The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-28
KEEPING UP
With
THE NE WIS
BY LUDWELI DENNY

BY LUDWELL DENNY
XXTAsHINGTON, July 2s.-The
w United States is prepared to
intervene if necessary to put down
actual revolution in banana. But
the State Department has decided
to refuse the request of the OPP
position party to prevent threatened
revolution in connection with the
Aug. election.
This statement of policy is made
by Secretary Kellogg. 1t follows
the arrest in Panama d 116 oppo-
sition leaders for stating that there
must be American electoral super
vision or a revolution"
Fraud and corruption By the PAN
anna government is charged by the
Porras National Coalition party,
whose opposition presidential can
didate is DR.. Jorge Boyd Boyd
married a niece Of Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson.
Three factors are believed to have
determined the Washington de-
cision not to supervise the election
and not to intervene except in an
extreme emergency.
l. The Panaman government Is
considered able to handle the sit.
uation without American military
aid, and is opposed to intervention.
2. American supervision of the
Nicaraguan election and marine in
tervention in that country is prov
ing embarrassing to the Washing
ton Government because of native
and American criticism of such a
policy.
3. Anti-Yankee sentiment in Pam
anna, following refusal by the native
congress to accept the military al
lance" treaty with the United States
would be increased by American
military Intervention.
n r.
u ELLOGG'S statement follows in
IN part:
The opposition party has sub
mltted to the Department of State
charges Of fraud and corruption on
the part of the Government and has
alleged that free and fair elections
cannot be held without American
supervision, and has asked that the
United States intervene and super.
wise the elections.
"A palnStaking analysis of the
representations made and of the
documents submitted has failed to
convince the department that there
is sufficient grounds to authorize the
intervention of the United States.
While the (American) Govern
ment has vital interests to protect
in the canal zone and authority
to intervene for the purpose of
maintaining public order, the pri-
mary obligation, as the department
has heretofore stated, to conduct a
free and fair election and for the
maintenance of law and order in
Panama rests upon the Panaman
government.
Between the two parties, the
United States maintains an attitude
of perfect impartiality and will do
nothing to help either the party in
power or the opposition party ..
"ThiS Government is so deeply
DESTROYS, as contributing to the de-
velopment, prosperity and well-being
of Panama, that there should be a
free and fair election, that it will
follow the proceeding with the
greatest interest. 4 ,a
1.-THE department mas been as
sured by the Panaman minister in
Washington that his government
will administer the law in a scrupu-
lousy impartial manner, as other
wise it would not expect recognition
by the Government of the United
States of the successful candidates.
"The opposition party has stated
that unless there is intervention by
this Government, revolutionary &C
tivities will enSue. The department
sincerely trusts that such counsel
will not prevail. Nevertheless,
should such a lamentable situation
arise, the department believes the
Panaman government will be able
to preserve public order.
Should this unfortunately not be
the case the United States would
be compelled to exercise the power
granted under the treaty and the
constitution to maintain order"
r. e.
THIS Kellogg statement is inter-
l. preted as a double-barreled
warning. To the party in power it
is a warning that Washington will
not recognize reelection Of the
present Government if the election
is tainted with fraud or force.
To the opposition party it is a
warning that Washington will with
hold recognition from the "outs" If
they attempt to swing the election
| by revolution.
Kellogg's assertion that the United
States has a right to intervene I'M
der the treaty and constitution, and
may exercise this right in an emer-
gency, is considered more signifi-
cant than the decision not to act
on the request of the "outs."
For the question OF American inc
PREVENTION rights as allegedly in-
fringing Panaman sovereignty rights
is intimately bound up with the
bitter treaty dispute between the
two countries.
That treaty dispute is deadlocked
since the Panama congress threw
out the new treaty on the ground
that it violated Pananan independ-
ence. The State Department arr
CUES that the new and Objectionable
pact simply spells out. the sweeping
rights obtained by the United States
in the original treaty of 1908, under
which the Washington Government
in it's discretion can take over and