Show THEY PINE FOR THE MONROE DOCTRINE It Is said that Columbia views with lively alarm and indignation the course of tho British and Germans in Venezuela Vene-zuela and that the statement that the United States is regarding tho affair wllh pat > 9lve Indifference Is galling It is further suggested that the United States to hold Ht prestige in the South Amcrlcanx republics must place a more rigorous interprotallon on the Monroe doctrine And that Argentine Is also much concerned to know what the United States Is going to doVe do-Ve are glad lhat a sentiment favorable favor-able to stronger action by I the United States for the protection of the weak South American states is growing lip among the people who Inhabit them Heretofore tho attitude of those states toward this country has been one of suspicion and defiance Pretended fears of aggression have been enlarged upon and this country has been Invited to mind Its own business and told that tho South American and Central American Amer-ican states could look after their own affairs In the PanAmerican Congress held a year ago in tho City of Mexico the utmost touchiness was manifested by the delegates at any suggestion that the United Stales stand In any relation to tholr countries that in the slightest degree gave UB warrant to interfere in their affairs either by counsel or aid The Monroe doctrine was scouted and the Diaz doctrine was put In its place which recognized no primacy in the United States But now that one of thoso states 13 in trouble its neighbor wants the Monroe doctrine to come In with a virtual protectorate That is I tho United States must let those states go on In their foolish ways with no I power to guard regulate or In any way intervene until they got Into difficulty and then we must step to the front and drag them out of the pit into which i their wandering steps have led them We must stand in the relation of guardian guard-ian only when we are helpless to prevent pre-vent the evil consequences of selfish arrogance and habitual Inefficiency and Insulting Indifference to the obligations of nations It wont do Tho United States must have the power to prevent tragedies If It Is to mend them It must be able to prevent willful and vicious actions if I It is to stand for responsibility responsi-bility for them 1C it Is lo protect it must have the legitimate and necessary power of protection and also of oversight over-sight In matters affecllng foreign peoples I peo-ples I plesBut But it Is not true that thc United States is regarding the affair with pus Hive indifference As the dispatches of the day show the United Stales has proposed sclllemont by arbitration on Venezuelas application and tho British are prepared to consider the proposal favorably Tills will no doubt also carry a like favorable consideration by the Germans Orders have been given for the stoppage of further warlike aggressions aggres-sions and wo may hope to see arbitration arbitra-tion fully accepted by nil and do its i friendly work I |