Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
ENDORSEMENT OF COURSE
TAKEN BY UNITED STATES
BY SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES
GRATIFYING TO WASHINGTON.
Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia,
Not Yet Heard From, Expected to
Define Attitude.

Neutrality-suspicious. endorsements
from South America of the action Of
the United States in taking Germany's
challenge to val are the source OF
great qualification to officials of the
administrative. There remained but
and Colombia, which had not defined
their positions, and it was believed
that before the end of this week they,
too, would respond.
With the exception of Costa RIGA,
none of the Central American group
had declared it's attitude, but no con-
Germ over where their sympathy will
be placed has been felt at the state
department.
So far Cuba is the only wal spot in
Latin-America, but the positions as
sumed by Panama and Costa Rica
place them practically in the list of
warning nations, and almost no doubt
remains that Brazil will be at war
within a few days. The only govern
ments that have not been frank in
their ENDORSEMENT of the step taken
by the United States are Chile and
Perua, the former combining itself to a
formal declaration of neutrality and
the latter to "~deploring" the fact that
the United States had been unable to
adjust her difficulty with Germany
without to war.
Way They Line Up.
Following is the way the other
Latin-American nations, whose posi-
tons are defined, were lined up:
Cuba-Declared var against Ger
many.
Panama-Declared her readiness to
assist in any way possible in the pro-
lection of the Panama Canal.
Costa R~ica-Offered her ports and
other territorial waters to the United
States for war needs of the American
navy.
Brazil-Relations broken with Ger
many.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. broken with Ger
many.
Uruguay-Endorsed the action of
the United States and characterized
Germany's submarine warfare as IAN
insult to humanity"
Paraguay-Expressed sympathy with
the government of the United States
forced into war to rehabilitate the
rights Of neutrals."
observation-disclosures the action OF
the United States as just and right.
Mexico-Neutral.
State department officials believe it
possible that the government of Ecqua-
dor may consider itself bound to adopt
a somewhat equivocal attitude because
of a suggestion made several weeks
ago that a conference of neutrals to
be held at Montevideo to study means
for bringing the val to an end.
Guatemala's proclamation of martial
law was still regarded here as a pre-
cautionary step tken by President Els.
trada Cabrera preliminary to a break
with Germany. 1t was believed that
Honduras, Salvador n Nicaragua,
the remaining uncommitted nations OF
Central America, are awaiting action
by Guatemala and that they will an
nounce their positions Immediately at.
ter Guatemala speaks.
The United States has looked to
Latin-America for moral support more
tbon for motario1 resistance hut thnrn
has been no disposition to undertake
the very material assistance that
might be rendered if it became neces.
sary. The total peace strength OF
Latin-Amrica's armies is only 334,0 0G
men, but the potential power is sew.
eral times that, and reports from the
South American republics have indi.
Gated that no time will be lost in
raising fighting forces to their full
war strength.