The Winslow mail., 1923-04-20
INTENDED TO SAFEGUARD IN
TERESTS OF COUNTRIES ON
AMERICAN CONTINENTS.
PREVENTED ENTIRE ACCORD
Message From Secretary of State
Hughes to Congress at Santiago,
Chile, Will EIucdate Present-Day
Status of Principle as Viewed Here.
BY EDWARD B. CLARK

Washington.-It is generally recog-
nized in Washington that the Monroe
doctrine, intended as it was and Is,
to safeguard the interests of the coun-
tries on the American continents, mas
been responsible for Elany of the
things which have prevented entire ac-
cord between the United States and
the Latin-American republics.
A message from Secretary Of State
Charles E. Hughes, which probably
elucidates the present-day status OF
the Monroe doctrine as viewed by the
administration, will be read to the
delegates to the Fifth international
Conference of American States, which
opens March 26 at Santiago, Chile.
The countries to the south of Uncle
Sans land always have had in high
public positions men who have shown
resentment because of what they have
professed to think is the superiority
of the attitude of the United States as
expressed in the doctrine of Monroe.
They have resented apparently the in
ference that small countries could not
care for themselves in such an emer-
gency as an attempt of an across-the-
seas government to seize territory or
to secure dominance in any Central or
South American land.
Therefore the doctrine which was in
tended to preserve the territorial in
tegrity of the Latin-Amer,can cOun-
tries, instead of strengthening the
bond between the great northern re-
public and the smaller southern ones,
has tended to weaken the bond. or
certainly to inspire jealousy where it
should have inspired confidence. This
statement expresses the viewpoint OF
virtually all the officials of the United
States government who have made the
subject a close study.
May Remove JeaIousies.
1t is hoped in the State apartment
and elsewhere in Washington that the
message of Secretary Hughes will
clear up misunderstanding remove
jealousies, and bring the countries of
the two western continents into closer
sympathetic relations, closer business
relations and cement a decision to sup
port a common policy relating to af-
fairs Of the older countries of the
world. In Washington the message
which the secretary of state has sent
to the conference in Santiago Is re-
garded as the most important matter
which will be presented for discussion,
and this opinion takes note OF the fact
that the program for the conference
presents many matters of high import.
1t seems probable that the message
of Secretary Hughes will be brought to
the studious consideration of the con-
ference under the provisions of para
graph sixteen of the conference pro-
gram, which reads as follows:
consideration of the questions aris-
ing out of an encrOachment by non
American power on the rights of an
American nation"
The secretary of state promised TO
attend the conference, the promise be-
ing made subject to the possibility
that his official duties might keep him
in Washington. The European situa-
ton is believed to be wholly RESPONSE
BILE for the final decision of the secre-
tary that he must abandon all thought
of the journey to Santiago.
The delegates to the conference in
behalf of the United States are Henry
P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania, ambassa-
dor to Belgium, former ambassador 10
Chile and one-time undersecretary Of
state; former United States Senator
Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota, former
United States Senator Atlee Pomerene
of Ohio, former United States Senator
Willard Salisbury of Delaware; DR..
| George E. Vincent of Connecticut, pres
| ident Of the Rockefeller Foundation !;
Frank C. Partridge, former minister to
Venezuela; William Eric Fowler of
California, and DR.. L. S. Rowe, di-
rector general of the Pan-American
union. Washington considers that
Henry P. Fletcher is in the largest
sense the direct representative of
Secretary Hughes, and that he will
present the chief of the State depart
| moDL s VIEWS Ou SuNlI lulSl AltlOAii
subjects as are presented.
Matters for Consideration.
Among the matters which will be
given consideration at the conference
are improvement of ocean transpOrta-
ton facilities cooperation of the
northern republics in the regulation of
| wireless communication; uniformity of
principles and Interpretation Of mari
time law; uniformity of customs regu-
lations and procedure; cooperation in
the study of agricultural problems and
arbitration of commercial disputes
The subject on which Washington's
interest centers is the one quoted in
connection with the message of Secre-
tary Hughes. reconsideration of the
questions arising out of an encroach-
ment by a non-American power on the
rights of an American nation
Charles NJ. Pepper, director of the