HARDING INTENDS TO ABIDE BY THE MONROE DOCTRINE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) President Warren G. Harding's concern about the prospect of "the League of Nations intervening in the Panama-Costa Rica controversy" led him to emphasize on March 17, 1921 that the
"Monroe Doctrine* is going to be observed by this government regardless of the...League..."
"United States influence in the Western Hemisphere," writes Carter Field..."will (not) weaken...in the slightest..."
The Tribune's front page story states that Mr. Harding...
"has not the slightest intention of surrendering the old policy of preventing European nations from interfering...in the Western Hemisphere."
*Monroe Doctrine is policy introduced by President James Monroe in 1823 stating that the U.S. would not tolerate European colonialism in the Americas. The policy was reinterpreted in 1898 to include non-intervention.
SOURCE
"Harding Will Hold Fast to Monroe Idea," by Carter Field, March 18, 1921, The New York Tribune, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
