TheLodge Corollary was acorollary to theMonroe Doctrine. Proposed byHenry Cabot Lodge and ratified by theUnited States Senate in 1912, it forbade any foreign power or foreign interest of any kind from acquiring sufficient territory in theWestern Hemisphere 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 beyondcolonialism to include corporate territorial acquisitions as well.
The proposal was a reaction to negotiations between a Japanese syndicate andMexico for the purchase of a considerable portion ofBaja California including a harbor considered to be of strategic value,Magdalena Bay. After the ratification of the Lodge Corollary,Japan disavowed any connection to the syndicate, and the deal was never completed.
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