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Under the new authorities. Trey must
wait until perfect ngrrnAliiy prevails
again. Particularly 50 IN those coun-
tries where the deposed dictatosial gov
ernments had suppressed. almost en-
TREY. all political activities.
To suppose, from the absence Of flec-
tons, that the newly established gov.
ernments did nof have the consent Of
the people. reveals an ignorance Of the
facts surrounding those revolutions
which Is hard 20 comprehend. II there
was one time when the VIII OF the
populace was eelf-eyident II Ia In the
case Of the latest Latin American re-
volts. Everybody knows that these were
movements national IN scope, emf
nentiy popular; so unanimous. In fact.
that they were carried out. with few
exceptions, almost without resistance,
in 4 bioodless way, in a on-LAtin
American way.
The State Department knew all this,
through SIS diplomatic agents IN the
2outhayn capitals. And 1t Is precisely
hasing his decision on this popular sup
BORT Of the revolutions that Secretary
Btinson announced q reversal 70 the
old Jefiersonian policy Of recognition.
which had been discontinued by the
big stick" OF Roosevelt and the mo
freedom without order and law" Of
woodrow Wilson.
Error IL Cited.
Mirled by his own false appreciation
OF the Latin American upheavals, Mr..
Dash falls later In an even greater
error. He says "It Is also problemati-
cal whether the peoples Of the coun-
tries in question viii not feel a still
greater degree Of resentment against
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10 give recognition to relationships of
which they themselves did not ap-
prove"
Nov, It Is no secret that the reality
Is entirely opposite. The new policy
Of recognition Of revolutionary govern
ments-which, in fact, Is only q re-
versal to the old Jeffersonian principle
that ANY government formed by the
Will Of the nation substantially de-
clared (what could be more SUBSTANTIAL
than reyolution?) ought to be recog-
nized, has gained more good will and
applause for Uncle Sam in Latin Amer
ica than any other single act of the
White House IN decades,
The threat OF non-recognition Of
revolutionary governments, advised by
President Wilson, had been the cause
of much III feeling among the Latin
Americans. They commended that such
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revolt, was tantamount TO denial of
elf-government. The more 50, since
revolution Is often the only means left
N that part of the world to replace o
dictatorial and personalistic rule.
Meaning interpreted.
The anSoslncement by the Secretary
Of State that ANY government which
Is the expression of popular wfll--even
# born Of revolution-and which Is
able to assure internal order and pro-
lection to foreign lives and property
viii be recognized by the United States"
was bound to evoke, necessarily, en-
thusiastic approval on the other side
Of the Rio Grande.
II Mr.. Davis would have taken the
trouble of reading the editorial COM
ments and personal statements of some
of the leaders Of public opinion in those
countries--which appeared In the Latin
American press, following the announce
ment by Secretary Stimson of the re-
version TO the Jefferson policy Of recog-
nition.--he would certainly have had a
different idea as to the reaction that
such an announcement had In the
South.
Besides, If he had read the Latin
papers, he would have also come to the
conclusion that the revolutionary gov
ernments were far from being new
relationships established against popu.
lar viii,
It Is true that in Peru and Argentina
discomfort was felt some time after
the revolutions but this was only sew
Hral months later, when the new author