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The late president of the United States, in


his message to Congress of the I'd OF Decem
Der, 1928, while announcing the negotiation
then pending with Russia, relating to the
North West coast of this continent, observ.
ed, that the occasion of the discussions to
which that incident had given rise, had been
taken .for asserting as principle, in which
the rights and interests of the United States
were involved, that the American continents,
by the free and independent condition which
they had assumed and maintained, were
thenceforward not to be considered as sub
jects for future colonization, by any Europe
all power" The principle had first been
assumed in that negotiation with Russia. 1t
rested upon course Of reasoning equally
simple and conclusive. With the exception
of the existing European colonies, which it
was i'll no wise intended to disturb, the two
continents consisted of several sovereign and
independent nations whose territories cover
ed their whole surface. By this their in
dependent condition, the United States en-
joyed the right of commercial intercourse
with every part Of their possessions. To at
tempt the establishment ofa colony in those
possessions would be to usurp, to the exclu-
which was the common possession OF all. 1t
could not be done without encroachng upon
existing rights of the United States. The
Government of Russia has never disputed
these positions, nor manifested the slightest
dissatisfaction at their having been taken.---
Most of the new American Republics have
declared their entire assent to them; and
they now propose. among the subjects ofcor-