Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OPPORTUNITY FOR GOOD
''High Priests" However, Must Embark
on Pan.Americanism Based on Prac-
teal Accomplishments.

terna1 affairs Of another, landings Of
Marines for the protection of private
interests, punitive expeditions" etc.
The second step would be to deter
mine the course to be followed by the
American republics in the event that
any one Of them resorts to force In vio-
lation OF its pledge. The committee
Of a general inter-American agreement,
under which the American states would
undertake (a) to recognize no terri
tortal agreement which has not been
obtained by peaceful means nor the va
hdity Of the territorial acquisitions
which may be obtained through occu-
patton or conquest of arms, (b) to
withdraw diplomatic representatives
from the state or states which resort to
force and (c) to impose an arms and
loan embargo against such state or
states. 1t Is evident that not until these
or similar guarantees for the enforce
ment Of peace have been generally
adopted-that Is, not until peace with
sanctions has been substituted for the
peace of promises and after-dinner ora
tory, which has proved Of so little nelp--
VIII the occasion really have arisen for
a movement of international cooper
ton such as pan-Americanism.
A third step advised by the committee
is, perhaps, the most important, because
1t concerns 'inter-American problem
No. L. the Monroe Doctrine. and it en-
deavors to remove the endless misunder-
standings, the suspicion and the resent
ment which the neutrality-suspicious. and
the abuse of that famous ''shiobbleth"
of American foreign policy has created
In the ITO years of its spectacular ca
reer The committee recommends that
to suppress the criticism justly aroused
by the unilateral character of the Mon
roe Doctrine and by its strange deriva-
tives, the Montevideo conference should
conclude an agreement providing that:
(a) no non-American state shall ac-
quire territory in the American hemi-
sphere under any conditions or gain
control OF any government in the Amer
lean hemisphere; and In the event Of q
threat OF any such action by a non
American state, the American states
shall consult with each other: and (b)
no American state shall seek in the ter.
ritory OF another American state any
base for military or naval operations:
and In the event Of violation Of this
understanding the American states
shall consult with each other.
Urge ContinentaIization.
This is, In other words. what liberal
elements both here and In Latin Amer
lea have previously suggested as the
contnentalization Of the Monroe Doc
rlne," and what this column has been
advocating for the past five years as the
substitution Of the Bolivian doctrine Of
continental Self-defense for the misuse
and obsolete Monroe Doctrine.
Although the committee does not go
far enough In this direction, mere con-
~ A.
being poor second to the Bolivian
goal OF a contractual pledge of continen.
tai mutual defense, it certainly makes a
valus ole contribution to pan-Americap
understanding In indorsing the aban-
Comment Of the Monroe Doctrine IN itS
present unilateral and distorted form.
IL must, however, be pointed out ones
again, in this connection, that to carry
out proposition such as that advised
py the committee, that Is, to CONT
nentalize the Monroe Doctrine, it would
be necessary to discard not only ali the
modern and current erroneous versions
OF IL, put also the original Monroe Doc
Urine (Monroe never thought Of q con-
tinental pact) and adopt the Bolivarian
pan-Americanism Of equal rights and
mutual obligations. i It is Bolivar In
stead OF Monroe, not the old Monroe
instead OF the modern one, that would
solve the problem.
Another most important suggestion
Of the committee is the reorganization
OF the Pan-American Union, the weak
nesses and shortcomings of which All
students Of American relations
Know only too we'll The Committee
wisely recommends that the Pan-Amer-
lean Union should be made more truly
representative Of all Of the American
states and enabled to serve more con-
structlvely the interests of them ans
Also wisely, it adds that "the two posi-.
lions or chairman of the governing
board and director general of the union
should not be held by nationals of the
same state; it advises that the admig-
sion OF Canada to the union be studded.
that the Secretariat Of the union be
strengthened and that the "organiza-
ton of agencies of the Pan-American
Union in different capitals should be
contemplated" To study this thorough
reorganization of the Pau-Amerfcan
Union the committee suggests the ap-
pointment by the Montevideo confer
ence OF special commission, not wholly
made up OF government officials.
Besides these recommendation of a
political nature, the committee ad-
Vances others of an economic one. which
will be discussed separately, but it Is
safe to predict that If only a few of the
former were carried out at Monteyideo.
the seventh Pam American Conference
VIII have to make no apologies for its
outcome and its contribution to inter-
national friendship and cooperation in
the New World.
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