Evening star., 1933-09-10
NEW j. s. POLICIES
FACE TEST IN CUBA
Latin America Watches CIi-
max of "Good Neighbor"
Doctrine 1t Has o. Kd.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

act as a deterrant to the Cuban ele-
ments which are looking for trouble.
Admiral Freeman. commander IN
chief of the American forces in Cuban
waters. has definite instructions not to
land a single sailor or Marine unless
the lives of American citizens actually
are in danger.
The landing parties, should their
presence become necessary, will draw
Gordon around special sections where
Americans will be gathered in case OF
serious trouble and will not intervene
to restore order in Havana or any other
place. leaving that task to the Cuoans
themselves.
Real Aims Set Forth.
In the meantime President Roosevelt
has taken good care to inform not only
the Cubans but the other Latin Amer-
can republics as well. of the real aims
of the American Government He told
them in uneQuiyocal terms that the
only concern of the United States IN
the Cuban situation was the protecuon
of the lives of Americans. 1t is lmma-
terial to President Roosevelt what kind
of government Cuba has and who the
men at the head are, provided they
can re-establish order in the STRIFE
ridden republic.
And in order to prove his good falth
President Roosevelt took the unprece-
6ented step of sending for the repre-
sentatives of the four principal Soutn
American republics. Argentina. Brazil
Chile and Mexico. and put his CARDS on
the table. He spoke as frankly to these
l,o 1ov
to his own cabinet officers. He pointed
out to them that the concern of every
republic in this hemisphere is identical:
that is TO say, that all want peace aid
order
Furthermore. he emphasized to them
that even in the event of America
being forced to land Marines and sailors
in Cuba this will not be done under
the provisions Of the Platt amendment
but merely to protect the endangered
life Of foreigners. And as proof tnat
those we're not vain words, diplomatic
smoke screen to hide some machiaVelian
plans of this administration, he urged
those Ambassadors to ask their re-
spective governments to intervene
through their Ministers and Ambassa-
dors at Havana to induce the Cubans
to get together and establish some kind
OF government able to cope with the
situation.
Mexico Acts Quickly.
Mexico acted on the Presidents sug-
Hestlon within 4o hours. and it is ex-
pected that Chile Argentina and Bra
zll will do the same.
For the first time since he came into
Office the President is faced with very
serious international problem. on the
solution of which depends the success
Of his work for better understanding
with the Nations neighbors in the
south
The Cuban disturbances threaten to
3eopardize his constructive policy to-
ward the Latin American republics
The relations between the United
States and the Latin American coun-
tries have been far from satisfactory
for the last so years. Because Uncle
Sam frequently has adopted an atti-
tude of the heavy father toward the
young republics, there has been good
deal of suspicion regarding America S
real intentions in the South American
continent.
These suspicious were used to their
advantage by European states, especially
since the end of the war. The Latin
American countries offered an excellent
outlet for the idustrial states, and the
United tSates appeared to well en-
trenched there.
Propaganda Intensified.
Consequently, an intense propaganda
was carried on. mainly in the A. B. C.
republics, showing the United States as
q greedy republic, deSirouS of keeping
under its heel the smaller and politically
less developed Latin countries. The
American Intervention in San Domigo.
Nicaragua and Haiti. and the prefer
ence shown by the State Departments for
certain governments in other republics
played into the hands of the European
propaganda
President Roosevelt realized that this
situation cannot continue, and if nor
NAL relations were to exist between the
two continents. there must be an atmos-
phere of mutual understanding and
confidence. He undertook to regain the
confidence of these republics from the
moment he went to the White House
on March A.
His first action was to invite repre-
sentativeS Of the Latin America repub-
1ics to Washington to discuss their
economic problems at the time when the
representatives of Great Britain,
France, Germany and Italy were here.
Made Favorable Impression.
The fact that representatives OF the
heretofore poor cousin had been In
yited as guests of the Nation to WASH
tngton at the same time that Ramsay
Macdonald, Herriot and other stars Of
the European political constellation ap-
effect upon the governments Of the
Latin American republics. 1t was the
first time that they had been invited
to big party together with the other
selected guests of Uncle Sam.
The discussions between the President
and these Latin American represent
atives were not conclusive, but they did
serve the purpose of creating a good
feeling toward the United States
At the London Conference the Ameri-
can delegation was more in harmony
with the delegations Of the South
American republics than with those of
any other country. In fact, many Of
the European statesmen suspected a
common front which, in fact, did not
exist
After the adjournment of the London
conference President Roosevelt real
ized once more that the future of Amer
ica S trade lies more to the south than
east OF west. He set to work at once
and began to negotiate number of re-
ciprocal tariff agreements. with Co.
lonbia and Brazil. at first. later with
Argentina and other republics. These
reciprocal agreements were only the
prelude to a more constructive policy
to be discussed at the Montevideo con-
ference next December.
Then. in order to show how sincere
his policy of good neighbor was. Presi-
dent Roosevelt ordered the Marines out
of Haiti a year ahead of time. If
the Marines have not left Haiti yet the
reason is that the Haitian government
itself asked they be kept there for a
while longer. until the National Guard
is ready to replace the American SOL
dierS.
Cuba Test of Policy.
While this policy was being devel-
oped, the Cuba revolution occurred