TO SAFEGUARD THE PACIFIC

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 248, 8 July 1918, Page 6

TO SAFEGUARD THE PACIFIC

>f I FROM GERMAN AGGRESSION [O > f FIRST FRUITS OF THE NEW T "MONROE DOCTRINE" g is (Hoc. July 7, 5.5 p.m.) n Washington, July 4. :c Hr. Willard Kaulsbury introduced in si' tile Senate a resolution urging tho UnitIβ ed States, Britain, and Japan to come il to an agreement to prevent German aggression in the Pacific. The resolni- tion stipulates thnt Germany shall be i- permanently barred from naval bases in ie the Pacific. Tho resolution also pro'.V vides: "It is opportune for the Govern- '- niente of tho United States,.Uritain, and t- Japan to enter into a lasting agreement 't to render it inexpedient for anyone and )f impossible for the Central Powers to d pursue methods of warfare in the Pacific !• Ocean which are not justified by tho laws of warfare." It further provides !r that China and Russia, and any other r- Government on the Pacific littoral, shall 'K be admitted as signatories to tho Rgrce- ''■ merit; also that no warships of any Power A which has pursued, or shall pursue, illc- " gal methods of warfare on tho high sens shall bo permitted to hold port.s or pos- '- sessions in the Pacific whence such II warfare inni be waged. This resolution 11 stipulates that the agreement shall he IS enforced by the united power of tho sig- ': natories. '! The resolution is interpreted as the 'j first fruits of Mr. Hughe's declaration rt favouring Australia's Monroe Ddctrinein ts 'the Pacific—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu. io „—_