The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-05

Challenge i. s.
Finance Control at
Pan-American Meet
Moratorium, End of
Armed Intervention
Demanded


MONTEvIDEO, Uruguay, Dec. A.
American inperialist policies came in
for further attack today when the
Mexican and Cuban delegations to the
Pan-American Conference raised the
question of a moratorium on South
American governmental debts to
American banks and against armed
intervention in Cuba and other coun-
tries to enforce collection OF these
debts.
The moratorium proposal was made
by Mexican Foreign Minister Manuel
PUG Casauranc in a proposal during
the initial session Of the steering COM
mittee. The Cuban delegation, labor
ing under the pressure Of the mass
revolutionary anti-imperialist move
ment in Cuba, demanded revision of
the Platt Amendment by which the
United States legalized its interior
ence and armed intervention in
Cuban affairs.
A blow to United States DONNA
ton of the Conference was struck by
a proposal that the various South
American countries be permitted to
invite the mother" countries-Spain
and Portugal-to attend the con-
ference.
MONTEvIDEO, Uruguay, Dec. s.
The robber policy of U. S. imperialism
rose up today to confront the peace"
and goodwin pretensions of the
U. s. delegation 1.-THE Pan-American
Conference when the Haitian delega-
ton raised the issue Of U. S. financial
control of Haiti in mild protest, de-
livered by Antoine Pierre Paul, Tabor"
member Of the Haitian delegation.
NJ. Paul, acting without the author
ity Of the delegation, but evidently
with its tacit support, issued a state
irent few hours before the official
opening of tbs conference, in which
he reviewed the past Is years OF U. S.
military occupation and financial
control of the Haitian Republic. The
delegation is reported to have pre-
pared resolution for the conference
calling on the o. s. to declare its
Intentions" to terminate all extra
territorial occupation, both financial
and military" but has already indi--
Gated that ID will make only & mild
fight for its adoption by declaring
that 1t will not withdraw from the
conference II the resolution Is voted
down
Almost simultaneously with the is
suance of NJ. Paul's statement, Pres
ident Vincente OF Haiti sent Roose-
velt's message congratulating him on
his Latin-American policy, which has
recently included the dispatch of
warships against the revolutionary
masses Of Cuba and the Tightening up
of q. S. control OF Haiti President
Vincente, notorious puppet Of the
National City Bank and other Wall
Street interests, pleaded with Roose-
welt to withdraw financial control of
tbs republic.
The U. s. delegation, headed by
Secretary Hull, is experiencing in
creasing difficulty in its attempt TO
bar the question OF debts from the
agenda. 1t is similarly attempting to
prevent q discussion OF the .Chaco
war, in which the U. S. is supporting
/ DOl1fAd ny 4OclS CllQ VOL -C4u4pllICllt-
The conference is to be opened Of
ficially tonight by President Gabriel
Terra of Uruguay. The palace in
which 1t will convene is already sur
rounded by Gordon Of troops against
the anti-imperialist workers, who I'M
der the leadership of the Communist
Party of Uruguay have. held several
protests against U. S. imperialism
since the arrival of Secretary Hull.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-President
Roosevelt, who, as Assistant Secretary
of the Navy during President wilson's
administration, strapped the Haitian
Constitution and re-wrote it to permit
American corporations to grab the
lands Of the Haitian peasants, today
rejected the appeal OF the Haitian
delegate, M. Paul, for the Withdraw
ing of U. 8. control over the finances
OF Haiti.