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Show THE CITIZEN 5 t q held in succeeding years and finally the Conference of Verona in 1822. It was at Verona that the Holy Alliance Russia, Austria and Prussia took the step which alarmed Canning and led him to" suggest to our ambassador, Mr. Rush, something in the nature of the Monroe Doctrine. A liberal government had been established in Spain after the defeat of the legitimate monarch, Ferdinand the VII. France now controlled by the Bourbon Louis XVIII, proposed intervention to restore Ferdinand, the purpose being to suppress the revolutionary spirit and restore Frances prestige as a European power. The Holy Alliance backed France, promising help. Canning, then prime minister of Great Britain, fearing that the old rival, France, would again become too powerful and fall into the hands of another man on horseback, sought for means to checkmate both France and the Holy Alliance. As one of the avowed purposes of the French maneuver was to restore the revolted colonies of Spain in the new world to their former allegiance, the British prime minister proposed to Mr. Rush a concert of Great Britain and the United States which should have for its purpose the frustration of any European attempts to interfere in the affairs of the Latin America. British trade with the Latin Americas had grown so great, especially in contraband goods, that Canning wished to preserve every means in his power. Although Great Britain had been the ally of Spain in the Peninsular war and although it still ostensibly supported Spain against France and the Holy Alliance, British trade with the Latin Americas had created a feud between the British and Spanish governments. Pirates masquerading as Spanish privateers waged war on British ships bound to and from the Latin Americas and this led to something very like a formal naval warfare between Spain and Great Britain in the western seas. It was in this crisis that Canning thought he saw a way out of concert of action. the snarl and he proposed the Ambassador Rush soon discovered that Cannings purpose was to cripple France and he wrote to the state department at Washington that the British prime minister was interested, not in helping the it-b- - Hundreds of y Lovely Anglo-Americ- an . Are here for Christmas choosers--a most inter- Latin Americas to preserve their liberty, but to prevent the aggrandizement of France. The negotiations did not lead to a concert between the United States and Great Britain, but Cannings purpose was accomplished when President Monroe proclaimed his doctrine solely in the name of the United States. It is important, in view of the Presidents suppressions, to tell all that was contained in that doctrine. It was divided into two parts. In what might be called the first part President Monroe declared that European powers must not intervene in the affairs of the western hemisphere and that American countries should no longer be open to colonization by such powers. The second part declared that the United States would not interfere writh Europ'ean affairs. It will be seen that President Monroe reiterated the doctrine of in the Washington as to entangling alliances and affairs of foreign lands. When, therefore, President Wilson states that the Monroe Doctrine has been extended to the whole world by . the league covenant he is talking nonsense. If we join the League of Nations we repudiate that part of the Monroe Doctrine which proclaimed American isolation as the safest policy. If we decide that the policy is no longer desirable, that it is no longer the wisest or the safest policy, let us do it with our eyes open and let us not twaddle about extending the doctrine to the No reservation to the covenant can preserve to us whole world. that part of the Monroe Doctrine which bound us to keep hands off European affairs. That part of the doctrine is gone as soon as we become a member of the League of Nations. esting showing in prac-ticallimitless variety. ly We Invite Your non-interventi- on The economists are telling us to' turn our old suits inside out and wear them. But after that, what? Angry aviators accused by the Flying Parson much declare that the F in his ftle is silent. of drinking too Inspection of " These Charming Creations. iCeiflv OJBrien Company .t n- - |
