Evening star., 1933-11-26
LATIN AMERICA is GIVEN
RECOGNITION PRECEDENT
Soviet Seen as Sincere Advocate for
Peace With Ambition for Revo.
lutiOns Abandoned.

with Soviet Russia. Besides, the sus-
picions Of the most skeptical ones
among them could be overcome by the
conclusion OF agreements similar to
that just completed in Washington by
President Roosevelt and Commisar
Ltvinoff, In which both the United
States and Russia pledge to each other
absolute non-interference with domes-
tic affairs and mutual respect for their
institutions and particular form Of
government.
Intervention Is Obstacle.
And this, incidentally, raises another
point for the student of inter-Ameri-
can relations. The United States has
eXacted from Russia, before extending
recognition, formal pledge that the
Soviet government will respect scru-
pulously the indisputable right of the
United States to order its own life
| within its own jurisdiction ir its own
way and to refrain from interfering
in any manner in the internal affairs
Of the United States, its territories or
possessions" To the person familiar
| with the strange story of inter-Ameri-
can relations. this pledge is extremely
ed States in Latin America and at
tempts by the United States to order
the life Of some of the smaller Carib-
oean countries in way other than
their own has been In the past the
chief obstacle to pan-American under
standing.
OF course. the views Of the present
administration seem thoroughly op-
posed to Intervention in domestic prob
lens of Latin American countries, and,
at least until now. there is no reason
to believe that such views are not sin
cere, but, what would have been the
reaction OF previous leaders Of the for.
e1gn relations of the United States II
any Latin American country would
have demanded pledge from the
Washington government along the lines
of the Roosevelt-Litvinon agreement?
Such a pledge, taking the text yer.
batlm from the one given by Soviet Rus
sia to the United States and substitut.
ing the name Of any one of the Latin
American countries which have known
foreign Intervention. let us say Haiti,
for that Of "the United States, its ter
ritories or possessions would read like
| this:
1t will be the fixed policy Of the Gov
ernment of the United States:
l. To respect scrupulously the indis-
putable right Of Haiti to order its own
life within its own Jurisdiction in its
own way and to refrain from interfer-
ing in any manner in the internal af-
fairs of Haiti.
2. To refrain and to restrain all per-
sons in government service and all or
ganizationS of the government or under
! its direct or indirect control including
organizations in receipt Of any financial
assistance from it, from any act overt
or covert liable in any way whatsoever
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order or security Of the whole or any
part OF Haiti, and in particular, from
| any act tending to incite or encourage
armed Intervention, or any agitation or
! propaganda having as an aim the viola
tion OF the territorial integrity Of Haiti,
or the bringing about by force OF q
| change in the political or social order
of the whole or any part of Haiti
Keeps Out PlotterS
8. Not to permit the formation or
residence on its territory OF any Or
| ganiZation or group-or of representa-
tives or officials Of any organization or
| group-which makes claim to be the
| government Of, or makes attempt upon
the territorial integrity Of. Haiti; not
to form, subsidize, support or permit
on its territory military organizations
| or groups having the aim of armed
struggle against Haiti, and to prevent
any recruiting on behalf Of such organi-
cations and groups
T. Not to permit the formation or
residence on its territory Of any organ
| ization or group-and to prevent the
activity on its territory Of any organi-
zation or group, or Of representatives
or officials Of any organization or
group-which has as an aim the over
throw or the preparation for the over
throw of, or bringing about by force
OF change in, the political or social
order of the whole or any part of Haiti
| How many of the things, the unfor-
tunate things, which in the past have
created in Latin America suspicion Of,
and resentment against. the United
| States could have a repetition in the
| future, under an agreement Of that
sort?
(Copyright, 1887