Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1931, Page 24

STINSON “POLICY" SPEECH AWAITED)z=: Secretary Expected to Re- define U. S. Attitude To- ward Latin America. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Latin America is about to dance into | the limelight of national discussion. Qn Friday evening, February 6, at cunner of the Council on Fureign Re- lations in New York, Henry L. Stim- son, Secretary of State, will reveal the United States' policy toward Latin America, in light of revoluticnary events of the past year, In the Senate at Washington, prob- ably before Col. Stimson’s address, Senator Hirem Johnson, Republican Progressive of California, plans to open up the whole question cf Latin Ameri- can affairs. He will approich them from tite standpoint of recent devel- opments in Nicaragua, including the killing of United States Marines. After the late ambushing episode Sensator Jobnson called upon the State De- partment for an e'aborite collection of data relating to American-Nicaraguan relations cince our earliest intervention in the banana republic’s affairs. Stimson Views Awaited. In Latin American quarters at Wash- ington interest in Secretary Stimson's forthcoming utterance is awaited with | | something bordering on excitement. President Hoover’s foreign minister himself attaches such importance to the pronouncement that he has ar- ranged to have it given Nation-wide | circulation over the network of the Columbia Broadcasting System. Ex- pectaticn s current thit Secretary Stimson will make some brand- “new. and far-reaching statement of policy toward the 20 sister republics of the Americas, which may take immediate rank as the “Stimson doctrine. The “premier” of the administration has been under pretty severe fire from different directi-ns since the epidemic | of Latin revolvtions set in in South Americi, and then spread north until * it infected two Central American re- publics, Guatemala and Panama. The ‘charge_against which the head of the State Department will probably defend himself is the accusation that | he has systematically “backed the! wrong horse” in turbulent Latin re- publics. The indictment is leveled especially in connection with our action in sustaining the ousted Brazilian regime of President Washington Luis and placing an embargo on shipment of American arms to the revolutionists, who thereupon carried the day at Rio de Janeiro. her Towolts Cited. Soon after the Brazilian event, Guate- mala had a revolution. We recognized one President, cniy to have him upset by a ccunter-revolution, and then found it necessary to accord recognition to his successor, who took office a few hours later. In Peru, too, the Leguia government, which. was overthrown by Tevolution, owed its collapse largely to the belief of Leguia's enemies that he was too much under the influence of the United States, and of American capitalists cperating with Washington's blessings. Washington has about come to Lhe eonclusion that revelution among Lad American repubics is a thing which '.he United States and the rest of the world have got to lock uvon as more or less chrenic. The Latins seem to have come to the conclusion that they can make a short cut to changes in gov- ermnment by firing a few shots and set- ting up a new regime in quick order. ‘Thoy appear to believe that, on the whele, es effective results are achieved by this system as would be obtained in a constifuticnal election. They even are inclined to think that, in actual b'oodshed, the cost is not much greater then it would be in a campaign ending at_the polls. The dilemma confrenting Uncle Sam is what shculd be our fixed policy to- ward Latin American lnvammenu! which come into office by the bullet rather than by the ballot. In the past | the United States has somewhat wiggled and 'ed th!- score. Our earliest down hically—Would it ever be jus- m to use armed force to protect these enormous investments? THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D As far as Central America is con- |and, if possil cerned, the so-called “‘Hughes” policy of 1923 has latterly governed our con- volu! ts in that . of the neral uuty of peace and amity of ary, 1923, provides that a auccemlul revo- lutionary regime should not be. recog- nized until a constitutional reorganira- tion of the country has taken place. The State Department largely insti- gated the 1923 treaty, but it was signed only by the Central American govern- ments in conference at Washington. The treaty did not come before the United States Senai® Our announced approval of Article IT was described as a plece of executive policy. The treaty has effect only among the Central Amer'can states themselves and until recently had the desired result of de- popularizing revolution in that area. Article Draws Attention. ‘Washington has devoured with lively interest an article in the current For- elgn Affairs by Lawr<nce Dennis, for- mer American charge d'affaires in Nicaragua, entitled “Revolu‘ion, Rec- ognition, Intervention.” Mr. Dennis is a candid critic of the State D:part- ment’s Latin Americen activities. “A dgnified exit from the perpetual oc- cupation of Nicaragua,” he say: circumstances into similar ld\entul’es‘ in the future are to be found only in a return to the Jeffersonian r:cogni- tion policy. * * * We can announce that our recognition policy for Central America will not hereafter be nec’s sarily governed by Article IT of the | general treaty of prace and amity of | 1923 * * * 'he agreement in the treaty not td ' free to make decisions in thell(hl of the facts of the given situation and as nearly in ha with the principles of lnt~mtm and common ?fll- tice as the di ol sound political expediency will (covmnu. 1931) INFLUENZR HITS NYE Campaign Fund Committee Chair- man Confined to Bed. Another Senator—Nye of North Da- kota—fell victim today to the mild in- fluenza spreading ‘over the National Capital. The chairman of the Senate Cam- paign Punds Committee was confined to bed at his home under doctor's or- ders to remain away from his duties at the caplbol \mtu cured BODY FOUND IN RUINS BIRMTNGHAM Ala. January 81 (#).—The body of a man believed by neighbors to be that of John J. Brown, 45, was found in the ruins of a home that burned near here today. H. Seaman, a neighbor, told Deputy | Coroner W. M. Burge he heard a shot a few minutes before discovering the house in flames. Burge said a pistol with two empty shells was found beside the MACDONALD FREED FROM CRISIS FEAR Conservative Drive Failure Gives Labor Government Chance to Finish Year, LONDON, January 31.—For the first time since the London wval Confer- ence of a year ago Prime Minister Ram- say MacDonald s of some sort in domestic or interna- tional affairs awaiting his urgent so- lution. For a year and a half he has been going to bed figuratively with his boots on, ready for a midnight call for him to come and save his own government or an international conference from sudden death. ‘There is still one big danger spot— India—but Mr. MacDonald did his bit at the round table conference. and the fate of Britain's relations with the great Aslatic nation now hangs on events there beyond his control. The big Conservative drive, headed by Stanley Baldwin, to get Labor out of office during the first fortnight of the present parliamentary session fail- ed completely. The Labor regime thus has a reprieve which possibly may en- able it to live throughout the present year and even to a fuller span of life. - The only hope that Conservatives [ have of turning the Laborites out is by winning Liberal votes, but the brilliant Sir John Simon, as an open rebel against the Liberal party caucus, could swing only eight Liberal votes to the Conservative side 7th 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store PSR O RO See thes¢ Dresses on Living Shop—Second Floor Advanced Spring Dresses and Jacket Frocks For Woman or Miss 5 Ft. 5 Ins, or Under g o Hard to fit? Then this sale was planned just for you! 300 brand new Spring dresses and jacket frocks that have al- OIL CONTENTION IS HIT Kansan Declares Importation Cut Would Aid Domestic Fields. ‘WICHITA, Kan., January 31 (#)— A. S. 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