The evening world., 1914-02-12
SCORES YANKEE
! POLICY TOWARD
!: LATIN AMERICA
Cen. n. O. Jeffries Says the
u. S. Ministers There Dis
grace This Country.
GERMANY GETS TRADE.
|The Monroe Doctrine Is a
Joke in South and Gen.
V trail America"

Gen. Herbert o. Jeffries, an Amer
lean soldier Of fortune who has made
. million or more out of revolutions
and concessions in Latin America.
arrived In New York to-day aboard
the Prin3 Joachim Of the Hamburg
American line. Gen. Jeffries was ac-
companied by his six year-old son.
Herbert o. jr.. and a negro man.
servant, George. ~
Gen. Jeffries has short cropped
ray mustache. II bristles like
hedge fence. When he was asked as
% conditions in Central and South
America II bristled like q porcupine's
quilts.
You can say for me. and I'll prove
my statements. that the representa-
tivcs of the United states In Central
and South America are the worst lot
a imitation statesmen I ever knew.
Tho consular representatives are not
- bad. but the Ministers are the
worst ever. They're q disgrace to
the United States"
When Gen. Jeffries got going he
shot out statements like the popping
Of rapid fire gun.
-'T guess ] know thc Central ard
South American peoples better than
any other living American" snapped
the former soldier Of fortune. ~
helped make some Of those countries.
] have fought side by side with u
dozen Of thoir biggest men. And
want to say that Washington does
not know them, and by the same
token they don't understand US.
AccUsEs HIMSELF OF A DIRTY
TRICK. >
''rhe dirtiest trick I ever did in my
lie was to help this country steal the
Panama Canal strip. II Is the one act
u my life that gives my conscience
the most trouble.
Americans do not understand con-
dttions In the Latin countries and
they don't try TO understand. Why
are We allowing the Germ ans 10
steal all the trade In those countrles2 2
BecauseNwe will not give the people
Of Central and South America wha.
they want. They say We give them
musica celestial. which being trans
lated means celestial music or hot
air. .
An American salesman offers his
goods. Tho Central American or
South American merchant gives his
ideas Of what he wants and tho Amer.
lean tells him to go to Tophet II he
won't take what he has to offer
Not so with tho German traders
They are ever trying TO give what
u wanted. The merchant wants o
certnin bill OF goods put up In hun.
dred- pound packages 10 that they
can DO easily transported on mule
back over the mountains. Tho Cor
nan nils the order and gets further
business.
The Monroe Doctrine Is a joke
To the Latin countries. They say Il
would he all right " We allowed all
the countries to participate In the
act. They are laughing at our Mexi-
can policy. Even II Carranza bt
made President, the fighting will not
cease. Huerta has his following and
they arc n revengeful race and the
dshting win go on and eg. But
and I'll toll you some stun thatl
make your head SWIM"
AMERICAN soY SPEAKS SPAN
lsH FLUENTLv.
Herbert O. Jenries jr was tho life
OF tho ship. The slx-year-old boy
has spent the greater part OF hi,
Me In Latin American countries ant
speaks Spanish like native. III
brought with him Il collection OF bow
and arrows and war clubs and a pail
Of guinea pigs.
When young Jcffries went to Por
Nmon three months ago with hi.
father he came into possession of {
pair OF guinea pigs. Papa Jeffriei
spent the three months hunting con
eessions. and the day before sailinl
he gave orders to pack up for New
York.
"Can I take my guinea pigs. dadf'
inquired tho boy. Sure" replied
the general. and gave George. tn,
negro man servant. orders to pacl
the pigs. George departed, He re
turned two minutes later with buls
"All them pigs. General, all then
pigs?" gasped George. Sure" SAT-
the General.
$50 de Lawd's sake, General, com
and see," said George. The Genera
followed. He was led into the back
ward and everywhere lac looked h
saw pigs. There were at least tw
hundred Of them.
When the General recovered from
his shocl, he gave orders for two pig
TO go.
"And now I'm looking forward I
q merry time up on Riverside Driv
with these anti-race suicide pigs" h
remarked.
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