The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-11
REJECTSWHITE
Jaw ARD; WILL APPEAL
TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Will Withdraw Troops, But In
tends to Keep Civil All
thOrities i'm CotO.
REPLY TO AMERICAN NOTE
RECEIVED AT WASHINGTON
Situation Caused by Ifcidknt is
Puzzler to the New Ad- !
ministration E
tsy The Associated Preas).

WASHINGTON, March s1a.-Refussi
OF Panama to accept the Waite ter
itorial award as basis for Ehaea with
,, Costa Rica and appeal by Panaff q %
the League of Nations for settlement
of the dispute is expected by some Of
fieials here TO place before the Anaee =
| ican government the prohabSe nace -
sity for defining for the first time
attitude toward the jlrisdietsna =.
League Of Nations IN dlsrute
American continent
Panama in replying q a lsssse -
the state department Ass Sstaardas
demanding immediate csssaif1a pf
hostilities between her fut 6Ss an9
those of Costa Rica. agreed 70 the re-
tirement of her troops from coto. but
announced the intention to keep civil
and police authorities In Coto where
rheg were nrior TO the break between
th4 two governments. February 2i.
Costa Rica in agreeing 10 . settlement
on the basis Of the White award has
withdrawn her troops from the dis
puted territory
Note unsatisFartory.
The PanamAn note. the text Of which
was made public today At the state
department, was understood to be un-
satisfactory To department. officials.
There was a suggestion. however. that
the counter proposal offered BY Pan
anna for mediation of the dispute BY
a commission of disinterested persoas
might be used b, the American gov
ernnlent as basis for further negoti-
ations
/ Although. laektA official confirma
tien ?f the apnA 81 Panama to the
Leagna OF NatLaga officials evidenced
ints IA = preks Dispatch from Gen
e9 t1as aa~Y sl'e text of such a.
aysskss hGa hee.i ss - the se
retaFlat af the League s. Nafim
there. The dispafcn 1ndicated that the
League of Nations council nigh.
give attention to the settlement of tho
conflict, and in that connection it Is
pointed out here that both Panama
and Costa Rica are members of the
league.
The league was called on to take
cognizance of one dispute in the
meeting of it's assembly last Novem-
Der. The Tacna AFRICA controversy. in
volving Peru, Chile and Bolivia, three
member sof the league. was referred
for settlement by Peru but later with
drawn, the representatives of Peru
expressing the hope that when the
question was submitted at the next
meeting the United States would have
become a member.
Diplomats Puzzled.
Diplomatic circles here profess to
be frankly puzzled as to the possible
attitude which the United States as a
non-member of the league might as
sumo with reference to any attempt
by the league to settle purely Amer
lean dispute. 1t is understood that
the uncertainty on this point, which
the Wilson administration never at
tempted to define. was another reason
for deferring action on the Tacna-
africa matter.
Some officials Of the government
have stated in the past that the prof
fer by the league of it's good offices
in settling a dispute on the American
continent could in no wise be interprc-
ted as an infringement of the Monroe
doctrine, inasmuch as numerous con-
troversies in South America formerly
have been arbitrated by European
and heads of states.
State department officials of the
new administration stated today that
the possible involvement of the league
as a result of the appeal Of Panama
would be met when the issue was
raised