The Washington times., 1924-09-19
S|ETE
POLICIES IRE
LATINS
Nicaragua in Turmoil BE.
cause of Y. s. Failure to
Follow Through, !" Claim
BY JONATHAN WICIxWIRE.
lcopyrighk 1884. ~ Ths meaningless
Times Company

BY JONATHAN WICKWIRE.
lcopyrighk 1884. ~ rhe Washingtoa
Times Cpmpany.1 "a
Domingo siete Sunday. seven. ]"
Memory JeRped from the words
back TO an old Mexican garden
where the Iaartyred Francisco
Madero, asked his opinion Of . now
forgotten phase Of Latin American
policy then protected BY the United
States. replied by recOuntinG .
charming BIT Of folklore.
Juan and Simone were two mis-
cradle hunchhacks liytng II 2 littie
mountain pueblo. Tiring Of his
III the world 10 seek his fortune
andr arriving one night after days
Of travel at q ruined CASTLE
safety. Aroused ~ midnight ~ =
curious noise, he pe6ped over into
the courtyard. TO see there Q beyy
wearisou1e accompaniment:
"Junes, niartes. microbes, tres
Wearying Of the inane repetition
Of words which In Enelieh mean
simply Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
Uh&f fuHS$ss Juan eAelt-AASA $pbSk1 1.tAsA
sang the words for Thursday, Fri.
day, saturday. aix, which IN per.
feet Spanish rhyme and rythfn are:
"Jueves. viernes. sabada. seis."
The witches were delighted.
called him down. removed his
hump, clothed him gaily. filled his
pockets with money and sent him
home rejoicing. There, Sin0ne de-
cided to try his luck, followed the
same course. climbed the same
wall. and waited: The witches
came IN ct last. chanting the new
couplet. and SiEnone, at loss what
else to say, jumped into their
midst shouting, Domingo, siete." "
But. alas! The witches were en-
reged at such an interruption.
stripped simOne Of his poor rags.
saddled him with Juan'gs hump,
dragged from q corner. and sent
him on his way doubly afflicted.
Situation Now known Here.
1.-THE Taft.Wiiscn intervention in
Nicaragua was domingo siete," said
GOuthrOn dinner guest last night.
1T saddled upon llg an election law
so defective that your State De-
partment. following the recommen.
Gations Of its agent, Mr.. Harold w.
Dodds, only this summer officially
has urged its amendment upon the
Nicaragua, Congress- to make pos
sible fair election in October, gam
ing from the Chamorristas q cutting
slap over the shoulders Of thu popu.
lace who at the same time were
petitioning for the adoption Of the
amendments.
1.-THE election law is bad enough
OF itself, but worse is the fact that
your Government. innocent enough
In tho first place. committed its ad.
ministration to group who since
have repeatedly deffed the law to
maintain themselves in power. Your
Government knows this now w the
unchaIienged reports Of two, al
least. of its own conf entIal agents,
made after thorough Investigation
on the ground.
ut has proved that Il knows the
situation by authorizing its charge
d'affaires at Managua to Join In
the efforts to amend the law, and
by Its veto through its minister
there OF certain proposed candi.
dacies for the presidency, which
veto, unfortunately, does not include
Chamorro, least acceptable Of all ia
the vast majority of Nicaraguans
yet most certain to win because
Of his absolute control OF all election
machinery unless an honest eIetcion
ana count can somehow be assured.
Your marines, under Taft. set
up and maintained the first Cha.
morrista government in Nicaragua
in 1911, without consulting the will
OF the people. Later, under Wilson.
II gave US this election law Is be
administered by the same group.
probably believing that It would IS
administered honestly and inure to
our benefit, but without consultina
Us; indeed, with the implicit threat
Of more marines should we object
to its adoption or fail TO comply
with its terms.
Would ''FolIOw Through"
1--WE have suffered because a
1t, yet IRE bear no grudge. recor.
nizing, most OF us, that IL was a
long-range, laundering attempt a.
assistance. But why, now that
your government, does know thh
truth, does 1t not act? Either stem
out and let us clean up the mess
IN our own way, or itself follow
through--that'a golf. I think--and
see that the election law, defective
az It Is, at least shall be honestly
administered for once ana give US
that slim chance to express our pref
erences and drive out those who for
years have been skinning the coun.
try to the bone.
The alternatives facing Nicar.
aqua today are that your Govern.
ment shall send there a. commission
with authority to, supervise the
October elections and count the
ballots cast under the law YOU
gave us, or that we shall be sub
jected 70 another four years 81