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 3102 Brazil and Peru. Ante, p. 3101. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF STATES. DECEMBER 26,1933. reservation to the eleven articles of the project or proposal that the United States Delegation made to the first ten articles during the final vote in the full Commission, which reservation is in words as follows: "The policy and attitude of the United States Government toward every important phase of international relationships in this hemi- sphere could scarcely be made more clear and definite than they have been made by both word and action especially since March 4. I have no disposition therefore to indulge in any repetition or re- hearsal of these acts and utterances and shall not do so. Everv observing person must bY' this time thoroughly understand that under the Roosevelt Administration the United States Government is as much opposed as any other government to interference with the freedom, the sovereignty, or other internal affairs or processes of the governments of other nations. "In addition to numerous acts and utterances in connection with the carrying out of these doctrines and policies, President Roosevelt, during recent weeks, gave out a public statement expressing his dis- position to open negotiations with the Cuban Government for the purpose of dealing with the treaty which has existed since 1903. I feel safe in undertaking to say that under our support of the general principle of non-intervention as has been suggested, no government need fear any intervention on the part of the United States under the Roosevelt Administration. I think it unfortunate that during the brief :period of this Conference there is apparently not time within which to prepare interpretations and definitions of these fundamental terms that are embraced in the report. Such definitions and interpretations would enable every government to proceed in a uniform way without any difference of opinion or of interpretations. I hope that at the earliest possible date such very important work will be done. In the meantime in case of differences of interpreta- tions and also until they (the proposed doctrines and principles) can be worked out and codified for the common use of every government, I desire to say that the United States Government in all of its inter- national associations and relationships and conduct will follow scru- pulously the doctrines and policies which it has pursued since ~1arch 4 which are embodied in the different addresses of President Roosevelt since that iime and in the recent peace address of myself on the 15th day of December before this Conference and in the law of nations as generally recognized and accepted". The delegates of Brazil and Peru recorded the following private vote with regard to article 11: "That they accept the doctrine in principle but that they do not consider it codifiable because there are some countries which have not yet signed the Anti-War Pact of Rio de Janeiro of which this doctrine is a part and therefore it does not yet constitute positive international law suitable for codification". Honduras: M. PAZ BARAoNA.-AUGUSTO C. COELLO. -LuIS BOGRA.N. United States oj America: ALEXANDER 'V. WEDDELL.- J. BUTLER WRIGHT. El Salvador: HECTOR DAVID CAsTRo. -A RTuRo R. AVILA. Dominican Republic: TULlO M. CESTERO. Haiti: J. BARAu.- F . SALGADO.- ED MOND ~IANGONEs.-A. PRRE. PAUL. Argentina: CARLOS SAAVEDRA LAMAS. -JUAN F. CAFFERATA. - RAM6N S. CASTILLO. -I . RUIZ MORENO.- L . A. PODESTA. COSTA.- D. ANToKoLETZ.