The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1961-04-20
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himself has been predicting and
expecting for several months. ir
spite Of the fact that TIRE handful
Of liberators who Stormej the
shores Of Cuba have now been
split up and taken 70 The mDIl
tains. Castro. naturally. Claims
that his forces successfully re
pulsed the invasion ard scored ?
complete victory This Is only
the beginning. and u IS safe 20
bet that from now On. Castro viii
live an une-sy life.
Lives and regimes Of dict7tors
are usually short lived. and il is
not II I'll impossible thrt within
4 few months the Beard will ioin
the ranks of those who have gone
before, down the dictatorial road.
He might find asylum in or. or
two latin American countries but
that is extremely doubtful in view
OF the strict economic sanctions
from us. and other Atlantic
Treaty countries that would
threaten any country foolish
enough to adopt Castro.
think II is safe to say that
every president of the United
States since James Monroe has
repeatedly emphasized the mean
ing of the Monroe Doctrine and
our intention TO enforce IL.
For some of US who may have
forgotten just what il means and
Just why il was born. let us look
back to December 2. 1923 when
President Monroe declared, "As
a principle in which the rights
and interests of the United States
are involved, that the American
Continents. by the free and indie
pendent condition which they
have assumed and maintained
are henceforth not to be consider
ed as subjects for future coloni-
ration by any European powers +"
He further explained that If any
European power tried to inter
fere with the American govern
ments. the United States would
consider IL an unfriendly act,
dangerous to our peace and safe
ty."
This long-standing doctrine was
aimed at SPAN xno was seeking
70 overthrow the new democratic
governments erected from form
er colonies. including. mainly.
Cuba. The alliance Of Austria,
Russia and Prussia, supported by
France. were also advised to rec
og1ize the doctrine.
Most any elementary school
student can tell us that we had
quite a tussIe with Spain during
the Spanish-American war of
1893 and that the Cuban patriots
fought a long and hard ten years
with our monetary support. TO
gain their freedom from SPANS
misrule. II was not until Febru-
airy IS. 1893 that the battleship
Maine was blown up and with
the declaration Of war on Spain
We sent six warships and 10000
Marines 20 Cuba TO effect their
release from Spain. AT the closr
OF the peace treaty, on August u.
we paid Spain 10000. 900 for all
Spanish claims in this hemis-
phere and acquired Puerto Rico.
Guam and the PHILIPPINES. The
treaty also guaranteed the indie
pendence Of Cuba. In 1894 Cuba
was granted complete independ-
ence and the PHILIPPINES in 1916
All-in-aIl. the United States lost
200 men killed in action and
2.565 through disease We
pzfd quite a price 10 give Cub
her freedom. only 10 have IL
taken away by the Communist
dictator. Castro.
Yes, II is quite a story. quite q
history and now Castro
claims we seek 10 overthrow his
government for the
OF the country We
could take nothing from the Cub
an people other than the slavery
poverty and misslidance that
Castro has imDos~i upon them
Is the United States supporting
the army Of freedom7 No. not di-
rectly, we would say. but IL is
safe to assume that the multi
million dollar sugar. mining and
banking interests that were No
under Castro are Civ
ing freely 20 the cause
Will the United States send
troops 10 Cuba7 Yes. II Castro
20 seize our navel i
s;aIIstion there or imprisonsI
citizens n Cubs on OF
f-f-I business. or " re gets too
,rivg.r-hanDy with the hope that
Russia will back him up.
VIII Russia intervene directly
As they hsve threatened Mo-
Given the arms they need, the
Cuban patriots. themselves, will
free their own country and set
up their own democratic form Of
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