The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
PEKING Minister
EMDARRASSEST THE
DIPLOMAT CROWD
Nicaraguan E n v o Y
Sends Kellogg to Bed

WASHINGTON (FP).-No sooner
does the Coolidge administration
turn its back on the appeals of Latin
America for friendly policy. and
assure the world Of its tender solicit
tude for the Chinese, than the hui
mOrous and willy Chinese minister,
SaO-Ke Alfred SEE, takes advantage
of the Kellogg pose by asking an
embarrassing question.
Take the events Of Wednesday and
Thursday, Feb. 2 and 8, for example
of the rudeness of these backward
peoples diplomats.
On Wednesday noon Secretary
Kellogg, heatedly denying that Adolf
TO Diaz fever had anything to do
with, or connection with, Chamorro,
sought to soften the amazement of
the press correspondents by adding
that he stood ready to use the good
offices of the Washington govern
lnent to bring peace between the
Diaz and the Sacasa forces in Mica
Tagua. Four hours later DIR. Vaca,
agent for Sacasa, appeared at the
State Department and delivered a
note on Sacasa's behalf, accepting
this "offer of good offices" Vaca
suggested that Kellogg Immediately
call a conference of the Central
American states to arrange media
ton and bring peace in his country
Of course Kellogg refused to see
Vaca, and the note had to be left
with his stenographer, and with the
press.
Minister SEE Calls.
Next morning the Department was
serenely denying knowledge of the
purpose for which the regiment of
marines was being sent to the Orient,
when up came smiling Minister SEE
to ask a few questions. Kellogg was
sick, but he saw Under-secretary
Grew. SEE came as representative
Of the Picking regime, but said he
would send to Foreign Minister Chen
Of the Nationalist government any
information that Grew could give
rim. He wanted to know why the
American naval forces in Chinese
waters were being steadily increased,
and why a regiment of marines is
being shipped to China.
Grew Grew Embarrassed.
These questions embarrassed Grew
as much as a trained diplomat per-
mits himself to be embarrassed by
any exposure-because SEE had been
solemnly assured, two weeks earlier,
that American naval vessels were
gathered in Shanghai and other Chi
nese ports solely in order to carry
away Americans who might have to
leave their places of residence on
Chinese soil. Now SEE suggested
that the American naval force was
too heavily manned for effective
service as passenger ferry, and the
regiment of marines looked like
something different again.
DR.. Stages Comeback.
Meanwhile DR.. Vaca came back
with a press statement explaining
what was meant by protection of
American property under the Amer
lean intervention in his country. At
Wawa, village outside the neutral
zone" held by American marines, an
American, Davis by name, severely
heat his native mistress while he was
drunk. The girl fled. Davis searched
the barracks occupied by 25 Liberal
soldiers. Failing to find the girl,
Re returned at in the morning with
so marines, who roughly searched
the barracks, eonfiscated the arms
of the garrison and then retired to
the American zone.
This incident, related in affidavits
by Davis himself and by the Liberals,
Naca described as being the one ac-
tual instance Of protection Of "Amer-
isan property" since Admiral Lati-
iner landed his forces.
Dumped Liberal Ammunition.
On the other hand, Sacasa has for
varded affidavits showing that it
was on Latimer's orders that the ma
rines seized and dumped into the
river 100000 cartridges belonging
to the Liberals in the midst Of their
battle and defeat Of the Diaz forces
at Pearl Lagoon. BY thus partially
disarming the Liberals, Latimer
seems to have hoped to defeat them
without being caught in the act OF
shooting at them from American
guns.
As to Adolfo Diaz and Chamorrc
Icing wholly unrelated in the mill
tary overthrow of the Liberal gov
crnment in 1925, Vaca presents a list
Of the members Of Diaz's family who
fought in Chamorro's forces, and
shows that Diaz himself was the di-
rector Of the whole movement in
1925, as he was partner in the Cha
iaorro regime in earlier years.