Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
NAVY TO STAND BY
UNTIL DANGER IS
OVER IN NICARAGUA
Stimson Says U. S. Will Not
Abandon Americans to AS
Sassination by Bandits.
LOOK TO NATIONAL GUARD
FOR INTERIOR PROTECTION
Statement Interpreted as Definite
Assurance Marines Will
Be Withdrawn.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.


American naval vessels now standing
BY at all the threatened east coast ports
Of Nicaragua with orders to protect
life and property at these ports will
remain until the danger is over" Sec
rotary of state Stimson announced late
yesterday.
Mr.. Stinlson issued statement which
deals fully with the policy of the United
states Government toward Nicaragua
under present conditions. He made II
clear this Government has no intention
abandoning Americans to assassination
by Nicaraguan bandits, out that it VIII
look to the government Of Nicaragua
and its National Guard 20 give protec-
ton to those Americans and ether for
eigners who determine to remain in the
interior of the country despite the
warning issued BY the American Gov
eminent.
No Change In Policy.
'"There has been no change in the
determination Of the American Gov
eminent not to send troops into the
interior" the Secretary said.
He insisted that by aiding the Mica
raguan government to organize and
train a competent National Guard the
United States Government had taken
the most practical and effective method
of meeting the bandit problem.
Mr.. Stinson said the present trouble
in Nicaragua has none CT the charac-
teristics CT a civil war, such as existed
in 1875. 1t is merely case o. outlaws.
a comLaratively small group, engaged
In murder and pillage. With this pro-
gram of assassination he linked Au-
eustino SANDING whom he character
lied as mythical patriot" wf19 IN an
hour of desoiation due to the earth
quake had sent his outlaws across the
country to attack the region which ne
believed to be unguarded.
Plan to EvacHate Marines.
This statement of the Secretary of
State Is interpreted IS another definite
assurance that the United States Is go-
ing forward with its plan to eyacuate
the Marines from Nicaragua as speedily
At the time the secretary was making
his statement 10 the press. Walter G.
Thurston, chief Of the State DEPART
msnt's division Of Latin American az
fairs. in an address before the Amer
icarl Academy of Political and Social
Science in Philadelphia was detailing
the plans TO reduce the force Of Marines
in Nicaragua to 500 by June. and to
withdraw all Marines from that country
immediately after the election there In
1892.
senator Borah, Republican, Of Idaho,
chairman of the Senate Foreign Rela-
lions COMMITTEES, in q statement to the
press backed I'D the determination OF
the administration to g5t out of Mica
ragua as speedily as conditions warrant.
Should Cease Interference.
ST have said good many times"
said Senator Borah, that We ought not
10 have gone into Nicaragua in 1910.
developed disclosed that We had no JUS
tification for going into Nicaragua. We
must. Of course. in getting ont. not lose
sight Of the fact that American lives
may be involved. But as rapidly and
IS effectively as the situation can BE-
adjusted. our ultimate and permanent
aim should be that Of leaving Mica
ragua.
II contend that WHEN American citi-
Eens 90 into undeveloped countries and
invest their capital. knowing the condi-
tons of that country. the laws and the
courts which obtain. they thereby con-
sent to accept the laws and the kind OF
government the people have.
''It should not be the business OF the
United States to substitute our rule
for the rule of the people whose country
it Is, in order to accommodate investors.
We ought to establish a definite and
permanent policy with reference to
these South American countries, and
that definite policy should be to cease
interfering with these Central American
governments.
Losing Trade and Friendship.
I'VE are losing in trade and In
friendship in South American countries
and the basic reason why that is so
is our policy heretofore prevailing with
reference TO Central American coun-
tries
1T is one thing to protect American
lives when threatened. 1t is a wholly
different thing to take possession of a
country and interfere with the local
government. and undertake to furnish
general police force for all those who
have invested"
The Idaho Senator believes the ad-
ninistration has every intention of
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