Evening star., 1928-01-08
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HAVANA SESSION
No Nation There Wants to
See U. S. Influence Over
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Latin America Grow.
BY rAlI. SCOTT MOWRER.
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Ev Gable 10 The star aud Chlcasu naN
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PARTS. january 7.-European gov
ernmentS. especially those of Franco
Spain. Italy and Great Britain. VIII
watch with closest interest The great
sixth pan.American Conference which
will omen IN Havana january 10,
The idea of sending official govern.
nent observers or a League of Ma
ticns observer has heen aha ndnned.
hut unofficial observers will he present
and their reports Will he eNvt'fiN
awaited. for il is considered that the
conference may mark turning point
in world affairs,
The real issue Is considered" Ia he
whether Latin America will continue
to Keen the balance between the
United States. on the one hand. and
Europe, on the other. or will tend
more and more to fall under the in
fiuence of the United Sta'es. No
European power wants't TO see trouhte
with the worlds strongest nation on
any issue. All now seem willing
Quietly to concede the Caribbean and
Central America as a sort of United
States sphere Of influence. on taci'
condition naturally. that the United
States refrain from interfering in
what Europeans consider their varf.
crs spheres Of influence in other parts
OF the world.
Would Welcome Resistance.
But no one wants 10 see the United
States get any stronger. and all would
be pleased if the Latin Americans
should find some way of resisting the
spread of American infiuence in Latin
safr
notably France, Spain and Italy, seem
TO be doing everything they can. with
out openly sffrontins the United
States. 10 safeguard and extend their
own influence in these regions.
Financially. with the possible ex-
ception Of Great Britain. Europe Is
unable 10 compete with the United
States. which has for the present a
virtual monopoly in furnishing capi-
tai needed by Latin America.
Commercially the Europeans are
struggling To develop Latin American
trade and seem TO he aided therein
by the. resentment of man~ Latin
Americans against the United States.
Spain and Italy are sending emigrants
10 Latin America There Is talk OF
Great Britain. under a, new special
ARRANGEMENT. directing eInisrants to
Argentina. European emicrant steam
ers which used to run to New York
now run 10 Rio and Buenoes Aaires.
Steamship service from Latin America
10 Europe is more developed. than to
the United States.
Europe Plans Air Lines.
Months before Lindberghs recent
fight southwark. plans were laid for
q regular Spanish dirigihle air. lire to
South America and credits were voted
for new French airplane lire across
the South Atlantic.
Spanish. Italian and French Iitera.
ture are widely read in Latin America.
French il the principal foreign
language there. Cultivated Latin
Americans tend to visit Europe rather
than the United States. Paris Is
great center for them.
But the chief instruments at the
disposal Of Europeans for action In
Latin america are considered TO be
the League OF Nations and the pan
Latin movement The majority of
Latin american states are members
OF the League. They profess to find
therin n counterpoise to the influence
Of the United States. The idea OF
referring Latin American disputes %
the League has not been abandoned.
Great efforts are being made to per
ruade Argentina and Brazil to returl
10 League membership.
IL In not for nothing that the League
has n Latin American for President
and that three Latin American states.
ons Of them a virtual American proz
tectorate. are members of the League
Council-rhiie. Colombia and Cuba.