Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1928, Page 23

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON. n. T.. OCTOBER P 1928—PART 1.~ FALKLANOS FGHT MY VLV L. § Britain and Argentina Disput- ing Ownership of Islands Off Latter Country. RY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Late news from Argentina conjures 1 the prospact of an interesting three- earnered international incident which, h-fore it finally adjudicated. may in- 1olve the Monroe Doctrine and the Kel- 133 enti-war pact. The parties con- cerned are Argentina, Great Britain 7nd the United States. The bone of contention—confined at present to the Argantinians and the British—is the £roup of islands near the tip of South America, known as the Palklands. It was off the Falkland Islands that the great naval battle between Brtiish #nd German squacrons was fought carly in the World War, resulting in the de- struction of the German force by an overwhelming British fleet. Previously the doomed Germans., under Admiral ©ount von Spee, had sunk a British cruiser squadron off Coronel, Chile. commanded by Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock. The Falkland Islands since 1333 have heen in British possession, but. the Ar- gentinian government has never relin- euished its claim to them. There has Jfust been published the diplomatic cor- respondence which took place 2 year ago between the London and Buenos Aires foreign offices. | Britain Seeks Decision. Great, Britain had renewed its efforts induce Argentina to renounce any ht or interest in the Falklands and some adjacent islands. But the Argen-| tinian government now discloses that it continues to insist that the islands in question are Argentinian property. de-, apite the fact that the Union Jack hes ficated over them since 1833 and still does. . The map reveals at a glance why Argentina objects to foreign occupa- tion of territory which commands s‘rategic control over the Southern Argentinian coast. The pending con- troversy with Great Britain, apart from its ancient origin, concerns a wireless station in the South Orkneys. which | are part of the Falkland group lying | southeast of Cape. Horn. Argentina | erected this station over British pro- | tests. Meps show thatthe Scuth Orkneys. as well as the adjacent island of South | Georgia, are British territory, but the ! Argentinians have mecteorological sta- tions there and a nister the islands. In area they are unimportant, an emergency would have great strate- | gic value, particularly if a pewerful | wireless station were functioning at| that point. | Kellogg Pact Mentioned. Argentina happens to be one of the | gix Latin American Republics which have not yet adhered to the Kellogg anti-war treaty. Leading Buenos Aires newspapers are categorically | ninting that Argentina should not sign | the pact until it is clear that in so| doing she does not also subscribe to the | Monroe Doctrine. Féw Americans are | aware that the Falkland Islands, over | which Argentina and Great Britain are now at loggerheads, figure in one of | the few cases in which the United States, in disregard of the Monroe Doctrine, sided with a European power # ainst the Latin American republic which was involved. The British flag was hoisted over the | Falkland Islands in 1833, after thev | had been ceded to Great Britain by Spain. Argentina. having declared her | independence of Spain. laid claim to | the Falklands and sought the support of the United Statgs against the British occupation of the islands. Although the | Monroe Doctrine had been proclaimed | only 19 vears previously, our Govern- ment took the position that actual occu- pation of the Falklands by the British took place under “a claim of title, pre- viouzly asserted and maintained by that | government.” Washington added: “It is not seen that the Monroe Doctrine, which has been invoked on the part of the Argen- | tine. Republic, has any application to | the case. By the terms in which that | prineiple of international conduct was | announced, it was expressly excluded | from retroactive operation.” In 1886 | the question was again taken up in' STEAM FOR | that the British h: L Washington by Argentina, but the | United States adhered to its attitude of non-intervention in the dispute with Great Britain, Once Tesue for U, S, The Falkland Islands, soon after the British occupation, were the cause of a bitter quarrel between Argentina and the United States. entirely apart from the American refusal to apply the Mon- roe Doctrine Argentinian-American | diplomatic relations were broken off up 0 1844, at the end of a breach which ted nearly 12 years. The controversy arew out of the attempts of American shermen, probably whalers. to ply their trade off the ccasis of the Falklands. Argentina attempted to expel them but the United States sent a gunboat {0 the islands and protected the fisher- men. The result was a conflict which for a time threatcned war between the two countries. The climax was the with- drewal of the United States Minister from Buenos Aires and a long period during which there no official relations. This count no time made anv claim to territorial rights in the Falklands, Scope of Reservation. The Britlsh government. in joining the Kellogz war-renunciation treaty, has specifically set forth that nothing in it is constructed at London to deprive the British of the right to protect empire | interess in certain vital “regions.” It has always been supposed at Washing- ton that the “region” mainly in mind is the Suez Canal. But according to a special cable to the New York Times from Buenos Aires, it appears that Ar- zentina thinks that the “British Monroe Doctrine™ may also apply to the Falk- tand Isiands The cable savs: “Such a conception cannot preoceny Argeniina, since ust off her southern islands, the owener- ship of which is disputed. are within | range of any naval operations which | might be carried out. It scems certain e no intentlon of relinquishing the Falklands. Some be- lieve that publication of the diplomatic communications with Great Britain at this time has an immediate bearing on the Argentinfan attitude toward the Kelogg pact. It is supposed in Buenos | Aires that the pact tacitly recognizes | the British right to protect British pos- | <ons within sea limits far bevond | those recognized by international law. (Copyright. 1928.) | WILL PLANT TREES. | Annual Fall Campaizan to Be Start- ed Tomorrow. 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