New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
SENATOR WHEELER
 VOICES OPINIONS
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the history of our times is written truthfully. this administration will be called to account for its unwar- ranted conduct. which has been actu- Ated solely for the benefit of very few Wall street banking firms. no matter how much they may seek to hide behind paper canal"
 Makes Vitri0lic Attack
 Using such terms as "sophomoric utterances" and "pious platitudes" Senator Wheeler at the outset of his address launched upon criticism of President Coolidge's recent speech before the Pan-American confer ence at Havana. Mir. Coolidge's ref erence to the golden rule, in particu- lar, aroused the Montanan's displeas- ure. He declared it "the golden rule of Wall street bankers and assert ed that Mir. Coolidge when he tm- piled that for the past 20 years the United States in its dealings" with the Caribbean countries had followed this precept, had revealed anew his lack of understanding of the facts surrounding our dealings with these countries"
 And even as MT. Coolidge was de- nvering his address. the senator said. the Havana newsboys were selling extras telling about American bombing planes scattering death and terror over defenseless Nicaraguan villages"
 Swinging into an extensive review of Nicaraguan history. Mir. Wheeler said that the years had unfolded in that country "a long, sordid story of greed, intrigue. treachery and un- restrained violence"
 He charged that United States consuls have encouraged and aided revolutions ito further the financial interests of certain Wall street . banks:" that the government itself had acter as 'debt collector" and ''bond broker" He said, too, that "infuential officials in the state de- partment after assisting in certain deals" had on lat least two occas- ions" resigned and found employ ment with the bankers they bene- fited." Senator Wheeler mentioned Lawrence Dennis. former charge d'affaires in Nicaragua.
 American banking firms. he said. had footed" Nicaraguas public funds ''instigated revolution after revolution" and "exploited the un- happy Nicaraguans in much the same manner that imperial Rome ruled its conquered provinces" He named these firms as J. and w. Sel- igman and company, and Brown Brothers.
 Since 1909 when American forces were first landed in Nicaragua, MT. Wheeler said. the marines have been used for the advantage of American financial houses. He charged they had been employed to keep in office those Nicaraguan officials who fav- ored the American interests, but that on one occasion when a president inihhical to the American banking houses had been put in office. the marines were withdrawn, inviting . revolution which quickly followed. Tho Montana senator brought his address to a conclusion with a plea that America should not substitute for righteousness exalteth a nation any maxim that sounds even remote ly like the world be damned
 ''The world simply does not intend to be damned by any imperial indi- vidual or any imperial nation," he asserted. That kind of junkerism. however camoufiaged to- suit our times, will win us neither honorable not lasting victories. The universe in which we are living is a moral uni- verse. In the end. right. not might: justice, not injustice: truth. not lie, prevails"