Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-12
LORD ROBERT COMES
TO AID OF WILSON
IN COVENANT FIGHT
Turns Scales in Favor of Mon
roe Doctrine After Presi-
dents Speech


PARIS, April 11.-(By the Associat-
ed Press. )-Discussion OF the Monroe
doctrine amendment by the league OF
nations last night is described by
those present as having been of
dramatic character, concluding with
a speech by President Wilson depre-
eating the opposition which had been
expressed and unfolding ths 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 announcing
that he saw no objections to the
amendment in the form presented by
by the president. NJ. Larnaude of the
French delegation, followed Lord Rob
ert with objections to inserting the
Monroe doctrine.
The president paid the closest at
tention to the opposition to the amend
ment and jotted down notes for re-
ply. In his speech the president spoke
with great earnestness and with some
evidence of feeling.
Opposes Absolute Power
He declared that the Monroe doc
trine was enunciated to combat the
Holy alliance and to hold back the
threat of absolutism which was then
menacing Europe and seeking to
spread it's absolute power to the west
ern hemisphere 1t served its pur-
from the western world.
One of it's great purposes, he said,
was to maintain territorial and politi-
cal integrity, and, having served its
great purpose in the western world
it was now being brought to the lands
which had felt the hand of abselutism
and militarism. 1t was source of sur
prise and discourse cement, the presi-
dent said to hear opposition express
ed to such a doctrine and such pur-
pose.
The presidents speech closed the
discussion. There was no vote and
when there was no farther re-
marks the. chairman of the meeting
said the amendment would be con
sidered adopted. The commission then
took up the next article of the Gov
enant.
Amendment Adopted
The exact language of the amend
ment is closely guarded and efforts
to obtain a copy of the text met with
the statement that although there are
peculiar American Interests in the
amendment there was no reason for
departing from the definite policy OF
the commission not to disclose tex
tual changes in the covenant as the
work progresses.
The official statement of last nights
session issued this morning does not
mention the action on the Monroe
doctrine amendment, although it has
been admitted officially from other
sources that the amendment was
adopted.
The official communication of the
session of the commission reads:
President Wilson presided at last
nights session of the league of nations
commission The commission receiv-
ed a deputation from the international
council of women suffragists of the
allied countries and the United States.
Lady Aberdeen INTRODUCED a deputa-
ton, 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-
tons. If all of them were not embod-
led in the covenant of the league,
they were told, it was because it was
deemed inadvisable to burden the
league with a multitude of details be-
fore experience had shown of what
it was capable.
THE commission discussed the re-
draft of the covenant, received from
the drafting committee, and read the
articles from one to ten. There will
be discussion of the remaining articles
tonight"
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