The Washington herald., 1921-01-04
Wilson Dispatches Gen.
eral to Aid in Solving
Crisis There.
WOULD FORESTALL
U. S. INTERVENTION
Financial Conditions Are
More Pressing Than
Political Tangle.,
By THOMAS f. HEALEY.

President Wilson has sent Gen.
Enoch H. Crowder to Cuba to con-
fer with President Menocal as to
the best means by which the United
States can aid the republic in solv-
ing it's financial crisis and settling
it's political affairs.
Announcement to this effect was
made at the White House yester-
day. Gen. Crowder sailed from New
York on the battleship Minnesota
January l. He will arrive at Ha-
vana Wednesday.
would FOrestaII Intervention.
The Crowder mission is designed
as a possible means of forestalling
the necessity of intervention in Cuba
by the United States. The govern
ment recognizes that financial and
political conditions in Cuba are Sc
rious, but it is not in sympathy
with leaders of the Cuban Liberal
party who seek supervision by the
United States of the forthcoming by
elections, which will determine final
ly the result of the Presidential
election of November l. The admin
istration, it is understood, desires
to aid the Cuban Republic to ar
rive at a peaceful settlement of its
financial and political problems,
rather than to dictate policies to
her administrative officials. The
White House statement, issued by
fO1lOwa.
Upon instructions of the Presi-
dent, Maj. Gem Enoch H. Crowder
has sailed for Havana, Cuba, on the
U. S. S. Minnesota. Gen. Crowder
goes to Cuba to confer with Presi-
dent Menocal regarding conditions in
Cuba. The moratorium and financial
crisis in Cuba continues, the solution
of which appears more difficult on
account of the unsettled presidential
election A continuation of the pres
ent situation would prove most det-
rimental to the prosperity of Cuba
and harmful to the relations be-
tween the United States and Cuba.
AS this cannot but be a matter of
the closest concern to this govern
ment because of the special relations
existing between the two countries,
Nlc mas ms IL uClCu HGh
Crowder to confer with President
MenOcal as to the best means of
remedying the situation"
TheCuban Liberal leaders who are
urging supervision of the elections
by the United States under the Platt
amendment charge that President
Menocal refuses to confer supervi-
sorry powers upon Cuban citizens of
raanpnizn1 Of
American government is therefore
ereignty of the Cuban pople is pre-
served.
To FuInn Obligations,
The dispatch of Gen. Crowder to
Cuba is regarded as a step by this
government toward injecting a
pacifying influence into the turbu-
lent Cuban situation, which will at
once fulfil all obligations imposed
by the Plat amendment and win
the confidence OF both political fac
tions. Gen. Crowder, acting as an
agent of this government, set up
the electoral law under which cleo
tions are carried on in Cuba, and
devised the machinery by which
that law is executed.
1t is felt that he can win the
confidence of both the liberal and
conservative elements and render
valuable assistance in bringing
about a just and satisfactory set
tlement of the Presidential DISPUTE.
The Wilson administration re-
CARDS the financial crisis of the re-
public as more serious than the
political dispute, but it recognizes
that its solution depends in great
measure upon settlement of the
Presidential controversy. The mo-
ratorium declared in October, to ex-
pire December 30, has been extended
to February 1. and the general
financial situation in the island
gives no promise Of a return to sta
bility even by that time The State
Department has full Information
bearing upon the financial situa-
tion in report contained in an un-
published report made some time
ago by Arthur Rathbone, OF New
York, who Investigated conditions
in Cuba.
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