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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON, SATURDAY JULY o lyii). PAGE NINE THE COVENANTER LETTERS a di:on ' t5,B League f Natlona Covenant, article by arUde, wrttteu by WUlum IL Taft, ex president of the Uultc4 SiaUi, George W. Wlckareuam, formerly Uulted Bute attoruey genial. A. Lawreuce LoweU, president of Harvard University, and. Iloury W. Tuft, of tba New York bar. TOMORROW MONDAY TUESDAY TilK MoMfoK tied) I HK THINK (t'ontiu- lulling rolonies which (uld have he roine a mraai-e to our rf!ub!i.-tii inti- BIG LAUGHING "S!I10WX i . Wwi" on inn. live except 1 t or seoretar- L of etatej and. eicept in the few aoa.nle ca" t" lv quired it aoolication they have generally eon IL,,,! theiiiwlve with describing itl ,i,oricl or.gin and the general pnn riole ou which it If founded, hveo the wnate in ratifvnii the Hague conven tion of and in seeking to reserve the Monroe doc.triue, referred to it a ' . I t inn liea aVItf llfl ur 'traditional aiiuuuo iira i""" l ...ri(HII UlieWtlOlt. leaviug the ' rharncter or mat -numm" " ubieot to question by the siguator ca a it '! wn before ,h" lion A",, l,ho,lh' "".the ne hand. S.-'retary Olnev in m In the Vencanelan eontrovemy, aaid: Tuday the I'nited Mate ii practic ally ao'verein ou thia continent and it fiat i low "l",n ,n" which it confined ii interposition"; onMhe sthcr hand I'tesident Koosevelt in ltflll asid that the Monroe doctrine did not proven.! foreign nnti.m from eollertinit L force d.lU owin by American na tion, and in lW this country rofuaed to protect Chili when Spain was bom bardinK her porta, becaoae it would not intervene in war between Kuropean and American states "if they are not uahed to the political point." Difficult to Defluo ,lf"""' i Ttejw referencee eerve to point out American foreign jndicv, it ha bc c difficulty of an attempt iu any dip- .rolm. a nutlunal understanding and it He Imiuitic docuuicnt to define the -Mituroe doctrine. Hut however inaccurate it may be to refer tu the Monroe doctruio a a " re Ijiuiwil iinilerttniiding. " Article XXI correctly dcvrdics it as "seoring the maintenance of xce." Jt wa of the essence of the doctrine that foicitfn na tions should not be permitted to im plant amoiiK tho nationa of the West ern llemia.phere autocrat ie priuniplea of jjoverument h' I hey should become a menace to the free institutions of the (.'luted States, ami we niij(ht attain have to resort to arms for the inuuite-aaai-c of the principle settled by the revolution; and in practice the domi nance of this country in the affairs uf the Western Ilcmixphcre ha undoubted ly saved it f?m repented exploitation at tho liaii'ls of Kuropt-iiu and Asiatic ant ion. The frequent revolution in Booth and Central America, often ac- compaiuen ny tuo wi.ure or power it the nnuie of liberty by disloyal and tin aerupiilmia dieitatom, would have af forded temptiuK iiiportunitie to Ku roxttu aiitoeracie at smnll eioense snd by the ue of a merely noiniunl force, to secure a permanent foothold upon thi noutiucut, gradually tktab- Piedmont Peanut OJ la ao delicious tKt you don't Have to cul tivate a taate (or it. You will HVo PIEDMONT tKo first time you try it nd forever after. Aalc for PIEDMONT The food oil with th nut flavor ) mi, Mmluf a 0 Im. WANTED Cherries Pears and all kinds of Berries MANGIS BROS. WarehouseHigh and Ferry Sts. PHONE 717 Office 512 State St. Salem, Oregon 1 .1 win ..In, U ill .1.:. v.. i i fias urpn prevented without the ma in a eingle instanre of military force by the Mon roe doctrine, which i therefore, aptly deeeribed. ill article XXI as 'aeeurinir the maintennnre of peace." A Possible Beserrttloa Hut if the eenato ii of the opinion that the tm of the word "regional un derstanding" ereates anr doM a to the meaning f article XXI, it can, in ratifying the Imlv mil. . ,u,.i.. tu, ha. ... .et;nn :, ,Bk. ,i, reservation that the covenant is to he o eonatrued a tu leave the Monroe doctrine unaffected. u view of the general piirpiiie and effect of the lea gue, referred to above, such a reser vation would not be regarded a a sub stantial aineudmeut of the coveuant. I'pon this point the official commen tary of the delegates of (Ireat Hritiiin upou the revised covenant i particu lurlv iH-rtineirt. They refer to the Mon roe doctrine and similar understanding a having "shown themselves" in his tory to be not initrtimeut of national umbition but guarantee of peace," and add: "The origin of the Mcnroe doctrine U well known. It wan proclaimed In -3 to prevent America from becom ing a theater for the intrrUiie of Kuro peati abaoluti.tin. At first a iirinctnU of is not illf((itimate for the people of the I'nited Htates to say that tho cove nant should recognize that fact. ''In its essence it is consistent with tho spirit of the covenant, and, indeed, the principle of the league a eipres cd in article X repreacnt the extension to the whole world of the principle of this doctrine, while should any dimto as to the menninjj of tho latter over arise between the Americau and the Kurojienn powers, the league i there to settle them." Thia commentary received espeeiul force from tho fact that Kuijland had a close historical connection with the, proclamation of the Monroe doctrine in 1S23 and in the Venezuelan dispute the most advanced claim as to the scope nf the doetriiio wn sharply call ed to her attention; and no delegation at the peace conference probably vn- lemlood better than that of Oreat nntnin liow the .Mnrin doetrinn wii intended to bo affected hv article XXI "Validity" Not Endangered doctrine i not "alfectod" bv article il,uch. i'eutnataneci the qnestiott wheth XXI it.,, a, ...i,; i. .....t.i.i .i... er article XXI adequately reserves tht operation of the covenant. If, therefore a case within the principle of tho doc trine should ariae it would not be with in the jurisdiction of the leiijftie. Even if a question whether the doctrine ex tended to a particular situation could bo ma le Hio subject f Inquiry under article XV, there could bo liltl'e doubt of the result; fur, if we except a few canes where doubt has existed as to the applicability of the doctrine, and tho belated assertion of President Car-raiu-a that it is non existent, it i now understood by nit the nations of the world. Hut it is too lute to have forebod ingn on account of tho remote chance j that a question concerning the Monroe doctrine may hare to bo auomitted to nant, for, bv the ItrVan treatiea, rati j fied by the senate in 1IM4 and 1 9 1 .". we have already agreed with Great Brit ni n, France, Italy and mi other Kuru ipean nations, a well a with i'hili, Brar.il, I'eni and seven other Ameri can Mates, that all disputes of an in ternational character, including those affecting national honor and vital in tercats, such n the .Mouroo doctrine, shall be submitted to an international 'inn ni i.Hxi on for invctigatioii and re Port, and that nendinir such report !.. ..n ...,t i, i,i;i;t,. commenced. These treaties are "inter national engagements" and their va lidity, within tho reservation of ar ticle XXI, is not affected by the cove nant. 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