle., 1923-06-29
MONROE DOCTRINE BELONGS SOLELY TO U. s.

The American representatives at the Pan-American
Congress did nothing declining to have the Monroe
Doctrine made part of PanAmercan treaty and insist
maintaining the peculiar doctrine and policy
United States That the worthy and honorable
principle John Quincy Adams who had to do with
the creation of the doctrine than other and who
insisted that should be alone, and not joint affair
with Great Britain "It would be candid well
dgnfed said the great Secretary of State to
principles directly and France than to
in cockboat in the wake of the British manof-war
It fact act, in which the South American
republics not consulted and there is why
after hundred of successful and benefcent
maintenance of it, sngehanded should take any other
powers into partnership.
There is little question that the proposal at Santiago
Chile thus to into international treaty
echo of the nsdiousy hostile attack that made
upon the doctrine in the of the league of nations
which falsely described regional understanding for
the maintenance of description containing with
in the compass of words three Misrepresentation
gross that must regard them macously wanton
and deliberate The doctrine is not regional" it is not
Understanding and it is not primarily for the mainte
nance of peace"
This should of be obvious to everyone who in
tegenty reads the text of the doctrine and the story of
it's origin The doctrine formulated and enunciaed
without the the knowledge of other
tion Great Britain alone and her participation
it was declined There the slightest thought
of making it part of treaty, part of the interna-
tOna law of the world AS described by of its hstor
ians, T neither created proposed conventional OBJ
legation, either with Europe South America. 1t
menace hostility the and pledge of protec
the latter expression of the policy which
United purposed pursue at it's discre
tion solely the sake of it's and security
1t made at initiative, and for own
good and while matter of fact the South American
states welcomed and rejoced in it, they under no
compuson moral legal, to do even to regard it
with gratitude 1t was protect ourselves that
forbade European monarches ntrude their systems into
this hemisphere and will protect ourselves from
annoyance to abate good inolerabe nus
ances that intervene if do in the affairs of
our southern neighbors"
These considerations suggest how little fitting it would
be to the doctrine international compact
among all American states has been the fear always
egregiously unfounded of of South American
friends that we would the doctrine a
preex for bullying depressing them There
more gross msapprehenson the world the untruh of
which is demonstrated by the character of the doc
trne which we have FORTH But it is imperative
responsibility authority must always go to-
gether commensurate. If to make the doctrine
treaty. binding us to give the South American states pro-
lection at their CALL should inevitably be invested with
authority to coerce them will; the
ton maadroty proposed at Santiago would if aken
result in the very thing which the South American states
deprecated and which they would above all resent
No; the Monroe Doctrine has for hundred years been
our own doctrine ours alone AS such has been sue
cessu and benefcent in incompatible degree AS such
has the stone of foreign policies. AS
such it commanded ultimately the respect of the
world AS such it will be perpetually maintained and to
it this nation will give it's loyal and unwaverng adherence
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