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would seize French possessions in the Western Hemisphere under the provisions of the Act of Havana. The Act of Havana, which has already been ratified by the necessary two-thirds of the 21 American republics, empowers the U. S. (or any other of the 21) to seize non-American territory in the Hemisphere which is threatened with change of sovereignty...
...anybody doubted that Cordell Hull, in exchange for implementation of the Monroe Doctrine, had committed the U. S. to a great deal, he had only to read the text of a declaration adopted by the Conference, which said: "Any attempt on the part of a non-American State against the integrity or inviolability of the territory, the sovereignty or the political independence of any American State shall be considered an act of aggression against the States which sign this declaration." Thus the U. S., willy-nilly, as good as pledged military protection to the hemisphere. El Mercurio of Santiago, Chile...
...French base, Brest. France was then at war with England also. His ship was actually an old French merchant ship, his three consorts (Alliance, Pallas and Vengeance) were commanded by French officers, manned by French seamen. Of Jones's own crew more than half were non-American. The captured Serapis was given to France. About the only things American about this whole fight were Jones, Richard Dale, and the American flag flying, when the Richard settled to the bottom...
...usual air of fierce weariness, told his press conference how, after the fall of the Low Countries and France, the U. S. sent to Germany, as to all belligerents, a warning that the U. S. would not permit territory in the Western Hemisphere to be transferred from one non-American power to another. In other words, the Caribbean and South American colonies of France, The Netherlands, Britain, could not be seized even if those countries were conquered...
Wilson declared: "I am authorized to state that it is the intention and the avowed policy of my Government to cooperate fully, wherever such cooperation is desired, with all the other American Governments in crushing all activities that arise from non-American sources, and that imperil our political and economic freedom." Other Latin-American nations showed equally definite popular if not official leanings toward democracy...