Evening star., 1932-02-07
NEW L. S. POLICY is SEEN
NSAN SALVADORAN CRISIS
State Departments Attitude on Commu-
nistic Uprising Confirms Change
in Viewpoint.

orders having been quelled by the local
authorities" the United States war
ships ordered to SalvadOran waters
were being withdrawn.
Thus, the principle advocated by
Secretary StimSon last year in the
Nicaraguan case. that it was the eX-
elusive task of the local government to
repel and punish internal outbreaks,
has been sustained
When these WarShipS were ordered
three weeks ago-in view Of eXagger-
ated reports of Communistic rebel
lion in the interior of Ell Salvador-tO
stand near the Salvadoran coast, Latin
Americans felt greatly alarmed by the
possibility that Secretary Stimson's
promises of non- intervention might
suddenly become a thing of the past.
Ships Merely STOOD By"
This time, however. unlike previous
experiences, the warships of the United
States merely stood by" the Saliva
doran coast, probably ready to offer
refuge to persons if the necessity arose
of doing so. But they did not land
United States Marines on Salvadoran
territory: on this occasion the blue
jackets did not take the situation we'll
in hand; they did not commit them
selves to crush the revolt and re-eStab
liSh internal order in the country;
they did not even act to reinforce the
protection to foreign property afforded
by the local authorities. In a word
they did not interfere with the domeS-
tic affairs of the Salvadoran Republic.
The Salvadoran authorities were left
to deal, alone, with the situation. And
this, despite the fact that the present
government of Ell Salvador has not
been recognized by the United States,
nor by any of the Central American
republics. IN accordance with the terms
of the Washington treaty of 1923.
When the crisis had passed, when the
rebellion had been conquered by the ex-
elusive efforts of the local military the
Warships of the United States we're
orderly withdrawn. They had not used
a single man or gun in the emergency
Attitude Obviously New.
Any one familiar with Central Amer
lean politics and the Caribbean policy of
the United States in the past, will have
no difficulty in recognizing that this
attitude is somehow new. And yet, it
is in accordance with that observed
last year by Secretary StimSon when
TefleWcu IOSILlIleS Vi nicaragua reDelS
endangered the safety of Americans in
that country
Following his theory of non-interven-
tion, the Secretary of State announced
at that time that the United States
would not protect with armed force the
lives and property of American citizens
menaced by rebel activities in the in
terror of Nicaragua.
He made his position even clearer by
recommending that 'all Americans who
do not feel secure under the protection
afforded them by the Nicaraguan gov
ernment through the Nicaraguan Ma
tional Guard should withdraw from the
country" He added that those who
remain do so at their own risk and
must not expect American forces to be
sent inland to their aid"
In a further statement, Secretary
Stimson emphasized the fact that as
long as there was an established gov
ernment in Nicaragua it was the ex-
elusive task of such government to
avoid and punish the attacks coming
from a small group of rebels who are
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