THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
Sin,—In your note to Mr. Falle's letter last week you describe the Monroe doctrine as " what all Americans regard as vital." I used to be of that opinion, but, as the result of a journey last winter through the States from New York to the Pacific, I can hold it no longer. I heard the views of not a few Americans and found recognition of the fact that the position is not the same, since the American Union has not only annexed the Sandwich Islands, 2,000 miles from the continent, but has assumed the government of Asiatic territory in the Philippines and organized an American Civil Service there. Many are of opinion that in the new circumstances it would not be prudent to subject the Monroe doctrine to any serious strain.—I am, British Empire Club, 12 St. James's Square, S.W.
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