| Show t TilE I aA ay without hesitation that wo we should the he of ot a Q naval base bas or fortified port In the tho Per Persian sian elan gulf by b any other power as nil s a n very grave crave menace to 10 Interests and We Wo should certainty certainly resist it I with all aU aUtho the tho means at lit our our disposal Such was Foreign Secretary Lane daw nos declaration In the tile house of lords Tuesday evening It Is Ii the he most Important Im announcement made by any European caI minister In many years and nd it Is Ii easy elsy to understand that Its It II re reception reo reception by the tile governments of Europe i I I Is 18 awaited with some acme anxiety by Eng England England land It throws down the gauntlet to all nil nations Whether any of ot them will take It up remains remain to bo be seen Tho The Theone one power In Europe that has been ex ax extending tending her bar sphere hero of Influence In III Ier Per Persia slit sia ld Is hf i Germany O Her lIeI Interest Int ret In tho the Eastern question qU hag been and anti is II there How thaw she ahe will wIil take this assumption by England of superior rights In the tho th gulf gult of ot Persia cannot at this time be fore toro foretold foretold told tollI It U In is not Impossible that Lane Ians downes declaration is Ii made with her knowledge and acquiescence Tho The London papers cITed affect to see some analogy between the doe doc Ulna triM and the Monroe doctrine There Them Themis The TheIa is ii none whatever Their origins origin and their thelt purposes are oro entirely different This Thill new doctrine is la solely In behalf of at English l Interests It Ills Is for Cor the protection prot ton tion of ot commerce and the sea 8 rou route e to India The Monroe doctrine Is II nothing If It not altruistic tho the tons tans downe doctrine is III s nothing If It not selfish Tho The purpose of ot one OHP II i to guarantee wink governments in tn heIr Independence ence and nd Integrity the tha other to fur further further ther then the anti and power lOr of ot an II al already ready powerful pow nt Th Tilt The Monroe Monro doctrine declares that the West Vest Western ern em Hemisphere can no longer b bt be con considered on open alien to colonization The Thelan lan doctrine declare declares thin that Hrit tItU lab leh interests are predominant lit In the gulf and lest Hist should nn n lt nl to a position fo tion of or with dr Ot Groin u Britain In III thas ho howat wat till t tile tatter latter will deem It a belli The English doctrine It Is I I a mili military tary tar o a Strategic mat The American of ot at of ofa ata a people to Institute own form torm of or government without Interference I rum any These The art a some iota of or the dif dlf of ot the tile two doctrines ler Ja Is already d undergoing railway raUla exploitation eX It I is II not a Q great t power end and will as III s come eme under the influence af of Mme nation as lIS India came cam u under ruler British dominion Sat lint H it will be tw In n a different way 10 Ill power under whose Influence she Ih will wOl pome will In JIt all iii probability be either lerman n or howl tu t ah will be a Q bow bue I for u Q military ta 1 power and she abs Is III on the i flank lIuk of or India herein II Is readily r found I tb the mowing CHUM cause rau for tor er at The Ill facts CIel war Wel wart t In hl hi opinion In m assuming iI t I portion Uon he dots tos top lIt bet b t will II they tb jn Jo the tha theof thao th o n of ot other th I tiit t think they theyan the an en ic not nn On equal on rj PersIan awl and oriental rn affairs affair J We V Mesh AMII Ir Iri sv i 1 4 jq f V |
