Oshawa Times (1958-), 14 Jun 1965, p. 20

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pre ae ao Lo nee ne I I Ag sy yyy : Airs . : . preg rmn S tmg . > - nO a Nye Pg age IO RH Fe age mt RP ea a A OG Es gfe gy ina uly apie ee et ae ee eee ere ae aren soak i oe ee oe si Me Rae nil BA peer we a= 20 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Monday, June 14, 1965 not- have to be fought at all] Spain in 1898), least 155 times to keep order, (with Britain in 1812-14, with In addition U.S. land and na-|protect American lives, and|Thomas Jefferson, the anti-slav-|was an isolationist and an ex-|United States had all the land it/sandth and thousandth genera- MARINES INTO DOMINICA LBJ 'Did What He Had By. JAMES MARLOW Associated Press News Analyst WASHINGTON (AP) -- "In those terrible early hours, we did what we had to do." It was President Johnson, ex- plaining the rush of United States troops' into the Domini- can Republic. It could also have been an ex- planation for U.S. involvement) in Southeast Asia, including the bombing of North Viet Nam. It yg been almost, any other ident from @€orge Washington on, explaining the latest twist or-turn of U.S. for- eign policy. ' In the light of history, many actions by U.S. presidents in the foreign field have been un- savory. Jefferson Hoped To Grab Chunks Of Latin America But even as he said it he was hoping the United States coud help itself to pieces of the crum- bling Spanish empire. And two years after he said it he bought the Louisiana- Territory. from France to get more land and/ -avoid having the French for hext-door neighbors. For the United+States, while it preached isolation, was hun- gry for trade and, more land, which meant expansion. And those apostoles of expansion, LZ, To Do' There have been two sturdy, persistent guides in American foreign policy: The Monroe doc- trine of isolation, up to the last world war; and, ever since, the Truman doctrine of involve- ment. Johnson has leaned on both. : 'OFTEN AT WAR "Cultivate peace," Washing- ton said in his 1796 farewell ad- dress. But the United States has been in at least 10 foreign wars, an average of one every 17 years. Five of them were undeclared (with France in 1798-1800, with the Barbary pirates since in the early 1800s; the Korean War and the war in Viet: Nam) and three of the wars probably did that two months before the French had promised the Brit- ish they wouldn't move in. One historian said the doctrine was aimed at an "imaginary en- emy." The doctrine contained no threats. It simply said the |United States would stay out of European affairs and told the Europeans not to try to grab territory in Latin America. Sup- pose they tried? All the doge- trine said was that the United the war hawks and later the|States could not view such in- "manifest destiny" protagonists |trusion with "indifference." But who wanted to control the whole|intrusion went on for years. continent, helped push the| On a key point--whether or United States into three wars: |not the United States would in- 1812, 'Mexican and Spanish-|tervene in Latin America--Mon- American. jroe was silent. That point was filled in later by other presi- WARNED EUROPE dents, with little credit to the By the mid-1820s the Latin|U.S. Americans had almost com-| By the 1840s the manifest des- pletely rid themselves of their|tiny. boys were loose, breathing European masters, particularly}on President James K.. Polk's Spain, but President James|neck. He didn't need them. He Monroe was afraid the French|was one of the strongest presi- were going to barge into South/dents. In his single term, America. He thought it neces-|1845-49, he fulfilled a lot of am- sary to warn them to stay out.|/bitions, including his own. The This was 1823. United States had annexed So he stated his doctrine,|Texas but Polk also wanted Cal- which might: never have: been|ifornia and the southwest from written, if he had only known!Mexico. Polk Warred On Mexico To Gain The Southwest First he tried to buy it. Then|nant mostly he tried to stir a revolt there./iards' cruelty. Then he wanted to bribe a| And at this point the Amer- Mexican dictator. Then hejican government put still an- baited Mexico into war and gotjother twist on the Monroe doc- what he wanted. Afraid, mean-|trine by going contrary to what while, lest the British grab it|the document- had originally or a piece of Mexico, he resur-jsaid. As Monroe wrote it the rected the Monroe doctrine andjdoctrine said the United States for the first time since Monroe|would not interfere in colonies stated it as American policy. |or dependencies still held by And Polk added something to;Europeans in the Americas al- it, although that seems over-|though they must not grab any looked now: If Europeans tried/MeW territory. ae to intervene the United States) Now the McKinley adminis- might intervene to stop the in-\tration made demands on Spain tervention. This was exactly|@0out what was happening in what Theodore Roosevelt. was|Cuba. It demanded an armi- to say more than half a century Stice. On top of this American later, with some additions of his|¢™otions boiled over when the own. battleship Maine was sunk in Havana harbor although to this LOOKED FOR FIGHT day no one has proved the} The big American explosion Spaniards did it. | came _in the 1890s when mani-| So President McKinley let fest destiny rampaged again.|himself be pressured into war The U.S. had muscle now andialthough two days before he felt itself a world power al- sent his message to congress though not everybody else|the Spaniards agreed to an thought so: '"'We need a war," armistice. McKinley knew this said Theodore Roosevelt who when he sent his message but thought war was "fun." played it down Congress de- Americans .found an outlet |clared war. And after it was for their bubbling energy andjover McKinley admitted: 'But arrogance by getting emotional for the inflamed state of public over the war in Cuba where opinion and the fact that Con- Spain was trying to crush a re-|gress could no longer be held volt. It was a cruel war on both|in check, a peaceful solution about the Span- Mexico in 1846-48, and with|val forces have been used atjcarry out U.S. policy. Philosopher - ania ra buiit-in contradictions: He|first. inaugural address that the}had "room enough to the thou- ery man who kept slaves, had!pansionist. You'd think from his|needed. "The country, he said,|tion." Formfit Dress-Shapers Sheer Lightness in Skin Tone Powder Buff 34 to 36. Each : WOON a ok iesiccsa ceaay ees EATON'S UPPER LEVEL DEPT. 609 -panish-American War: U.S. Turned Down Cuba | Out of the war the Wnited'Coolidge all intervened with! States got Guam, Puerto Rico, Warships, marines and troops and the Philippines which made in one way or another, and none| a good trading base in the'so much as Wilson, preacher- Pacific. teacher and morailist. By an odd quirk, inconsistent This happened in Panama in with the expansionist hunger setting permission. to build the for real ete, the United canal, a rather sordid chapter States did not take Cuba buljin. Ameritan history, and with made it a protectorate, which) Nicaragua, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti meant it could send in marines and the Dominican Republic. any time to keep order, and it in Nicurag ; did a number of times. This| 19 are Gat 1b gee stayed right wasn't given up until 1934) here a years in Haid. when President Franklin D lie Bret one omercens ete Watsseili ahensoned it ictators took over, if not im- mediately, then eventually. SHOW THE DAGOS It isn't hard to understand All the twists, turns and in-/why to this day Latin Amer- trusions of American foreignjicans are. sensitive to any show policy reached a climax whenlof U.S. force, President Frank- Theodore Roosevelt be camellin D. Roosevelt tried to. wipe president after McKinley's|out the legacy of ill-will. He put death. He looked upon the Latinjan end to American interven- Americans with contempt. He'ltions. As a foundation -for~ his said he would '"'show those|"good neighbor policy" in the Dagos they have: to behave!1930s he agreed no nation had decently."' a right to. interfere in the in- To make good on this he|ternal or externa] affairs of an- twisted the Monroe doctrine a!other. little more, interpreting it to, Thé United States stuck to its suit himself in what has been/policy of isolation between the called the 'Roosevelt corollary"|two wars. The Second World to the doctrine War ended it. 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