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REDDAWAY WILLIAM FIDDIAN, The Monroe Doctrine. (Cambridge
Univ. Press, 1898)

A searching and original book—especially valuable on origins.
Best book by an Englishman.

RIBET, JOSEPH, Le Vol de l'Aigle de Monroë à Roosevelt. (Paris,
Flammarion, 1905)

In Library of Congress.

SOLAR, ALBERTO DEL, La Doctrina de Monroe y la America Latina. (Buenos Aires, Penser, 1898)

Pamphlet warmly denouncing the greed of the United States.

TUCKER, GEORGE, FOX, The Monroe Doctrine; a Concise History of its Origin and Growth. (Boston, Reed, 1885)

Brief and cogent book

but now almost out of date.

chiefly history up to 1871; much weight

USHER, ROLAND GREENE, Pan-Americanism; a Forecast of the Inevitable Clash between the United States and Europe's Victor. (N. Y., Century, 1915)

This writer is freely criticized in the text. He adds nothing to the knowledge of the subject.

V. PRINTED SOURCES OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE

The ultimate materials of the Monroe Doctrine are as follows; (1) The published announcements of Presidents and other members of the government of the United States, which can be found in various public documents and in the set of presidential messages.

(2) Memoirs of statesmen. A select list may be found in Channing, Hart, and Turner, Guide to American History, § 47. Lists of the collected works of some of the statesmen in the same volume, § 46. Several presidents, especially John Quincy Adams, James K. Polk and Theodore Roosevelt, have written first hand accounts of their own connection with the diplomacy of their times.

(3) Collections of diplomatic materials, which contain despatches of Secretaries of State and foreign ministers and the correspondence of public men.

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY, Memoirs: comprising Portions of his Diary from 1795 to 1848. (12 vols., Phila., Lippincott, 1874-1877)

Contains first-hand material on Monroe's Doctrine and the Panama Congress of 1826.

HART, ALBERT BUSHNELL, and CHANNING, EDWARD, American History Leaflets. (N. Y., Lovell, now Simmons, 1892-1910)

No. 4 (1892) is made up of extracts bearing on The Monroe Doctrine. LOWRIE, WALTER, and CLARKE, MATTHEW ST. CLAIR (Editors), American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States. Class I, Foreign Relations. (6 vols., Washington, Gales and Seaton, 1832-59)

Commonly quoted as "American State Papers, Foreign." A valuable set, well arranged and indexed.

MALLOY, WILLIAM M., Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements between the United States of America and other Powers (1776–1909). (2 vols., Washington, Gov. Printing Office, 1910) (This is Senate Docs., 61 Cong. 2 sess. No. 357) Supplementary volume, edited by Garfield Charles (Washington, Gov. Printing Office, 1913), comes down to March 4, 1913. (This is Senate Docs., 62 Cong. 3 sess. No. 1063)

This is the standard edition of the treaties of the United States.

MOORE, JOHN BASSETT (Editor), Digest of International Law as embodied... especially in Documents . . . of the United States. (8 vols., Washington, Gov. Printing Office, 1906) (This is House Docs., 56 Cong. 2 sess. No. 551)

Very full "General Index" in Vol. VIII. See Arts.: "Monroe Doctrine" and titles concerning controversies and International claims. See also Latin-American States by name.

Abounds in extracts from State papers and official correspondence on all fields of American policy. This is the best collection of material on Latin-American relations.

POLK, JAMES KNOX, The Diary of James K. Polk during his Presidency, 1845 to 1849, now first printed from the Original Manuscript... edited and annotated by Milo Milton Quaife, with an Introduction by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin. (4 vols., Chicago, McClurg, 1910)

Annotations very slight. Poor index. Frank statement of influences and motives.

RICHARDSON, JAMES DANIEL (Editor), Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the President (1789-1897). (10 vols., Washington, Gov. Printing Office, 1896-1899) (This is House Mis. Docs., 53 Cong. 2 sess. No. 210, also published separately)

Contains text of all presidential statements of American policy, so far as embodied in messages to Congress. Well indexed. Vol. X. contains McKinley's messages in the Spanish War.

