Whitelaw Reid: “Our policy in regard to Europe ... is not to interfere in the internal…”

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Our policy in regard to Europe ... is not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its Powers.

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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid outlines the United States' policy of non-interference in European internal affairs.

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Whitelaw Reid: “Our policy in regard to Europe ... is not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its Powers.”