LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
AND THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
Australian-New Zealand Cable Association.
PARIS, April 30. Addressing tho British correspondents tonight, Lord Robert- Cecil said that he not consider either the- Monroe Doctrine clauso or tho stipulation 'regarding tho right of'withdrawal as weakening the covenant. "You could not, a-nyhow, force a nation to remain in tho League against its will. In regard to the Monroe Doctrino, it has never boon applied except to prevent European nations introducing European politics into America. It is absurd to maintain that tho covenant ever contemplated such a purpose." Referring to the Japaneso amendment,■ Lord Cecil expressed tho opinion that;thoro had been no look of recognition of -Japan in tho covenant. Indeed, Japan had been given a prominent position in tho League, namely on tho Council, a fact which certainly admitted tho national equality ,of Japan with other nations in the clearest and strongest possible way.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1524, 3 May 1919, Page 5
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