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE, Theodore Roosevelt: an Autobiography. (N. Y., Macmillan, 1913)

Ch. xiv is upon "The Monroe Doctrine and the Panama Canal." It is a convenient statement of the ex-President's policy in Santo Domingo and Panama. An Appendix, pp. 572-574, contains a proposed message to Congress.

RUSH, RICHARD, Memoranda of a Residence at the Court of London (1819-1825). (Phila., Lea and Blanchard, 1845)

First-hand account of the transaction with Canning at the time of Monroe message of 1823.

UNITED STATES, Compilation of Reports of Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate (1789-1901). (8 vols., Washington, Gov. Printing Office, 1901) (This is Senate Docs., 56 Cong. 2 sess. No. 231)

Convenient assemblage of reports many of which bear on the Monroe Doctrine. See Index, countries by name.

UNITED STATES, Papers relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States. From 1861 to 1868 designated as Diplomatic Correspondence, since 1870, as Foreign Relations. (Washington, Gov. Printing Office, 1861-date)

Index Volume described above.

WHARTON, FRANCIS (Editor), Digest of the International Law of the United States, taken from Documents issued by Presidents and Secretaries of State, and from Decisions of Federal Courts, and Opinions of Attorneys-General. (3 vols., Washington, Gov. Printing Office, 2d ed., 1886) (This is Senate Mis. Docs., 49 Cong. 1 sess. No. 162, also published separately, 1887)

Most of the matter is included in Moore's Digest.

INDEX

(INCLUDING THE BIBLIOGRAPHY)

A B C COMBINATION, 251, 252;
and joint action with United
States, 256; and Mexico, 335;
American Doctrine outgrown
by, 354; and maintenance of
Doctrine, 381, 382; and peace,
391.

Accessory Transit Company, 129.
Adams, Charles K., on progres-

siveness of American Doctrine,
301.

Adams, John, on Doctrine of
Isolation, 9, 13; and Miranda,
25.

Adams, John Q., on Doctrine of
Two Spheres, 16; problems as
Secretary of State, 31, 301;
Florida negotiations, 34; dis-
trust of Latin America, 34,
35; on Holy Alliance, 44;
and Russian claims in North-
west, 49; on European
colonization in America, 49,
50, 72, 73; and European
intervention in Latin America,
51, 62-64; and framing of
Monroe Doctrine, authorship,
57, 64, 65, 302; on Canning's
proposal of joint declaration,
59, 60; on European political
systems, 60, 61, 74; and Cuba,
transfer of territory, 78, 79,
91, 310; and hegemony, 83,
376; policy of protection of
Latin America, Panama Con-
gress, 89, 94, 96, 364; inter-
pretation of Monroe Doctrine
(1826), 91; on Polk's doctrine,
115; Memoirs, 420.

Africa, interest of United States,
212.

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Alaska, Russian claims, ukase of
1821, 17; outside Monroe Doc-
trine, 77; annexation, 155;
status, 211; refusal of ports
to Canada, 220.

Alexander I of Russia, and Holy
Alliance, 44.

Algeciras, Congress at, 212, 275,
281.

Algeria, French designs on, 41.
Aliens. See FOREIGNERS.
Alvarez, Alejandro, on Creoles,
22; on disturbances, 38; on
example of United States, 319;
Droit International Américain,
414.
American Academy, Foreign
Policy of United States, 414;
International Relations, 414;
Pan-American Conferences, 415;
Progress in Latin America, 415;
United States as a World Power,
415.

American Doctrine, definitions,
2, 162, 349-352; Fish's doc-
trine, 165, 166; Olney's ex-
position, 194-196; Cleveland's
view, 198, 199; Roosevelt's
interpretation, 225-227, 233;
and control of Dominican cus-
toms, 232; extension to Asiatic
powers, 235; Root's interpre-
tation, 235-238, 242; rights
independent of, 236; unilateral,
237, 243, 354; false concep-
tions, 237; geographical extent,
question of limitation, 237, 305,
306; no formulation possible,
241, 242; and action of in-
dividuals, 257; and enforce-
ment of claims, 258; German
views, 277, 278; and European
War, 281; and retention of

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