No Peril In Our "Doctrine."

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 5, 1912:
England Also Free to Express Her Rights, Says London Times.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Monday, Aug. 5.— Discussing editorially the Senate's adoption of the Lodge resolution in extension of the Monroe Doctrine, The Times says this morning:
    "English statesmen have never been critical as to the evolution of the Monroe Doctrine. It may be said to have originated in Canning's foreign policy, which was antagonistic to that enunciated by Emperor Alexander and his allies at Troppau, Leybach, and Verona.
    "Many English publicists have praised the wisdom of American statesmen in adopting at an early date a policy of isolation from European contests and interests. Our experience in India and elsewhere familiarizes us with the creation of spheres of influence, within which a particular State is for a good reason paramount.
    "We have not been able to agree with all the proposed applications of the doctrine or to admit that it becomes an integral part of international law. It involves obligations as well as I rights, and the former has been left more obscure even than the latter, but the doctrine has been regarded by England as substantially expressing the right of a State to take all tlie steps requisite for its safety — a right which we recognize in the belief that similar freedom will not be denied to England as regards perils to which she is exposed."