MONROE DOCTRINE.
"NOT APPLIED SELFISHLY." (By Cable—Press Aeeoriationr-Copyriglit.) (Australian and N.«j. Cable Association.) (Received April 20th, 8.20 p-ml) NJiW YOite, April ltV President Harding, speaking on the occasion of the unveiling of a statue of Bolivar,:" the South Americnnpatriot, said thei history, of. the Monroe Doctrine proved that we never intended, it. to be applied selfishly. The history of the last decade must, convince all the wprid that we stand willing to fight, rf necesr sary, to protect the continents and democracies from.oppression and tyranny. No American State had succumbed to the temptation to fall under the militaristic system which finally brought about the Great War. "I feel we Americans. North and South," he Said,, "are entitled to hold our democracies "which come- as a light into the world of'ihter ; ' national relations, and' will show iis a way out .of the world's' .present troubles." ~
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17125, 21 April 1921, Page 10
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