LEAGUE OF NATIONS
LORD ROBERT CECIL'S VIEWS. ON MONROE DOCTRINE AND WITHDRAWAL. RECOGNITION OF TIIE JAPANESE. (Reutcr's Telegrams.) PARIS, April 30. Addressing the British correspondents to-iiight, Lord Robert Cecil said he did not regard either the Monroe Doctrine clause or the stipulation regarding) the right of withdrawal as weakening the covenant. "You could not anyhow force a nation to remain in the League against its will. As regards the Monroe Doctrine, it will' never be applied except to prevent European nations introducing European polities into America. It is absurd to maintain that the covenant ever contemplated such a purpose." Referring to the Japanese amendment, Lord Cecil said his opinion was that there had been no lack oX 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 other nations in the clearest and strongest possible way.
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Waikato Times, Volume 90, Issue 14052, 3 May 1919, Page 5
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