New-York tribune., 1918-06-21

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policy Of n-recognition Of the coul
into the Teutons' after -the-war sche
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q telegram to the President and in
form him of the situation"
Mr.. Untermyer did. His telegram,
first news President Wilson had Of
the revolution. It's point OF origin did
not lend any persuasiveness-to the
Presidents mind--to his recommends
tion that Tinoco be recognized.
A day or two later Gonzalez and
his former minister to Washington
called at the White House, saying they
had been driven from power by the
American interests which had placed
Tinoco in the saddle. From MAT day
to this, it is declared, the Costa Rican
case has been regarded both at the
White House and at the State De
partment as q closed incident.
A deaf ear has been turned to every
attempt, no matter from what quarter,
to demonstrate the advisability of
recognizing Tinoco. Even the Brazil
| ian Ambassador, who was instructed,
it is declared, by his government to
urge Tinoco's recognition by the Unit
ed States, was convinced by Secretary
Lansing, when he asked for an appoint
mcnt with the President, that it would
be merely q waste of time
Senator Claude A. Swanson. Of Nir-
| ginia, member of the Foreign Re-
! latons Committee Of the upper house
and a stanch follower of the Admin
istration, personally urged on the Pres
ident, in the presence Of his colleague.
Senator Martin, Democratic leader of
h. fo Not No
but the President merely stated pos
itively that he could not recognize a
| man who had gained the Presidency
by coup d'etat, adding that he knew
/ T'noco had been placed in power by the
American interests.
Deaf to All Pleas
Senator Ransdell, of Louisiana, an
other stanch Administration Demo-
crat. also attempted in vain to per
suade President Wilson that Tinoco
should be recognized.
Senator Swanson investigated the
Costa Rican affair at the request of
| J. N. Popham, a former Virginian
great many years. He became con-
vinced that the Gonzalez government
, had been pro- German and should have
been overthrown, and also convinced
!, which in view of the declaration of
war on Germany by Costa Rica scarce
ly needs demonstration that Tinoco
i is pro-Ally.
/ The Administration has even gone to
1 the extent of informing the diplomatic
representatives of two other Central
American countries that the State De-
partment was offended that they should
act for the de facto government of
Costa Rica, knowing as they did the
opposition of the United States to coup
o'etat governments.
Yet it is declared that the ministers
! representing Great Britain, France and
Italy were overjoyed at the removal
of Gonzalez and welcomed the Tinoco
! administration with open arms. The
Royal Bank of Canada made an offer
to finance the Tinoco government by
lending it a considerable sum of money
q step, it is pointed out which would
not have been taken had the Tinoco
government been unsatisfactory to the
British Foreign Office. Indeed. it is
declared that this step was favored
by the British FOREIGN Office because
it wished to do anything possible to
prevent the Tinoco government from
falling, because it feared that if Tino-
co fell Gonzalez or some one else
satisfactory to the German interests
would be placed in power.
The Royal Bank of Canada project
however, was sternly disapproved by
the American State Department.
AS a matter of fact, Gonzalez, whose
deposition caused such annoyance to
the American State Department., neve,
vas elected President by the people of
costa Rlca The story of his selection
is interestingly told by J. N. Popham
Of {ho
lean interests of Costa Rica in Wash
ington, and who was largely responsible
for having President Tinoco offer, q
few days after the United States de.
clared war on Germany, the ports and
water of Costa Rica to the United
States, the very step which brought
down the German hatred on Tinoco's
head.
In a letter to Secretary Lansing, las,
November, Mr.. Popham said in part: :
During his (Don Luis Anderson's)
administration and that of his immed-
late successor. Jimenez, the protection
OF the franchise was a leading issue
; before the people, the main purpose
and his priests from interfering with
its free exercise
I'm the campaign which elected his
successor the German bishop and
priests We're so aggressive in their
efforts to defeat Jlmenez and elect theil
candidate that it aroused the appre.
hension of the people at large as tc
the safety of their elections, and that
alarm continued in Costa Rica till over
come by the successful election ant
inauguration of Jimenez.
I'VE now come to that period when
Alfredo Gonzalez first appeared upon
the stage of political affairs in Costa
Rica.
| ain the general election for sue.
cessor to Jimenez there were three
candidates for the Presidency: DR.
Carlos Duran, representing the Nation.
! ii party; Rafael Iglesias. the Civilists
and Church party, and Maximo Fernan,
), dez, the Republican or the Tammany
party.
Under the law, it took majority
ot the whole vote cast at the polls
t. elect the President and none OF
these candidates had that maiorit,
and the election therefore went to
Congress. A majority could not be
: obtained there by either candidate. the
election, under the constitution, beins
confined to the two candidates havine
the largest number of votes at thu
popular election.
"In this situation, II was agreed or
the 2sth day of April, 1914, between
the candidates Fernandez and Duran