Evening star., 1928-11-01
BORAH'SBAL T|MORE
TALK HITS SMITH.
Senator to Speak in Boston
Tomorrow After PraiSing
Hoover in Maryland.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. November 1.-The usu
ally Republican State of Massachusetts
claimed in the present campaign by tht
Democrats. was the objective today o.
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho
who will speak in Boston tomorrow eve
ming
Last night he spoke in behalf of Her.
bert Hoover before an enthusiastic au-
dience of $4,000. Probably the largest
crowd and the most vociferouS recep'
tion of his campaign tour greeted the
Senator in his speech here. The DEM
o1sr1TrlT07. C.e- tele appearance ranged
from a 15-minute outburSt of applause
before his address to boos and kissing
from all sections of the armory when.
ever he mentioned the names of Gov
Smith, Senator Joe T. Robinson, John
j. RaSkob and Tammany Hail.
Tammany Disparaged.
A cheering demonstration of several
minutes followed the Senator's declara-
ton that Ito transfer Tammany Hall
from New York to Washington would
be a national disaster"
Mr.. Borah said he regarded the
alignment of the prohibition issue in
the election as mot between the Re-
publicans and Democrats, but between
those who believe in the Constitution
and those who do not" When he said
that Gov Smith had declared the law
would be enforced upon his election a
number in the crowd cried out He
(Smith) will never get to the White
House"
Charging the governor with having
changed his views" on the protective
tariff from describing it four years ago
as robbery of the American people
to supporting it in his Louisville speech
The Senator characterized the tariff as
a barrier for the American workman
against the industrial development now
progressing in Europe.
Central American Relations.
II Hoover is elected the Senator pre-
dicted that "a new era" would be
established in the relations between the
United States and the Central Ameri-
can nations.
Replying to the criticisms of Gov
Smith, in his Baltimore speech, of the
Central American policy of the Cool
idge administration and the Republican
party. the Idahoan said that his party's
presidential nominee was pledged to
the policy of peaceful settlement of con-
troverSieS between this country and Gen.
the platform adopted by the Kansas
City convention"
The Senator spoke over nationwide
radio hookup from the same platform
where the Democratic candidate deliv-
cred his campaign address last Monday
"a better understanding already has
been established" declared Mr.. Borah
who is the chairman of the powerful
Senate foreign relations committee ano
has consistently opposed this country's
intervention in Central America. Am
bassador Morrow has done nothing less
than a marvellous piece of work with
reference to Mexico. In my opinion q
similar policy and a similar program
would avail just as effectually with ref
erence to Central American countries
''We Want Peace" Senator Says.
eve want peace with these countries,
he continued, I'VE do not and should not
dnvade their territory. am one OF
those who believe that any controversy
which may arise between ourselves ano
these smaller countries can be settled by
pacific means and with sovereignty ano
their sovereign rights"
Assailing Gov. Smith for his claim ir
the Baltimore speech that ''as Mr.
Hoover was to carry out the politices oi
MIR. Coolidge, there could be no hope
for change, unless he (SmithD was
elected" the Senator declared that the
Democratic standard bearer had ''given
us to understand that he would carry
out the foreign policy of Mr.. Wilson il
victorious on November 6.
81 am here to say" Mr.. Borah said
"that if Gov. Smith carries out Mr.. VIII
sons policy with reference to Central
America, he will carry out Mr.. Cool
idge's policy.
There is not one iota of difference
between the policies of these two ad-
Ininistrations with reference to Central
America" he added. There is no
party politics in this question. Both ad-
ministrations have pursued practically
the same program.
ITO illustrate, we went to Nicaragua
in the closing months of Mr.. Taft'S ad-
ministration. We landed our Marines
and took possession Of the White House
at Managua and stationed our Marines
tiated treaty with Nicaragua. op-
posed that treaty. The treaty was
defeated. When Mr.. Wilson came into
power he sent the same treaty back to
the Senate for ratification. He Endorsed
the policy and indorsed the principles
upon which it was negotiated and it was
under his administration that this treaty
was finally ratified. Mr.. Wilson kept
the Marines in Nicaragua every hour of
his eight years of administration.
Policy Not Partisan.
''Gov. Smith complains of this matter
of holding elections in these countries.
We supervised an election in Nicaragua
and in Santo Domingo under Mr.. VIII
sons administration. The first time
that We ever supervised an election in
the history of the United States in Gen.
tral America was under Mr.. Wilson'S
administration. We followed prac-
tically a similar program under his ad-
ministration in Haiti.
1T is true that Mr.. Coolidge sent
troops to Nicaragua It is equally true
that I opposed sending them; but il
also is true that equally opposed send
ing them to Nicaragua in the first place
Gov. Smith quotes me as critiZing Mr.
Coolidges policy. I differed with Mr.
Wilson just the same as differed with
MIR. Coolidge. But have never
been able to discover the slightest diff
ference in the policies of the two admin
dstrations with respect to Central Amer
tca.
Nothing could be more futile in the
face of our history for the last 20 years
than to claim that our policy in Central
America is a partisan policy. 1t has
been a national policy, and, right OF
wrong, wise or unwiSe, it has beer
the policy Of all of our administra-
tionS for the last 20 years. I am frank
to say. S!nce Gov. Smith mentioned my
name as being s.:.lc. have disagreed
with the policy from the SjoS:Ip,:rG"