Speech #660034109

That this country regards the Monroe doctrine as an American policy. founded alike upon the necessity of selfpreservation and established by nearly a century of acquiescence. and that when the Monroe doctrine should apply and the extent of the application. are matters to be determined as the occasion for interpretation arises by the United States alone and without interference direct or indirect upon the part of any other nation. Second. That the consideration of questions which are domestic in character such as immigration and tariff. are matters which. notwithstanding certain international results that may naturally from time to time arise therefrom. are to be determined solely by the country in which they arise and are under no circumstances to be in any degree regarded as matters for tile determination of the league of nations. Third. That when in tile future. if ever. the United States gives the prescribed notice of its intention to withdraw from its identification with the covenant of the league of nations. its withdrawal at the termination of the prescribed time is and must be a matter entirely within its own power to determine and not limited by the right of any other nation to say that there are or may be existing conditions of unfulfilled obligations which prevent the withdrawal of the United States.