Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
POLICY CRITICISM GIVEN.
History Professor Tells Institute Latin
American Situation Delicate.

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American Situation Delicate.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Au-
gust 16 LP).-The Monroe Doctrine
whose critics found new voice during
recent United States interventions in
Latin America by its inclusion in the
League of Nations covenant has created
a delicate situation between the United
States and its southern neighbors, the
Institute of Public Affairs was told to-
day by William Spence Robertson, pro-
fessor of history at the University of
Illinois.
Recalls League Argument.
Prof Robertson recalled that at a
conference of League delegates in 1928
1t was argued that the presence of the
Monroe Doctrine in the covenant en-
courages the United States to prevent
Intervention by the League in disputes
between Latin American nations that
send official delegations to Geneva.
The situation persists, he said, in
spite of tendency. which he termed
significant, among Latin American re-
publics to withdraw from actual par
ticipation in the League.
At the eighth assembly of the League,
Prof. Robertson said, only one OF the
three larger Latin American states,
Chile, had delegates. Both Argentina
and Brazil had practically withdrawn
from the League, and there were no
delegates present from Bolivia, Hon
furas or Peru.
Acid Test Of Policy Possible.
What solution remains for the situa-
ton, Prof. Robertson said, lies in the
lap of the gods. For the time being
We must still confront the fact that
by an appeal to the parliament at
Geneva, a Latin American state may
conceiyably put an elastic element OF
our foreign policy to an acid test"
Prof. Robertson praised the Monroe
Doctrine as having eXerted a restraining
influence upon the foreign policies OF
certain European powers. Without it,
he said, "the world might indeed have
beheld a colony of Germans in Southern
: Brazil, an English commonwealth domi-
mating the mighty Orinoco, and French
culture poisoning in Mexico rather
than in Africa"
Centralized Government Favored.
Capitalization of State and Govern
nnent control in the hands of the Gov
ernor was advocated before the Virginia
Institute of Public Affairs here today
by Thomas H. Reed, University Of
Michigan professor of political science
Answering criticisms that compare
tive expenses of Government have not
declined in the States that have re-
formed their government, DR.. Reec
said: Additional expenditures have
been for constructive services to which
people are entitled. Overhead expense:
have relatively decreased, which is &
consummation devoutly to be desired.
ut is better to put all political eggs
IN one basket and watch the basket,
he said
DR.. Reed has conducted round-tablt
discussions at all four Institutes helc
here and said that it was the consen'
Sus of opinion in his round-table or
administration of Public Business
that recent improvements in Virginia.
State government have been sound.
He predicted success for governmental
reform in Virginia, saying that with th'
teachings of Thomas Jefferson as {
background lit is going on to higher
things"
The Reed address this afternoon fol-
lowed upon a discussion on the subject
"Shall Government Encourage Larger
Business Units?" by Donald Randall
Richberg, Chicago lawyer.
Richberg advanced the theory thai
"business of America Is not business
but the preservation of liberty and the
Improvement of human life
Other speakers today were DR. M. F
Haygood, Tennessee, State health officer