The Lodge Corollary was a

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to the

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. Proposed by Henry Cabot Lodge and ratified by the

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in 1912, it forbade any foreign power or foreign interest of any kind from acquiring sufficient territory in the

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as to put that government in "practical power of control." As Lodge argued, the corollary reaffirmed the basic right of nations to provide for their safety and extended the principles behind the Monroe Doctrine beyond

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to include corporate territorial acquisitions as well. The proposal was a reaction to negotiations between a Japanese syndicate and

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for the purchase of a considerable portion of

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including a harbor considered to be of strategic value,

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. After the ratification of the Lodge Corollary,

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disavowed any connection to the syndicate, and the deal was never completed.

External links

Lodge's defense of the corollary before the 62nd Congress
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