. Review of reviews and world's work. ompelled to guard against the encroachments ofEuropean powers in that part of the world. Itis true that the Monroe Doctrine was intendedoriginally to apply to the American Continentalone, but the principle is the same whereverforeign (encroachments might interfere withAmerican interests. It will not be necessary tointerfere with existing conditions. When l*resi- dent Monroe issued his caveat, he intended it toapply to the future, not to that which alreadywas. He did not go so far as to undertake todrive from the Anierican Continent those Euro-pean nations
. Review of reviews and world's work. ompelled to guard against the encroachments ofEuropean powers in that part of the world. Itis true that the Monroe Doctrine was intendedoriginally to apply to the American Continentalone, but the principle is the same whereverforeign (encroachments might interfere withAmerican interests. It will not be necessary tointerfere with existing conditions. When l*resi- dent Monroe issued his caveat, he intended it toapply to the future, not to that which alreadywas. He did not go so far as to undertake todrive from the Anierican Continent those Euro-pean nations which were already there. KEEPING THINGS AS TIIEY ARE. To apply the same doctrine to Asia meanssimply that things are to be left as they are ; andthis will be for the interest of the United Statesas well as for the whole Asiatic Continent. Imay be a little ahead of time, but by and by theUnited States will come to this. The possessionof the Philippines is a new thing ; but after awhile, perhaps in ten years, it will be seen that, for. Photo by Clinedinst. MR. WU TING FANG. (Chinese Minister to the United States.) self-protection and for the maintenance of peace,it will be necessary to have all nations under-stand that no further encroachments on theAsiatic Continent will be allowed. W^ien thattime comes, there will be no more war. Afterthe United States gets a firm hold on the Phil-ippines, and begins to establish American com-merce and to branch out in every direction, theywill become more and more impressed with tlienecessity of keeping things as they are. No mancan tell how long the open door can be main-tained in the East, unless further aggressions arepie veil ted. 80 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REI^IEIV OF REVIEWS. OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE CHINESE. IN the June Forum, Mr. Ho Yow, the Chineseconsul general at San Francisco, discussesthe attitude of the United States towards hiscountrymen, as shown in the Chinese exclusionlaws passed by Congress. He says : The laws of the United St
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