The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Trying to Justify the Rape Of Nicaragua


that country and the annexation of Mexico to the United States
For years the Hearst institution of depraved journalism has
waged relentless campaign to achieve this aim
This present campaign upon alleged support by the
Gales government Of the liberal forces of Nicaragua calculated
also Justify the invasion of that country by the gunner of
American Imperialism As Dr. Pedro Zepeda representative
Mexico Of the liberal government of Nicaragua that dispersed
by the armed forces of American Imperialism said yesterday
here evidently effort foot to create false impression
about the Nrauan revolution in advance of the international
conference to be held in Havana in January
These particular forgeries be completely
fore the converting of the PanAmecan congress at Havana
January but they serve their purpose today as the beginning OF
the campaign that will grow in malice and intensity until the
close Of the sessions Assured because of the supremacy of it's
armed hodes Nicaragua that all the alleged representatives
of that country will sing paens of praise Wall Street. the
department has nothing fear from that Unless there
staged the conference against the DONNA
ton of the United States those who chosen speak
people of Nicaragua will be barred from its sessions
But there is apprehension at Washington that Meico
delegates will raise the whole question of American imperialism
the southern republics The influence of Mexico the other
Latin American countries that country
garded the ntiator of united
American against the depredatons Street
For the Mexican people have been the victims of du
pcity orgres provocatons and intervention by armed
forces OF the United States without even declaration OF
They know that the greatest enemy their independent develop
ment is precisely Yankee imperialism. Any that
interests the people of Mexico must inevitably
the United States longest
abuses only the logic history that it's role should eventually
be that of consolidating the antmperiast sentiment
mdae force that will challenge the of dollar depo
tism.
to have been with the duly constituted of Sacasa
in Nicaragua and is only logical chat department
Washington should anticipate conflict at the Pan American
terence at havana between the forces OF imperialism and anti
Imperialism
Every aro diplomatic confidence men
viii be exhausted in order to line all the forces of reaction
that bbed bought ntmdated support the
OF the state department The personnel Of the American dele
cation leaves nothing to be desired far defense of mper
ialism and reaction is concerned.
The chairman Of the delegation the former
secretary of state Charles Evans Hughes whose distinctive CON
Monroe Doctrine instrument of American mperiast
gression against Latin America One of the dpo
matte seght ohand performers this has been
cabinet member in the whole series of pecuatve scandals
from the department of justice affair Teapot Dome Elk
Hills and yet his participation had called down upon him
that condemnation that overwhelmed number his
The next umnay in the galaxy of tme-servers of mper-
iasm is Henry Prater Fletcher Pennsylvania republican
one OF the heuenants OF Andrew W. Mellon whose recent
job ambassador to Musson at Rome Graduating
the military service officer in the SpanshAmer
Cuba Philippine Islands, Fletcher has had long experience
in diplomatic service in Mexico and Chile and chairman
the American delegation the fifth conference
held in Havana in 1928 His experience with brbed
peram will be invaluable in the preliminary perfecting
Arguments at the conference.
The third member of the delegation weknown Tam
manyte and catholic propagandist Judge Morgan
OBen who IS head OF the national committee for the protection
religious rights Mexico holds degrees cath
oc universities This organization has flooded the two
nens with mendacous propaganda against Mexico in behalf Of
the land thieves OF that country who the most
tools of reaction His experience affiliations
mine his role at the conference
The fourth member Oscar W. Underwood democratic sena-
tora leader from Alabama who VIGOROUSLY agent of the
House OF Morgan and defender of the most open mperat
policies at Washington including support of league ma
on and the world because the Morgan
those of international bandry for it's purposes
AS opposed to the policy of the United States there will be
at the conference the Mexican delegation which
be prepared to launch general attack against the policy of the
United States in Latin America Certainly the record
Imperialism these countries furnishes the basis
the most damnng indictments drawn against predatory
avarice in all the history of international plumber
Working class organizations of the United States and the
Latin American countries should take determined stand the
side of Mexico and the other anmprast powers against the
policies of the Wall Street gang and encourage every
cevabe the creation of powerful bloc Of anmperast
nations that will strive to free the southern republics