the Editor of the NoRTH-CHIXA DatLy News, in China. Tu the Inter part of the hook, wiieh is devoted to answ questions cancer How fa follows: this tion it is. necessary ind ourselves of the historic leomeequonees of the policy adopted strong governments of sending armed troops into another country, usually a weak or backward coun. try, im order to protect the lives und property of their citizens. 'The fac: is that' this has been the primary athos of imperialistic expansion. Traders have gone from these strong countries into undeveloped regions or into weak nations. When Hife and property have been Unreatened they have called upon their own jovernment for protestion, Very frequently such calls for help have been the occasion for military occupation of another country, Sometimes this occupation has taken the guise of a protectorate, while in many other cases it) has meant outright annexation and permanent control. This bract has been followed by all the major powers during the past half century and has been one of the chief causes of war. Our own government has insisted upon its right to send troops into another courrtry necessary to protect American liv and property. In his message of December, 1904, President Roosevelt said: Chronic wrongdoing, or Impatence which results in a gen-feral Iouseninze of the tits of civilized society, may" in America, az elsewhere,' ultimately require intervention Uy some civilized nati [aad in the Wortern Hemisphere the, adherence of the United States to the United States, however reluctantly, doing
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