Evening star., 1926-11-18

government which gains power In the
time-honored Latin American man
ner-by q coup d'etat-but we DO
recognize the absolute right Of all
nations to make free choice Of their
form of government and of their offi-
cialS of administration. Our refusal
to recognize Soviet Russia is not due
to disapproval of Sovtetism, but is
due to her persistent bad faith in re-
gard to her Reputation Of national
debts, and especially to her outlawry
in attempting to undermine all or
ganic governments and foment a
world revolution.
Former President Chamorro Of Mic
aragua seized the reins about a year
ago by military revolution. He was
never recognized by the United States.
therefore. and for some months he
has found it advisable to flee from
his country and seek safety in Cali
fornia. The vice president also ned
and found security in Colombia The
Conservatives have been In revolution
against the usurping Liberals, and
much bloodshed has resulted Fight
ing continues, but their election or
Diaz was not due to fighting. The
constitution provides that whenever
both the President and vice preSt-
dent are absent from the country, the
offices are vacant and shall be filled
by election by the Assembly. They
were so filled last Sunday. So our
State Department holds that there
was no reason for Withholding recog.
nition. And now President Diaz asks
America to intervene and ENFORCE
peace.
The moderation and patience ana
broad policy Of the United States In re.
gard to the independence OF the small
countries in this hemisphere nave
never shone more effulgenciy man
in the treatment given Cuba after the
war of liberation from Spain 1t can
not be said that Cuba was no tenpta-
tion to America More than q CEN
fury ago 1929 Secretary OF state
John Quincy Adams wrote to our Min-
jster to Spain. at g. time when war
was impending between Spain al"
France: ~
whatever may be the issue OF TINS
war, it may be taken TOT grahteu
that the dominion of Spain upon the
American continent. North and South
is irrevocably gone. IL Is
scarcely possible to resist the CON
viction that the annexation OF CuoH
to our Federal republic will be IN
dispensable to the continuance OF tine
integrity OF the Union itself. Inere
are laws Of political as we'll as OF
physical gravitation, and " an appIe
severed by the tempest from Its ma,
tive tree cannot choose but 10 ran
TO the ground, Cuba. forciblH ais
ioined from it's own natural connec
tion with Spain, and incapable or sel.
support, can gravitate oIiy toWaru
the North American Union, whicn:
by the same law. cannot cast her on
her bosom"
Yet. when all the world looked for
perf1dy of our American statesmen
in for.swearing our 1898 pledge or
Cuban independence, our Senate pass
ed the Platt amendment (afterward
embodied In the Cuban constitudon),
which provided, especially In tts
clause III, "That the government of
Cuba consents that the United States
may exercise the right to intervene
for the preservation OF Cuban inde-
pendence the maintenance OF O. gov
ernment adequate for the protection
of life. property and individual lib
erty, and for the discharge Of obi.
cations with respect to Cuba imposed
by the treaty Of Paris on the United
States, now to be assumed and under
taken by the government Of Cuba"
Our intervention must ever be to
protect Cuban Independence.
When Cuba found itself torn By
civil rebellion against it's own lawful
government, President Roosevelt sent
Secretary Of War Taft and Assistant
Secretary Of State Bacon as peace
commissioners to Cuba. Mr.. Taft
Clater better known as President and
as Chief Justice Of the United States)
became provisional governor for
awhile (succeeded later by Gov.
Charles e. Magoon) and as soon as
peace was restored the power was
handed back to the Cubans.
So the Nicaraguan President testi-
fes that our relations with Cuba have
been unique in the history of ma
tions. AS with Cuba. so with all other
J,ations.
The French have . proverb which
dts. "A good name is worth more
than a golden girdle." and the Dutch
say. "A good name - bstter than
OIL while Cicero taugh that Good
faith IL the foundation Of justice"
WHO win and IT needful to apelsgi6e
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tcssysAxhA. 1889. By P.al v. oszl.aA
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