Germany’s Challenge to the Monroe Doctrine

Introduction The following is a letter dated December 16, 1901 and addressed to an official of the German Embassy in Washington by a high-ranking official of the State Department: The President in his message of the 3rd of December 1901 used the following language : “The Monroe Doctrine is a declaration that there must be no territorial aggrandizement by any non American power on American soil. It is in no wise intended as hostile to any nation in the Old World”. The President further said : ..