The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
Is the World Lining Up Against US?

good-by to Washington and its members have en-
trained for their homes in various parts of Latin
America.
There exists in the minds of Latin American peo-
pies" said William Green, president Of the American
Federation of Labor and of the congress, "a distrust
of TIC attitude of our people That distrust must be
removed if we to develop commerce and under
standing"
The American labor leader. we sorry to say,
never spoke truer words. Latin Americans d.strust
the delegates to the Pan-Amercan labor con-
gress made Enthusiastically clear again and again. indi-
vidually and by resolution, they jabbed jibed and
excoriated us for our sins against them, real and
fanced
ooh" we hear some one saying, those who crti-
cized us and called nperalists were only radicals
probably agents Of Moscow"
We heartily wish this were the case. But the con-
gress fayed the reds and denounced the communists
and their doings more completely than it did U.S. So
we can not dismiss its criticisms thus lightly
No, it is as President Green says: Latin Americans
distrust and They suspect and fear u.s. And
it is going to take years of endeavor on the part of
cleverest diplomats to rid their minds of that
impression.
There is nothing we can think of that is more
important, nothing that in the long run will have
greater bearing future. for good or for ill,
than our relations with Latin America. And the
President Of the United States faces no more vital
problems at home or abroad, than this
President Coolidge and his successors are going to
have to bear this in mind when selecting secretaries
of state and ambassadors and ministers to these re-
publics And these diplomats should have it firmly
impressed upon their minds, one and ALL that their
success will be measured largely by the good will they
succeed in creating.
Another year or of clustering and blunderine in
Mexico, Nicaragua and elsewhere in Latin America
and few more excuseless diplomatic fascos of the
Tacna-Arica brand-due to sheer incapacty in our
Department of State-and it will be a question
whether we can ever really undo the harm done
The American statesman who is blind to the fact
that the attitude of virtually the entire world is be-
coming increasingly hostile to the United States is
simply no statesman This is not saying the hostility
is justified To the contrary, much of 1t is worse
than unfair; it is idiotic. But that is beside the
mark The unpleasant fact exists The ant Amer
lean sentiment is there.
1.-The foreign war debt problem will be settled
against and in favor of those who owe us" saws
Admiral Bradley Fiske. How? Through sort of
world coalition against us in the next twenty-five
years, when debtors, being our vctors will simply
wipe the debts off the slate
Nor is this new thought. Others see the storm
gathering Foreign countries owe us more than
$25O000o0000 and we are adding to that staggering
amount at the rate of $1,000 100000 a year. Money
lending VIGOROUSLY makes enemies for the lender and
we must expect that. But, in addition of late years
it would seem that the very devil himself has con-
spired to make do the wrong thing at the right
time, without cease and without fail