Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27

The speedy fecognit ton of the new
governments Of Bolivia, Peru and Ar
gentina, in South America, by the
United States meets with the general
approval Of the press. Emphasis is placed
on the TACT that tlIetnew governments
appear 70 be able TO continue In power.
Conoitions are declared different from
those in other countries where this
Nation has refused prompt action.
In resuming normal diplomatic re-
lations with Bolivia, PStli and .ArRen-
tina, the. State Department. wisely has
avoided the policy OF withholding rec0g-
milton from governments owing their
existence to revolution or coup d,etat;:n
says the Louisville Courier Journal as
1t refers to the fact that s"the rule that
has been applied 70 Mexico and Central
American countries. Is not extended. /"
This point is also touched upon by the
Worcester Evening Gazette, which notes
that when it comes to recognition. we
make distinction between South
America and Central America In the
latter region" It recites, I'VE bound
ourselves to follow the terms of the
treaty of 1928, in which the five Central
American states agreed not to recognize
any, revolutionary government which
might be set up in one of those little
nations"
r I'm taking this action, our Govern
nent has simply followed the course
dictated not alone by enlightened self
interest but By abundant. washington
precedents, " declares the, Syracuse Her
aid, which goes on to say: .'If other
warrants and incentives were lacking
the character Of our trade relations with
the three countries, and conspicuously
with Argentina, would initiate against
any prolonged postponement of recog-
milton on grounds of diplomatic finesse"
AS the Boston Transcript puts 1t: Both
business and political interests demand
that every element of precariousness
should be removed from the status of
those provisional governments just as
soon as it became morally certain that
they intended to do the right thing, and
their own credit and prestige must
vastly gain by the establishment of
normal relations with u.s. The Spring.
field Republican considers that 1.-THE
wisdom of according early recognition to
the revolutionary governments of Peru,
Bolivia and Argentina is so far beyond
challenge that the act of the United
States Government becomes much more
important than the reasons advanced by
Secretary StimSon."
This act "does rot set q precedent to
be rigidly followed in the future In con-
nection with South American govern
ments which come into power through
revolutionary or other extralegal meth
DDS" is the contention of the Providence
Bulletin, which recalls that leach in
stance, Secretary Stimson took pains
to point out, must be judged by its
merits" AS the New York Evening
Post reasons the question, I'VE can
never fully approve political changes
based unon force rather than conStitiI-
tional procedure. But once 1t is evident
that such changes represent the will of
the people and that the new govern
ments are prepared to fulfill the inter-
national obligations Of the nations
whose policies they control, formal
recognition becomes matter Of COURSE
comedies this paper. This is also the
view of the South Bend Tribune, which
explains that "in general, the United
States has been guided by the apparent
will Of the affected people when the
question of recognizing governments in
Central and South America has come
up"
note of warming when; 1t says: THAT
the optimism of the department Is well
based is greatly to be hoped, for rec
ignition of the revolutionary govern
United States with their success or
their failure. None the less. II risks
are involved, they are worth taking"
the Courant AYERS. s
While the Ann Arbor Daily News in
sists that recognition by the United
States cannot be automatic whenever
q revolution succeeds somewhere in the
Americas" and that there must be
investigation sf1rst to determine whether