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But that was 90 years ago. Both the conditions , 

 and tlic "doctrine" have changed vastly since that time. ' 



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Vol. 48. 



SEPTEMBER i. 1913. 



Most of the Soiitli American Repuljlics have now cele- 

 liratcd the centennial of their establishment. Many 

 (if them are populous and jirosperous. Some of the 

 largest warships Hoating the seas belong to their 

 navies. .\nd while they of course do not compare in 

 military and naval strength with the European powers, 

 still, no one would be likely to interfere with them 

 ; now, as long as they behave themselves with mod- 



erate i)ropriet\-. They realize the changed conditions, 



No. 6 theinseKes, very fully; and while 90 years ago and for 

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doctrine, is the change in the doctrine itself. As 



stated by President Monroe, it simply gave the Euro- 

 pean nations to understand that the AN'estern Hemi- 

 sphere was no longer open for the establishment of 



new dependencies, and that any attempt on their part 



VY^HEN that historic, much discussed and exceed- ^q establish such dependencies on this or the southern 

 ingly interesting piece of international polity, continent would be looked upon by this government 

 formulated by John Ouincy Adams— then Secretary as an unfriendly act. But the Monroe Doctrine as 

 of State — and promulgated by his chief, President interpreted by our statesmen during the last two or 

 Monroe, in 1823, and known ever since as the "Mon- tliree decades— and particularly as announced by Mr. 

 roe Doctrine," was first given to the w,.rKl. it un- "l"e>' '" '^95, when he was Secretary of State under 





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THE MONROE DOCTRINE AND THE RUBBER 

 INTERESTS. 



President Cleveland — and wdien he gave the British 

 lion's tail such a merrv twist — is vastlv broader and 



doubtedly was timely, salutary and effective. .\t that 



time most of the South American republics had all , , . ,. ,,, , • r , 



more far reaching. Mr. Olney announced, in fact, that 



the weakness of early infancy. They were absolutely ^^^ United States was supreme on this hemisphere, 

 incapable of protecting themselves, and any little jolt and practically informed the world that it could run 

 from a European power would have taken them off things from Behring Strait to Magellan Strait, and 

 their feet. It was of vital importance to their con- would regulate all international and internal ditficul- 

 tinue.l existence that the protecting arm of the United ^'^^ between these two points. European nations were 



not only not to be permitted to establish any colonies 



States (to be sure, this arm. itself, was none too strong 

 in those days, but strong in comparison with our 



on this hemisphere, but they were not to be permitted 

 to seek anv redress if thev or their citizens were 



neighbors of the South) should be thrown about them. ^^^^^^^ ^^j^,, injustice in their dealings with any Amer- 

 The result was not only beneficial to them but benefi- ican republic ; the United States would see that justice 



^ cial to the whole family of nations. 



was done in all directions. 



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