The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17

PLANS FIGHT AT
HAVANA NEE TING
Foresee Attack Against
y. S. Imperialism
BY LAURENCE TODD

Charles Evans Hughes, Ambassador
Morrow, Ambassador Fletcher, Oscar
Underwood and the rest of the
American delegates chosen by Presi-
dent Coolidge to take charge of the
Sixth Pan-American Congress at
Havana in January, are preparing to
soft-pedal long series of rebellious
sentiments coming from Mexico, Cen
trail and South America and the West
Indies. Harmony is their slogan, and
they will be prepared for rough work
if any little Latin American state at
tempts to challenge their idea of har-
mony.
Thus far, the Pan-American Union
has printed and circulated five books
for the use of delegates at Havana.
First comes the official handbook,
giving the history of earlier sessions,
the program for this one, its regula-
tons and memoranda on the topics
to be discussed.
Next come reports to be submitted
by the Pan American Railway Com
mittee dealing with a proposed Pan
American railway from north to
south, and by the nter-American
Commercial Aviation Commission for
a convention governing commercial
aviation. Then come two columes of
projects submitted by the Interna-
tional Commission of Jurists which
met in Rio De Janeiro last spring, on
private international law and public
international law.
international Code"
In the book of projects in public
international law comes the oppor-
tunity for discussion of the growing
imperial domination Of Latin Amcri-
ca by Ike United States. The Com
mission of Jurists has laid out a
plan for code of international con-
duct which necessarily deals with
sovereignty, equality, recognition,
obligations Of states in time of civil
war, etc.
From Haiti, occupied these past
twelve years by American armed Tor
ces, came this proposal, which is not
endorsed by the Commission, but is
passed along to the Havana meeting
for its information: "Any action
carried out by state, whether by
means of diplomatic pressure or by
armed force, in order to force it's will
upon that of the other state, consti-
tutes intervention"
Not Intervention.
From the Dominican Republic. for
merly occupied like Haiti, but now re-
leased under heavy American bond
issue, and from Mexico as joint spon-
sor, came the following: "No state
may in the future directly or Indirect
ly, nor by reason of any motive. oc-
cupy even temporarily any portion of
the territory of another state. The
consent given to the occupying state
by the state occupied will not legit
imatize the occupation, and the occu
pant will be responsible for all oc-
currences resulting from the occupa-
ton not only with respect to the state
occupied, but to third parties as WELL"
No Action.
Paraguay proposed: "That inter
vention or any act of state within
the territory of another state without
g previous declaration of war. with
the intent to decide by force, material
pressure or moral coercion, internal
or external questions of the other
state, will be considered as a VIOLA
ton of international law"
In its report the Commission said
that it did not act on some of these
because they seemed to be
manifestations of means of obtain
ing the Commissions views regard
ing pending American political ques-
tons"
That these pending political ques-
tons of American conquest in Haiti,
the Dominican Republic, Mexico,
Nicaragua and Panama will be
brought up at Havana is the spectre
before the eyes Of Hughes, Fletcher,
Morrow and their associates. Presi-
dent Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg
may go to Havana to overawe the as
semblage at the start. They propose
that Latin America forget its past
indignation and accept the overload
ship of the Washington government
henceforth as matter of course.