The announcement of this doctrine was merely the declaration of the old selfpreservation doctrine. directed specifically as a warning to European powers. Acquisition of territory in this hemisphere or interference with the affairs of any country on this hemisphere by any country. European or Asiatic. which might be deemed to threaten our peace 100 years from now. would justify action and immediate action by this country as strongly as would threatened acquisition of territory upon this continent by any European country. and upon the same ground. Disturbances -between two or more countries. or Internal troubles In one. upon this hemisphere which. in the judgment of those charged with the safety of this country and its institutions. might endanger our present or future safety or peace by tending to bring about complications between this and other countries or which in any other way might jeopardize our safety or our national interests would justify and demand action by this Government. and. failing peaceful means of avoiding any such danger. would justify the use of the necessary force to avoid and prevent it. The right of one country to intervene in the affairs of another. internal or external. when its own future may be threatened.