The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
HOOVER SIGHTS
U. S. CONQUESTS
AT F0NSECA BAY
Summons Presidents of
Little States to His
Warship
Won't Risk Interior
German Papers Laugh
at Good Will"

y LA UNION, Ell Salvador. Nov.
26.-President-elect Herbert Hoover
today paid a cursory visit to Hon
duras ard Ell Salvador, two coun-
tries near the new American pro-
vince of Nicaragua. The battleship
Maryland cast anchor in the Gulf of
Fonseca, about six miles from land,
and the highest officials of the gov
ernment of Honduras hurried out to
the floating White House in small
boats, to be lectured with certain
rlatitudes about the need of good
economic relations between Hon
duras and the powerful state repre-
sented by Mr.. Hoover.
81 have come to pay a call of
friendship" said Hoover to the Hon.
durans.
II have felt that larger personal
acquaintance both with our neighbor
ing countries and with their points
of view and above all with the men
who have been elected to RESPONSE
bility in their governments, would be
valuable in the task which lies be-
fore me, and would perhaps enable
me better to cooperate with you.
Those who know the United States
know also that we have only one de-
sire and that is to cooperate to a
constantly improving understand
ing; to common progress and to
common attainment"
The Hondurans do not like the U.
S. project of Nicaraguan canal, as
one port of the canal would be in the
gulf of Fonseca, which is also Hon
duran and Salvadorean water. But
the United States has invaded Hon.
duras six times since 1898, and the
Honduran officials listened obedi-
ertly.
Hoover did not land on Honduran
soil. but took a launch and went to
La Union, FL Salvador, few hours
after entertaining the Hondurans.
Here he avoided long stay, merely
stopping in house belonging to the
International Railway of Central
America, near the pier just long
enough to deliver. a very similar
speech to the entire Salvadorean
cabinet which was there to meet him.
eve perhaps hear more of eco
nomic and trade relations between
countries than any other one subject
in the field of international life" said
Hoover, "this may be easily ex-
planned, for out of our economic life
we build up the foundations upon
which other progress rests. And our
international economic relations can
have but one real foundation. They
can grow only out of the prosperity
of each of US. They cannot flourish
in the poverty or degeneration of
any of us. Our economic progress
is mutual. 1t is not competitive.
We, each of us, have the response
bility to carry forward such policies
within our own countries which in
the long view will contribute to our
Individual prosperity"
The United States has not invaded
Ell Salvador by force of arms yet,
but controls the finances of the little
, republic through an American Gus
toms collector appointed by the U.
S. State Department.
Won't Brave Sandino.
About 10 a. m. tomorrow the
Maryland will arrive at the Nicara-
guam port of Corinto, full of ma
rines and Nicaraguan constabulary
officered by Americans.
In spite of heavy concentrations
of American armed forces near Co.
rinto, Hoover will, if he goes ashore
at all, confine his visit to a short
sightseeing trip" in the immediate
vicinity of the town. Desperate eff
forts by the marines to capture Cen
eral Sandino, head of the Nicara-
guam army of independence, and an
Aihilate the forces he leads by the
Time Hoover arrived have signally
failed, and the population of this
latest American conquest is hostile.
Time for Costa Rica.
Costa Rica, which has suffered
least of all Central American coun-