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MONROE DOCTRINE WILL STAND LIMA, Peru, Dec. 19. Told by Alfred M. Landon that no political changes in the United States would permit foreign encroachments on this hemisphere, the Pan-American Congress forged ahead today toward a twenty-one nation declaration of "solidarity." Save Argentina, all the conference delegations are agreed that Europe and the Orient must be told that the new world stands together against alien encroachment, either by armed force or ideological penetration. The speech by Landon, Republican candidate for president of the United States in 1936, was directed largely at Argentina. Landon made it clear to that South American nation, stumbling block in the way of the Pan-American solidarity declaration, that the policy embodied in the Monroe Doctrine "is not going to be changed no matter what party is in power." The delegation from Argentina, which has close economic connections with Europe, raised the question of a possible change in President Roosevelts "good neighbor" policy should a Republican administration move into Washington in the next election.
