INTERESTS OF NEUTRALS FIRST
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NEW YORK. January 15. The Rio de Janeiro correspondent qf the Associated Press of America says that the President of Brazil (Dr. G. Vargas). opening the conference of the Inter-American neutrality committee aimed at strengthening the neutrality zone, proclaimed the American right to establish a safety zone around the shores even if it was not recognised by existing international law which, he asserted, was subject to revision in the light of modern developments. “On general principles nothing justifies the interests of belligerents prevailing over neutral interests,” he added. “We will do what we can to keep distant from American seas armed clashes resulting in damage to our sovereignty.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21554, 17 January 1940, Page 7
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118INTERESTS OF NEUTRALS FIRST Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21554, 17 January 1940, Page 7
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