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Show STIRS UP THE BRITISH! Roosevelt's Speech on Monroeism Mon-roeism a Text. SATURDAY REVIEW EXCITED Takes the President's Address nnd Enunciates a Loiir Set mon Says Danger Threatens British Empire Prom United States Future Exptn-sion Exptn-sion Reviews Hlstoiy of Monroe Doctrine London Spectater lakes Just Opposite View of the He view's Position. Indon Aug 30 - A hated rli ilr which mas some day l.e settled bi the nrbltrammt of the sword seems to falrls sum up the Saturday rteilews opinion of the relations beleen Great Ilrltaln nnd the I'nltis! Mates Discussing Dis-cussing President Hnoseielts ro notinccment on Monroeism llje alwns hlttorly antl-Amerlean Saturday Ite-ilew Ite-ilew uses tho President's sp.-h as a test on which to enunciate a long sermon ser-mon nn "American greed Hid hspo-crlsv," hspo-crlsv," nnd tho danger thientenlng the llrlllsli empire from the Pnlteil fttntos' fuluro expansion It sajs In loilenlng the lilstory of the Monroe doctrine It Is linf.irtunate, If not cxcipll mil thnt the t nil l Htnles luinol In sitlstloil wlih the lain urslghtforwnril pnliej ..f self Inlelesl without nttemtlng In explain It as a ulslntereste.1 nnl lilalilj niorsl post-"'.'.'!. post-"'.'.'!. i' !' on this basis thnt the war Jh lhI,?l,n ," undertsk.n u suiting in th. Philippines being annexe,! anil l nbj lielng put umler the he, I hnuth Americas Ameri-cas nntiirnl resources are enormous hut the InriMiuai Htahs ennnot nil ligether It Is Inln Hint thei lll not long nstst American extension soiithwnnl un,l Iho Amrrknn protection from l.uroprun n grosslnn win mon inctibite Into oecupi-Hon oecupi-Hon lis the t'nlle.1 Slates .ppi:er OF MONIIOIIIHM Pmi.oding lo dlsiiiis the cffet of Moiiinelsm on tho llrlllsli empiie, the sSilurdns I'.eilen sais Hie Pnlteil Utiles Is Iho nl crent power sepnriti.l from the llrlllsli empire by nnlhlng hut a lanl frontier nnd it Is Iho eellloil objert nf the Pnlteil Mnt.s ul-tlmalels ul-tlmalels to Include I'nniiiln Ihe I nlled Mates Is coinm. iclallj growing fast at our cxt.nsc, nnd Judging from Its present progress the K.r of the I nlled tlintes In wcilth ami mi ml on win noon ecied tint of nil) rllnl we hale pnsnlbls ii. ceptlng luisslii, whose ponltlon In roll-Hon roll-Hon to the lllltet Stales lirrllnrl ill) is mt nenrl) so crltlinl Under lime i Ir-cunistniices Ir-cunistniices It Is surel) .lenr thai tho power we nctsl be most cone i nml about Is America Anile teirllorlil nnl commercl il rlnlrs nlwiisa results In an iilllmnte trial b force It Is the oil) final settlement ir Hint Is so the pollei of Ither counlri must lo to mold doing nil) thing which can Incrense the olhei power nr glin It P"lnta In Ihe struggle On Hint pilnelplo Hni Pnltel htntes has stcidll) licted In o posing us dlploinatlralli never conce I-Ing I-Ing n point We. on the other ii mil halo usually (.one out of our wai to help the Putted tunes In tho nntlir or Ihe Isthmian eniul we lost ground ani Amerl en gained Ihe only balancing adianlnge woull Im. such cousiquetit and active friendship on the part of Aineihn that wn might count on her ns meeting us half-wa) half-wa) lis nbststnlng from injuring us of such frlcnlshlp the B-ituidi) Uevlew has shown again JUtd again Hint there Is n-lthcr eillenco nor Ilk. Ilhool 'Ibero Is no quosllon of liking or disliking Iho Amerlcins It is simply a quistlon of which shall lilllmatcl) tot the Uller nf the oilier side The controlling riutnrs mako It Impossible to put the osltlon of the two countries In an) other way. spncTATon nirrnits A curiously dlicrgent liew Is expressed ex-pressed h) tho Hpecintor on the same topic It sa)s Wo arc glad In tho Interests of Ihe Pnlted Htntes nnd Great Britain nnd the pence or ihe rest of tho worl 1 that 1'resl-(knt 1'resl-(knt llooseielt nnnouneed In such clear an I iinmistnkeahle terms Ihot tho Monroe duitrlno woull bo enforced b) tho United htntes at all costs The Monroe doctrine Is a iI.iumt to peiee only when It Is un-deflnnl un-deflnnl All nulhorllntlve statements nf thi policy of ihe United mines In Ihls ef. feet nre therefore wrlcnme Wo boll Hint Ihe Monroe doitrlno Is good for us ns well as the t nltnl mates Me, Ilk. tho Pnltid Htates hale no itislre to see the l;itus quo llolenll) nltere I h) tho efiorts of coiitlnentnl nuropenn states to i ine out for Ihemsehes colonial empires in Central nnl booth Ameilrn II would suit us n i more than tho United Hlntes to see German) Ger-man) established in southern llrnili or chow here on the Western continent IIKSTS UPON bUA POWKIi Proceeding to point out that Monroeism Mon-roeism cannot rest on nlr and that unless un-less based on power It Is sine to bo exposed to ho pushed aside and dlsro-gnided, dlsro-gnided, the Spectator continues The power on which It must prlm-irlly rest Is pea power If Iho I.uropean mites know that America has sea power enough to enforce tho Monroe doelilne, It will be. scrupulously respected Tho moineiit thrtv see tho doctrine Is hised onl) on paper It will bo rilsreirnrilod lo mak,, the dnctrlno effecihe America must build it fleet unquestionably un-questionably stronger than that of Prance or Herman) Bbe need not trouble to outbuild out-build us, ns we not merely ngne lo but ma) be snld to hn passim suiportcrs of the Monroe doctrine |
