Arizona republican., 1919-04-12
TEXT IF MONROE
 DOCTRINE CHARGE KEPT 4 SECRET
Adoption of Amendment Op- posed by Chinese-Wilson Close Listener-C Champi- ons Honored American Policy - Frontier Quest ions Settled Not Dis closed By Council.
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Republican A. p. Leased Wlre1
 PARIS, April 11.-Discussion of the Monroe doctrine amendment by the league of nations commission last l last night is described by those pres ent as being of a dramatic character, with a speech by President Wilson, deprecating the opposition which has been expressed and uphold ing the doctrine as one of the great bulwarks against absolutism. The debate came late in the session, after other subjects had been passed upon.
 The British attitude had been in doubt until the last, but Lord Robert Cecil turned the scales by announc- ing that he saw no objections to the amendment in the form presented by the president. NJ. Larnaude, French delegation, followed Lord Robert with objections to inserting the Monroe doctrine.
 The Chinese also offered opposition to the amendment on the ground that it's language was so extended that it might validate certain principles and claims affecting Chinese affairs.
 Wilson Close Listener
 The president paid the closest at tention to opposition of the amend ment, and jotted down notes for reply. In his speech the president spoke with great earnestness and with some evl- dence of feeling. He declared that the Monroe doctrine was enunciated to combat the holy alliance and to hold back the threat of absolutism which was then menacing Europe and seek ing to spread it's absolute power to the western hemisphere. It served it's purpose in keeping this absolute power from the western world. One of it's great purposes, he said was to main tain territorial and political integrity and, having served it's great purpose in the western world, it was not be- ing brought to the lands which had felt the hand of absolutism and mili- tarism. It was a source of surprise and Encouragement, the president said, to hear opposition expressed to such doctrine and such purpose.
 The presidents speech closed the discussion. There was no vote and when there were no further remarks. the chairman of the meeting said the amendment would be considered adopted. The commission then took up the next article of the covenant.
 Guard Amendment Text
 The exact language of the amend ment is closely guarded and efforts to obtain copy of the text met with the statement that although there is pe- culiar American interest in the amendment, there was no reason for departing from the definite policy of the commission, not to disclose text IT a i,, tho thn work progresses.
 The official statement on last nights session, issued this morning, does not mention the action on the Monroe doc Urine amendment, although it has been admitted officially from other sources that the amendment was adopted.
 The official communique on the ses- sion of the commission reads:
 President Wilson presided at last nights session of the league of nations commission. The commission received a deputation from the Internationa, Council of Women Suffragists of the Allied Countries and the United States
 Lady Aberdeen introduced a deputa- tion who raised several points of in terest to women, and before leaving they were thanked by the chairman who assured them the commission ap- preciated the merits of the sugges- tions. If all of them were not embodied in the covenant of the league, they were told, it was because it was deemed l inadvisable to burden the league witt multitude of details before experienc, had shown of what it was capable.
 "The commission discussed the re ! draft of the covenant received iron the drafting committee and covere, the articles from one to ten Ther, will be discussion of the subsequen articles tonight"
 The Paris dispatch contains the frs report that the important questions o i the Rhine and Polish frontiers ha, | been settled by the peace conference ! Agreement on separations and indem mites was announced earlier in tn week
 The Rhine question includes the flu ture not only of the river itself, bu also of the German territory west 0 the Rhine from Lorraine north to tn border of Poland. It also affects tn eastern bank of the Rhine and it's us for military purposes.
 The Polish frontiers affect all tn countries bordering On the new Polan and the proposal to give Poland an out let to the Baltic by way of Danzi, Apparently the question of the Adri atic and Italian claims on the easter shore of that sea still is in allowance The Adriatic problem does not concer Germany primarily, as the territory in volved foruerly was included in tb Austro- Hungarian empire.