| Show ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF MONROE DOCTRINE by john T adams chairman republican national committee the next session of congress convenes december 4 1923 its assembly will mark the passage of years since james monroe delivered his bis presidential message to congress december 2 1823 enunciating A the monroe Doc doctrine crine this doctrine set forth foith two broad propositions first tha tithe the united I 1 states did not propose to permit european powers to further I 1 extend their political systems or governments in this hemisphere and see sec end that the united states did not intend to interfere in the political of europe president monroe enunciated this american policy as a matter of self defense tor for the united states and its democratic form of government during this hundred years it has hag been known throughout the world as the american policy secretary of state hughes in a recent address before the american bar association took occasion to reaffirm 1 it saying with the passing of one hundred years it remains a cherished policy inimical to no just interest and deemed to be vitally related to our own safety and to the peaceful progress of the people of this hemisphere secretary hughes pointed out in his excellent address that the monroe doctrine is not a doctrine of aggression gre gres sion it does not infringe upon the independence or sovereignty of any other american nation it does not prevent pan american cooperation it is a policy of self defense of our government and of our conception of free institutions and as a distinctive american policy secre tary ary hughes asserted the government of the united states reserve to itself the definition interpretation and application of the doctrine senator henry cabot lodge chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations in a current monthly periodical has an admirable article i reviewing the one hundred years kofl of the operations of the monroe doctrine the facts set forth in this I 1 article show clearly that the doctrine is an american one as disi from a partisan one 1 within the last 60 years five presidents I johnson grant cleveland roosevelt and tatt taft have bave found it 1 necessary to reassert sert the monroe doctrine by invoking it against intervention tion or attempted intervention upon the part of european and asiatic powers in the political affairs of the western hemisphere the united states senate in 1920 found it necessary to defend the monroe doctrine from the coven covenant arif of the league of nations which would have nullified its operation this the senate did by adopting a ic ie to the league covenant which stated th that at the united states would not submit to the league of nations any question which in the judgment of the united states depend upon or relate to its longes long es policy commonly kno known wl as the monroe doctrine said doctrine is 19 to be interpreted by the united states alone and is hereby declared to be wholly outside the jurisdiction of said paid league of nations that the republican senate was justified in making such a reservation and that the monroe doctrine is looked upon as a protection by south american countries was given f resh fresh proof by an address delivered less than a month ago before the assembly of the league of nations at geneva by senor alvarez member 0 of the league of nations representing chile in that address senor alvarez declared the monroe doctrine was vastly superior to the league of nations for the protection of the integrity 0 of american nations he stated the monroe doctrine had contributed tri buted more to the main tenets of 0 the free nations of the western hemisphere than any article or covenant of the league could possibly contribute the monroe doctrine contributed much during the past hundred years to the growth of 0 democratic institutions in this hemisphere and the territorial rit orial integrity of the nations of this hemisphere it is one of americas important contributions to the cause of tree free institutions and progressive gres sive civilization |
