| Show ALL FOR BRITISH TRADE most lost people know that the retiree monroe doctrine was first proposed by george canning the english secretary of state but not many people know why sir mr canning was anxious that the american government should put out such a doctrine it Is very funny too it was all in the interest of 0 trade after the colonies of 0 spain on title this continent broke away from thet the mother country they t trailed nith great britain and great britain was nas doing a 0 splendid business but just after the overthrow of tho the empire ot of the left first napoleon the rulers ot of russia austria france and prussia formed an alliance for mutual in protection then a congress was held by the allied powers at and it was agreed at that con cress that the main purpose of 0 the alliance should be to maintain tile the principle of the legitimacy of the existing dynasties and that it if this principle were threatened in any C country in europe tho the allied forces should preserve it hy by armed interference when napoleons a po leons leoris power was waa avei thrown and the spanish king was restored canning got the impression that spain would try to unite the sacred alliance in an all effort to try to conquer re the spanish american and brina them under the rule of 0 old spain it was the fear of this thin that prompted conning canning to desire that the united states should join with him in thwarting this endeavor eod tavor nn hn the uart cart of ibo allied powers a ain and that was wa the reason h hn hi N he loutit oi i ILA tl ft dritt doctrine rine known now as tile monroe doctrine to the th american Mf olater in london when the matter aaa 03 sub to dent monroe lie he wrote lila ills and then submitted it to thomas jefferson and Jeffer jeffersons sorta direct words were as follows I 1 could honet hon Milly itly therefore join in tho the declaration proposed that tha t i k e aim not at tho the acquisition of 0 any of t iome american that thai 0 o will not stand in the vay ay of 0 tty atry amic amicably ablo ur b lirt lintvin tin ti vin n them antl and um tho mother country nat iao ill will all our might lite ilia forcible interposition at 0 any aay other oilier power a an I 1 u a g P e or under any ot other hc form or xi I 1 and arnot especially y their transfer to lo anny r in ll 11 pow tr or by conquest cesil lons or acau acquisition isi on in n any way it Is strange now that after threescore years mid and ten in the interest of 0 british expansion lord sall abury should wish to have undone what in the interest of 0 british trade his predecessor de cessor in the old days daya wanted to havo have done |
