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that condemned the act as one of

international brigandage. Santo Do

mingo was occupied by the same ad

ministration and a financial protec

torate established. Under President

Taft Nicaragua’s capital was pa

troled by United States marines.

President Wilson seized Vera Cruz

and sent Pt'?.hing at the head of a

military expedition into Mexico.

Hayti passed under the control of

the American navy.

The Monroe doctrine in the Vene

zuela case was stretched by Cleve

land and given a new corollary by

Roosevelt in dealing with Santo Do

mingo. Disorderly Latin-American

states, or states that do not meet

their international obligations, de

clared Roosevelt, must submit to

American discipline if they are to

claim American protection from pun

ishment by European powers having

just grievances. The obligation to

protect carries with it the privilege

of intervention for the maintenance

of a stable government—such was

the gist of the Roosevelt doctrine.

And it made the United States the

overlord of the New World empire

of Monroeism. The later Wilson

doctrine, aimed at the ebullient

spirit of periodical revolution, sought

to establish the principle of no rec

ognition in Latin America for gov

ernments raised up by force at the

sacrifice of constitutional processes.

The Mobile speech attempted to

establish a new system of inter

national law for the frowsy tropi

cal states surrounding the Caribbean

basin.

The actual record thus far of the

Coolidge administration is notable

for its mildness and meekness in

dealing with Latin-American ques

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Springfield weekly Republican. (1927). Springfield, Mass., 1927-01-13. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83020847/1927-01-13/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Springfield weekly Republican, 1927-01-13.