Springfield weekly Republican

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United States is sovereign in this

hemisphere.

In the closing passages of the

address the President vaguely re

fers to an “international system”

peculiar to this hemisphere, which

imposes on each nation certain

“obligations,” “defined by laws

‘which we recognize as binding on

‘all of us.” What “laws” there are

of the character referred to no one

may know, inasmuch as the Monroe

doctrine, even with its corollaries

stretched to their most extreme

imperialistic implication, remains

a policy of the United States

like Great Britain’s old claim to

dominate the high seas.

Ignoring the realistic bases of

the policy of the United States since

the Spanish war, the President

found himself able to say with per

fect gravity, “We are thoroughly

‘committed to the principle that they

‘(the Colombias, Costa Ricas, Haytis,

‘Nicaraguas, Pananas, Dominican

‘Republics and Cubas) are better flt

‘ted to govern themselves than any

‘one else is to govern them. It

‘is better for the people to make

‘their own mistakes than to have

‘some one else make their mistakes

‘for them.”

Why, then, do we not clear out

of the Philippine islands? Even in

Cuba, why do we insist on special

rights of intervention? Why are

our gallant marines put to such

work as bombing Nicaraguan vil

lages? There is reason to suspect

that two Coolidges were struggling

for expression in the Havana

address.

The Senate’s Vote on the

Tariff

The large majority polled in the

Senate in favor of the McMaster

tariff reduction resolution will mis

lead nobody. The resolution as

adopted merely calls for the reduc

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Springfield weekly Republican. (1928). Springfield, Mass., 1928-01-19. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83020847/1928-01-19/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Springfield weekly Republican, 1928-01-19.