New-York tribune., 1918-06-24

he might gain by war with Costa Rica
ls sufficient to mitigate it.
81 believe that the best way to han
die the cards with respect to the mat
ter is TO employ the same means they
themselves use; j. c., oppose to the re-
port of an American minister the re-
port of aaother American minister.
Unfortunately, Mr. Hale (Amer,can
Minister to Costa Rica) is consum-
mate idiot, and you have quite big
job waiting for you to get the question
into his head in the direct and conf
dentlal way that the case rcquircs.'
Refers to "Another Card"
little further in the same letter he
would have involved all Central Amer
lca in revolutions as follows:
Another card that you SHOULD not
overlook in case no intimaton is re-
ceived from hence of an abortive at
tempt by these savages (the Nicara-
guans> is that which the Liberal party
and lrias formerly lieutenant with
Castro Quesada) represent. 1t is clear
that this matter should be treated with
infinite caution, because, for nnumcr-
able reasons which will not escape you,
rot the slightest inkling OF the game
should be given before circumst tances
make 1T necessary, as the desderatum
will be to oppose to the invader--Nica-
ragua cannon fodder against Mica
raguans--and at the same time leaders
who can cause the cncmy's troops to
rebel and convert them from enemies
into allies.
another factor about which you
certainly must have thought and which
it is necessary to touch on as soon as
possible is Salvador and even
Guatemala. The greater the confagra
tion the greater the roar it will make
and the more difficult it will be for
those people to intervene in any man
ner than correctly and justly, as they
ought TO do
Who chose people" may be is not
explained, though it evidently refers to
the United States.
Slap at a Lawyer
Quesada then proceeds to give
vigorous slap to Chandler Anderson
an international lawyer who has been
honored with many posts.
"To pass to another matter con-
tinues Quesada., 81 have nothing new
to tell ycu with regard to our canal
arrangement Mr.. Anderso wrote me
that on account of illness he could not
come to Washington this week, but
that he hoped to do so the coming week.
His illness may have been caused by
the delay in receiving the $4,000 which
asked the ministry for some few
days ago. | don't know, but | Ger
tainly don't wonder, at anything those
people do. >,
"The worst feature is | am convinced |
that without their collaboration or
that of people like them we cannot
advance step"
Quesada then advises against what
has evidently been suggestion from
President Gonzalez to retain Mr..
Noble, saying Mr. Noble "is Tam
highly to be recommended whenever
there is question of securing some
thing connected with that institution,
but who, for that very reason, enjoys
in the rest of the country the un-
pleasant reputation which the mere
name Of Tammany cvokes."
"Unfortunately for our case, We no
longer have as Secretary of State that
little angel of the name of Knox"
ary 10, 1916, in discussing the con-
troversy with Panama over the bound
ary, "who, one day, out of patience
with the pettifoggeries of that 'bello-
belli,' went up in the air with such
effect that the instructions which the
government of Panama had always for
gotten to send, came in on the double
quick.
Calls Wilson Pedagogue
"Shall succeed in bringing it about
that the pedagogue Wilson shall author
ize Lansing to do the same? ! much fear
I shall not, and there will then be no
other recourse but to resort to force if
we do not want-to see ourselves obliged
to tell the country in the next Con-
gress that these villainous Panamanian
niggers have been kicking us for year
and a half and that we must have the
patience to put up with their kicks"
He continues:
"The canal treaty with Nicaragua was
approved in the Senate yesterday. The
pedagogue had to show character some
time or other, and he did it in this
case. To be sure, the treaty violates
rights so clear that blind man could
see them, but as they are the rights of
a tiny country, he had nothing to do
but to keep up with the procession,
Nevertheless, the treaty met with
strong opposition in debate of two
long weeks, and it was necessary for
the President to intervene to bolster up
several Senators who were weakening
The pedagogue's chief ally in the cam
paign was the spirit of frenzy which
the word preparedness evokcs in these
people.
However, there is still much dirt TO
hoist The matter has still to be laid
before the Congressional Committee in
order that the appropriation agreed
upon may be made, and there it will %
on the rocks. At least this is the firm