| Show ABOUT THE DOCTRINE one french journal assumes that by the acquisition ot of the philippines th tho 0 united states has destroyed oil all the force ot of the monroe doctrine and that henc etoi ih this country may look for or unnamed troubles on that score thero there was never iny special sacredness behind the doctrine except the disposition arid and power of the united states to enforce it no european power c e er cr considered that it was under any obligation to consider any claims of 0 uie united states in that connection the ahe only thought lias has been Is what vic me desire in ili either cither of 0 the americas Amerl cas woith trying to get at the expense of 0 a vi war or with the united states the situation has not been changed tile tho samo same question would have to be assumed now in case it raid was contemplated louis napoleon and austria undertook tile the business of 0 setting up a throne on an american soil boil once they selected a time lime when nihon the men of 0 LAC ane united states in civil war veve vere busy killing each other and when it looked as though tile the great republic was about to go into eclipse but the speculation did not turn out well A great many lives and much treasure were nere lost anil and tho the prestige of 0 both franco and austria was inu much c h reduced more upon the soil boll where that conflict raged raced a splendid republic 6 sprang prang up which Is gaining in I 1 light ight and po powerfully er daily now it any other power or combination of 0 powers power covets any othar country on this continent the same question mill w have to be uncovered vered la Is it worth a war with the united states certainly the events of 0 the past few months will not have a 0 tendency to the gentlemen beyond the sea aca an any more confident 0 f their abill ability ty to begin to llon this continent then nearly all of at them have private business of 0 the their r own to manage nearer home ila Stat stattira ter tera look 11 troublesome for or them oft the east coast con it of asia and several or of them ila have IL a squatter right to large tracts ot of uncultivated land in africa the ceaner coi ner stakes i ot of which have not been set ix x acely according to law but thore Is a way in which the people of europ can st sott in arn adlea lon re rt ardle f th do tin rin adlaz NY uld rne me million r them and would mould op n all tile opportunities ot of his antry to th ln ill ili would urtha give elve to every ono one citizenship and ami a voice la in tho the af fairs of oc the state and insure to them all ait their earning iL the same can be aad of 0 colombia of 0 la of 0 brazil and argentina what more do the men of europe boat why fight fur ur territory that can be captured by votes |
