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
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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.
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The food oil with
th nut flavor
) mi, Mmluf a 0 Im.
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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. I'nder the Bryan treaties, there
fore, arbitrators, a majority of whom
are not to be American citizens, would
have jurisdiction to consider and re
port coiweraing aty dispute arising
under the Monroe doctrine, and while
the arbitration was proceeding this
country would be obliged to abstain
from enforcing the doctrine, however
exigent the suuntion might 'he. Under
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Other Varieties 5c lb.
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Black Cap Raspberries..lOc lb.
Blackberries (Lawtons)..8c lb.
Loganberries 8c lb.
Evergreen Blackberries..6c lb.
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traditional national policy loses much
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