| Show ENLARGED DOCTRINE when richard olney as secretary of state sent his famous to great britain defining the obligations incurred by this country through tho operation of the monroe doctrine and advising the european powers to consult the wishes ot this nation before proceeding to make var on tho south american republic the country applauded and thera waa scarcely a dissenting voice even ial congress although yarrow partisan im might have dictated a protest but now that theodore roosevelt haa aaen fit to continue to uphold the same doctrine ly a policy of recognizing the financial difficulties into which san domingo has drifted and the possibility of a repetition 0 the troubles of venezuela there are those BO stupidly attached to party politics as to condemn and censure san domingo if not at present helped out of her prodigality will become a baff abrupt and once more the warships of europe will appear within uie wafers bounded by the modroe doctrine to demand a settlement of the bonded debt due foreigners then to restore peace and reestablish amry would be a task that might bring the united states to the extreme recourse of also making a naval demon is ration and one inadvertent act could invoke us in which Is the better policy to deter arbion and thereby invite a serious suite of affairs or shock the allek lerg fur regularity and by eo doing eliminate all danger 0 international complications with european powers while we stand sponsor for the south american countries and guarantee them protection against the aggrandizements of monarchies there is no other course left open but to guide them aright even to the extent ot a protectorate and tha appointing of a commission when necessary to check the extravagance a in their financial affairs as bai been done in the case of san domingo |
