Roosevelt turned the doctrine into police power

Roosevelt opens by proposing arbitration treaties and another Hague conference, then turns to language substantially more forceful than Monroe's. States that maintained order and paid their obligations would avoid interference, while persistent instability could prompt an American international police power. The claimed authority extended beyond resisting European colonization to judging how neighboring states governed and met their debts. The address connected this policy to Cuba, Venezuela, Panama, the Open Door in China, and the idea that independence carried responsibilities. The corollary is effectively a Roosevelt doctrine operating beneath Monroe's more reassuring name.