Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1919 — POINTS ON MONROE DOCTRINE. [ARTICLE]

POINTS ON MONROE DOCTRINE.

In framing the Monroe doctrine, did President Monroe have the assistance of congress? Did he have assistance? The doctrine, as announced ‘by President Monroe in his message to congress in 1823, was a simple statement of the attitude of this country toward the South American republics. Henry Clay had made an eort to have the independence of these republics recognized, and in 1822 their independence was acknowledge by congress. President Monroe had recalled John Quincy Adamis from the court of St. James to become his secretary of state, and many historians credit Adams with the authorship of the message/ in which the doctrine was stated as follows: “As a principle, the American continents, by the free and independent position which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to ;be considered as subjects for future colonizationby any European power.” This was undoubtedly the sentiment of the congress to which the doctrine was announced. (2) Were any American soldiers lost when an American boa* was sunk by a mine near England a month or six weeks ago?—No. (3) Did any United States soldier go from France to Russia, but only a few were sent from France.