Evening star., 1934-01-21
HULL SUCCESSFUL
| IN GOODWILL TOUR
Secretary Is Met by Few Upon
Return From Conference
in Montevideo.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
When Secretary Of State Cordell Hull
alighted early this morning in WASH
ington from his train. returning from
the Pan-American Conference at Mon
tevideo. he was not met by the usual
galaxy of State Department officials, re-
porters and press photographers. A
couple of solitary reporters. hoping
vaguely to get some news. obtained only
good morning, gentlemen"
The modest Secretary Of State, not
wishing to disturb anybody at the early
hour when the train pulled into the
the State Department that he would
like very much to be allowed to go to
his hotel without the customary fuss
required by the protocol Of the depart
ment when a Secretary of State re-
turns from long Official trip.
Few OF his predecessors had reason
to be more satisfied with the results of
their mission abroad than Mr. Hull.
Good VIII Tour Succeeds
He left Washington 10 weeks ago
with the best wishes Of all his friends,
but outside himself there was not a
single government official, diplomat or
student Of Latin American affairs who
did not shake his head and think:
Poor fellow. he Is going to another
conference which Is doomed before it
begins"
But. while the Montevideo Confer
I ence did not yield important tangible
results. the goodwill tour of Secretary
Hull was completely successful
Backed by the Presidents statement
Of December %, that henceforth the
American policy toward South Amer
lea will be one of the good neighbor
and that America will no longer inter-
fere in the internal affairs of her Latin
American sisters, Secretary Hull sue
ceeded in laying the foundation Of an
entirely different kind of relationship
between the nations Of the two Ameri-
can continents.
Mr. Hull's frank talk and unques-
tionable sincerity has gained for the
United States the friendship Of the
Latin American republics. And the
fruits Of his activities are already
noticeable The Secretary's arguments
convinced the leaders of the South
American republics that this country
is seeking nothing but friendly rela-
tiCns and an active cooperation on an
equal footing with the smallest Latin
weeks the feelings of the most antag-
onistic republics to the colossus Of
the North" such as Argentina, have
undergone a drastic change The for
eign secretary of the Argentine Repub-
lie, Saavedra Lamas. heretofore a bit
ter opponent of the United States, never
missed an opportunity during the whole
Of the Montevideo Conference to sup
port everything Mr.. Hull did or sug-
gested.
East and West Woo LAtins.
The Latin Americans are beginning
to realize that the more complex the
political situation becomes in the East
and in the West, the more the war
clouds gather over Europe and the
Far East, the more necessary it will
be for the nations Of this hemisphere
to stick together and support each
other in q future crisis.
For the time being the Latin Amer
ican republics are wooed by the prin-
cipal European states and by Japan.
Both the East and the West are
making earnest efforts to gain a strong
foothold in those Latin American re-
publics which need manufactured goods
and offer ample raw materials.
They are underselling the American
manufacturers and are purchasing all
they can from the large surplus of the
Latin American agricultural and min
eral overproduction.
Furthermore, there has been an &C.
tive propaganda going on in Latin
America showing the United States as
greedy and rapacious country which
VI y7fc RI "a NJ nf re 1icrI. iy-
order to dominate politically and eco
nomically the smaller and weaker
states. The previous policy of Amer.
lea, a policy of bringing law and order
in the unsettled Latin American re-
publics. by force, if necessary, made
this propaganda more effective. Amer
ica's protestations that it has no de-
signs on any of these smaller Latin
American states. were received with
skepticism. Look what Is happening
| in Nicaragua. Haiti. San Domingo and
| Cuba" the propagandiSts were saying
The Presidents recent statement
backed by the fact that although there
had been more than one legal opportu-
nifty to intervene in Cuba, and the
| United States did not intervene created
a profound impression in all the coun-
tries south of the Rio Grande.
Hull exploited this situation for all
| it was worth. His good faith. when he
said that the mistakes of the past woulc
not be repeated was unquestionable
Recent facts have proved 1t. And Hull
| was able in this manner to lay the
| foundation Of an entirely new era ir
| the Pan-American relations.
Trade Parleys Important.
He has convinced the Latin Ameri-
cans that as far as trade is concerned
| they would get all the advantages thi.
country could offer to nations which
are so close to us and have so many
common interests.
In the coming months the trade ne.
| gotiations with the Latin American
countries will assume an unprecedented
| importance. Every possible field will bt
explored in order to give the Central and
| South American republics every advan-
tage to strengthen the ties between tht
two American continents.
! Politically, the tragedies which ma!
occur in Europe and in the Far Eas
| will only tend to isolate the two CONT
nents more from others, and In ordel
to be able to weather the storm 1t viii
become increasingly necessary for NORTH
| and South America to stand by eact
| other.
Mr. Hull has returend to Washing.
ton greatly encouraged because the mis-.
understandings which have heretofore
prevented a close cola alteration between
| the two continents have been cleared
! The spade work has been done anc
from now on he will apply himself tt
the actual construction OF policy
thich NAV change entirely the direc.