. Loyal citizenship. thercontinent. It is clearly understood by other nationsthat the United States would go to war to defend theMonroe Doctrine. Foreign nations have frequentlyexpressed their disapproval of it, but they have re-spected our attitude. In several instances they havebeen compelled to do so, as in the 60s when anattempt was made to establish a kind of Europeanempire in Mexico. The existence of the Monroe Doctrine has made itnecessary for the United States to accept responsi-bility for the good conduct of the Latin-American we will not allow them to be attacked, a Euro
. Loyal citizenship. thercontinent. It is clearly understood by other nationsthat the United States would go to war to defend theMonroe Doctrine. Foreign nations have frequentlyexpressed their disapproval of it, but they have re-spected our attitude. In several instances they havebeen compelled to do so, as in the 60s when anattempt was made to establish a kind of Europeanempire in Mexico. The existence of the Monroe Doctrine has made itnecessary for the United States to accept responsi-bility for the good conduct of the Latin-American we will not allow them to be attacked, a Euro-pean state that has a quarrel with one of the weakerAmerican republics looks to the United States tosecure settlement. The doctrine is very dear to theAmerican people. One of the reasons why theUnited States entered the Great War lay in the factthat if the Central Powers were victorious the Mon-roe Doctrine might have been supported only withextreme difficulty. One of the matters most fre- Our Place in the World 287. Fig. 118. This statue was llie j^ift of tfi republic of Voncziida tothe city of New York, in token of good will toward the United represents Simon BoHvar, the South American Liberator. quently discussed in connection with the League ofNations was its probable effect on the MonroeDoctrine. Foreign relations. Our relalions with foreign coun-tries are handled by the President through the Secretaryof State. In the Slate Depart moiil tliere are numer-ous bureaus or offices devoted to tlie diplomatic serv-ice. At each of the principal capitals of the world we 288 Loyal Citizenship keep a diplomatic representative known as an ambas-sador: at less important capitals, a minister. AtWashington are similar representatives from all theprincipal countries of the world. The embassy, as theofficial residence of an ambassador is called, is re-garded as part of his home country. Ambassadorsand ministers are not subject to the laws of thecountry to which they are sent, an
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