LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
(Router) PARIS, April 30. Addressing the British correspondents to-night, Lord Robert Cecil said he did not think that either the Monroe doctrine clause or the stipuregarding the right of withdrawal could be regarded as weakening the Covenant. "You could not," he said, "force a nation to Remain in the League against its will. As regards the Monroe doctrine, it has never been applied except to prevent European nations introducing European politics into America. It is absui-d to maintain that the. Covenant ever contemplated such a purpose." ... Referring to the' Japanese amendment, Lord Robert Cecil said he was of the opinion that there had been no lack of recognition of Japan in the Covenant. Indeed, Japan had been given a prominent position in the League, namely, on the Council, a fact which certainly admitted the national equality of Japan with the other nations in the clearest and strongest possible way.' ■*
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1628, 3 May 1919, Page 9
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