The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-05
HUGHES CALLEDON
TO SETTLE MANY
KN0TFY PROBLEMS
Portfolio Occupied Entirely by
Aggressive Attention to For
eign Policy Matters.
ny HARRY l.. ROGERS
international News Service.

| inc definite settlement OF one ma
jor international problem and sub.
stantiaI progress IN at least seven
others have marked the activity OF
Charles 10. Hughes since he assumed
months ago.
or the many difficult and delicate
questions which have engaged Mr..
Hughes attention, only one, the Gu
ban tangle, can be regarded as solved.
General Gomez, Liberal contender for
the office OF President, has with
drawn from the fight; President Fay
as is in office. congestion of the port
of Havana Is relieved, and the eco
nomlc and financial tangle OF the af-
fairs of the island are apparently
Strengthened out. In short, a situa-
ton which apparently had all the po-
tentialities OF revolution, with
American Intervention as sequel,
has been completely clarified and. al
though Maj. Gen. Enoch II. Crowder,
representative OF the President. is
still in Havana In an advisory capac-
ity, il is expected that he will be able
to leave for the United States soon
COSTA RICAN DISPUTE.
The Pharmacists Rican boundary
dispute, which obtruded itself upon
Mr.. Hughes the very day he assumed
office. Is apparently on the verge of
settlement. The action of the Secre-
tary Of State in this controversy was
definite and unmistskable- In identic
notes, he suggested to the two war
ring powers that hostilities should
cease, and they ceased forthwith.
Acting as mediator, he went fully
into the merits of the controversy
and informed Panama that IL must
accede to the terms of the White
award within reasonable time"
! DIR. Garay, Fanaman foreign minis
ter, is now in Washington to make a
last appeal from this decision.
The negotiations with Japan and the
allies over the Island of Zap have not
yet reached a stage which could by the
most liberal Interpretation be charac-
| terized as a settlement The position
Fof the United States was set forth in
Mr.. Hughes joint note OF April 2.
MEXICO INTRUDEs.
The difficult Mexican situation is
| one of the most recent to receive &C
tive attention at the hands of Mr..
Hughes. Through Mr.. Summerlin, now
IN Mexico City in conference with
General Oregon, the Secretary Of
State is pursuing a course which ap-
parently bids fair to bring about a
solution.
Mr.. Hughes himself probably would
be the last to claim credit for the re-
cent agreement by Germany to tn,
separations terms imposed by the al
lies. In other quarters, however,
there is a distinct tendency to attrib.
ute to the Secretary a considerable
share of responsibility for the victory
through his tactful handling OF the
Berlin appeal to President Harding
and the proposals which followed
Official utterances have been
meager concerning progress toward
a new Association of nations" with
subsequent partially disarmament,
but 1t is known that "feelers' have
been sent forth by the administra-
| ton.
AS TO RUSSIA.
The State Departments attitude
toward Russia has been positive and
energetic. Replying to the Soviet
appeal to President Harding for
resumption of trade. Mr.. Hughes
made it perfectly plain that Lenin
would have to produce convincing
evidence of change in certain
fundamental economic policies be-
fore the matter could be considered.
| In different manner, but no less
forcefully, he made it known that
| there can be no resumption of re-
lations of any kind so long as
American citizens are held in Rus
sian prisons.
The Hughes policy of equal OPP
portunity in the development of pc
troleum fields. as expressed in two
succinct notes to the Netherlands
has produced a most favorable re-
action among American business
men.