Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1920 — REVERSING FOREIGN POLICY [ARTICLE]

REVERSING FOREIGN POLICY

Senator V.. G. Harding promises—“threatens” would be a better word —if elected, to completely reverse the foreign policy of the United States. - Let us see what this would mean in even a few familiar particulars: A repudiation of the Monroe floctrine, which has been -the established policy for nearly a hundred years, including Grover Cleveland’s Venezuela message: “The United States Is practically sovereign on this continent and its flat is law.” Repudiation of the Spanish-Amer-ican was. And the return of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines to Spain. Repufliataion of the policies that kept us at peace with Europe (except for the Spanish war) for more than a hundred years, and keeps us at peace with now. Repudiation of the treaty under which we built the Panama canal., Return of Alaska to Russia. Repudiation of our entrance into the world war to overthrow German autocracy and make the world safe for democracy. Repudiation of our refusal to recognize the Bolshevik government. Repudiation of our policy of nonintervention in Mexico. These are but a few familiar phases of our foreign policy that Senator Harding would “completely reverse.” Is it any mystery why they keep him chained on the porch?