ecome so elaborate that he consumes
unjustifiable time and thought in following its intricate plan.

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Monroe Doctrine--Meaning

W. Wilson--Hist. Amer. People, V, 245

The U.S. had not undertaken to maintain an actual formal
protectorate over the S. Amer. states, but it did frankly
undertake to act as their nearest friend in the settlement of
controversies with European nations, and no President,
whether Rep. or Dem., had hesitated since this critical
dispute concerning the boundaries of Brit. Guiana arose to
urge its settlement upon terms favorable to Venezuela.

The following notes were made by a student in preparation for a speech
upon the opposition to the Covenant of the League of Nations. These
excerpts are from the notes upon the newspaper reports of the debate
in Boston in 1919 between Senator Lodge and President Lowell of
Harvard. Notice how accurately they suggest the material of the
original. The numbers represent the paragraph numbers.

[Sidenote: Monroe Doctrine.]

35. Monroe Doctrine a fence that cannot be extended by taking
it down.

36. Monroe Doctrine a corollary of Washington's foreign
policy.

37. Geographical considerations on which Monroe Doctrine
rested still obtain.

38. Systems of morality and philosophy are not transient,
because they rest on verities.

39. Monroe Doctrine rests on law of self-preservation.

40. Offers a larger reservation of Monroe Doctrine as third
constructive criticism.

SENATOR LODGE

[Sidenote: What a League should provide.]

3. Wants to consider what such a league must contain.

4. Must have provision for obligatory arbitration.

5. Obligation not to resort to war must be compulsory.

6. Compulsion must be such that no nation will venture to
incur it.

7. Nation that does not submit to arbitration must be treated
as outlaw.

8. If decisions of arbitrations are clear and generally
considered just, a nation desiring to w