The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-17
TRICKS OF U. S.
AT WASHINGTON
meet UNMASKED
Hughes Makes Bolivia
Jump Thru a Hoop

bankers, must, nevertheless, be pic
tureaveto the world as an "inde-
pendent" government doing what it
does of its own "free and sovereign
will"
sssa Framing an Alibi.
TO give the imperialist confer
enceoheae a perfect alibi, a process
ofIoevents is arranged which per-
nlits1the imperialists to have Bolivia
deseverything the imperialists wish
itsto do, not only acting "indepen-
IDENTIFY" from the U. S. spokesman,
Hughes and Kellogg, but even APP
pearing to "oppose" their desires.
sPicnlre the situation. A dispute
exists, between Bolivia and Para
quay. A wholly Latin-American
Permanent Arbitration Commits
sion" which was set up at a con-
ference at Santiago, Chile, May %,
1923, under the treaty known as
thee Gondra accord, meeting at
Moatevideo, Uruguay asks Bolivia
to- submit to arbitration. In addi-
ton, Argentina offers to mediate.
So, does Chile. Take careful note
that no Latin country under COM
plete control of Wall Street makes
any such offer. None from Cuba,
Venezuela, or even Mexico.
&C. Puppets on a String.
ITO permit the arbitration of
Latin America conflicts by Latin
Americans, without the Intervention
and guidance Of the United States,
is obviously against the interests of
Yankee imperialism with its over
lordshfp policy and its Monroe Doc
trine. So, although Paraguay was
willing to allow the Gondra Com
mission or Argentina to act, Bolivia,
to~carry out the desire of Yankee
imperfalists to crush and make fu-
title al. other COMMISSIONS and con-
ferences but the one they control
here, rejects the Gondra commission
offer, neglects active work on the
committee already formed in the
Argentine, and ignores. the Chilean
offer~
But in order to give the Bolivian
goverhment an air of "independ-
ence% of action "free and untram-
meled' by Hughes and his imper-
ialist@ conference here, Bolivia is
giverls the role of a "self-assertive"
and autonomous power, bellcose
fromssupposed injury, and breaking
off Nth all commissions and con-
ferences, including this one in
Washington, at the same time.
Freezing Out Latin leadership.
NoE, note this fact: After Bo-
livia has refused all offers of arbi-
trati6n, both Latin American and
Yankee, and the Gondra Commits
sion of Latin Americans seems to
be no more and no less ill-treated
by Bolivia than this imperialist con-
trolled conference = Kellogg an
nounces that he is Striving for
peace,sby urging Bolivia to return
to circumference" and 10, and be-
holdf Bolivia comes back, to Wash
ingtofi; Kellogg is a hero for MAX
ing peace, Bolivia is to be compli-
mented for its restraint and-the
GoHdra commission is left high and
dry.s.While the Monroe Doctrine, the
Pan-American Union and this par
ticuM1iy diabolical conference have
all added to their prestige.
ANOTHER effect is, that if Bolivia
is seemingly coaxed back into this
confidence by Kellogg, it naturally
follows that the fatted calf must be
killedEfor the prodigal son. And the
fatted calf in this story is Paraguay.
The $hade of advantage thus obs
tanned by Bolivia is clear Kellogg
mustsbe pictured as yielding to b.
livia in exchange for its returning
~. hH call-only Kellogg's yielding
issdHti8Eat the expense of Paraguay!
And if the Paraguayans refuse to
be made the goat, well. nothing is
lost and Bolivia is justified. in adj
vance, for going to war, while KEEL
logg is shown as having "lailed de-
spite all efforts 70 make peace.
Gould anything be neater?
hopping Up on Argentina.
But although the Gondra commits
sion is isolated, the commission of
Bolivians and Paraguayans which
since August has been in state of
suspended animation at Buenos
Aires, under the auspices of Argen-
tina, and Argentina's new offer of
mediation, must also be broken down
as any center of authority outside
tie control of Hughes and his inn
perialist fake Cancellation and ar
bitfation" conference hete.
SO. on Thursday, after rumors
that the commission here, to which
Bolivia has returned, is "rumored"
to have asked, or is going to ask,
Argentina, which is not attending
this conference, if it has any objec-
tons to this conference settling the
matter, Kellogg calls meeting of
the representative of the press, and
when asked about this, states that
he IS Informed that Argentina will
be NOS happy to resign all "reace-
making efforts" over to this Wash
ingtan. conference and is commit
tee especially handling the Bolivia
Parag ,ay Gispute. This pleased the
state depratmen tmost visibly.