Evening star., 1935-12-29
PEACE in CHACO HEADS
LATIN AMERICAN EVENTS
Settlement of Leticia Incident and u. S..
Panama Treaty Also Among Outstand-
inc Accomplishments of the Year.

the publication of the Foreign Policy
Associations report on conditions In
Cuba, which clearly and emphaically
denounced the United States for fall
ing to preserve its neutrality and for
contributing to prolong the domestic
ills Of the island republic. The result
of several months of intensive study
and work in the field by group Of
distinguished authorities from the
United States, the report was under
taken at the invitation of the Cuban
government and carried out with
funds donated by the Rockefeller
Foundation, two facts which freed the
experts who wrote it from the sus-
picion of animosity against the ex-
isting Cuban regime or partiality
toward so-called radical tendencies.
Yet the report stated that "the con-
clusion cannot be avoided that the
interference of the United States in
an internal revolutionary struggle has
been factor in creating Cu5as sit
uation." The confirmation of this
fact by the most widely recognized
organization Of its kind in the United
States served to demonstrate the sin
cerity of Latin American charges to
that effect and, perhaps, to clear the
way for a change in the State De-
partment's future attitude toward the
Cuban problem. the only instance in
which the good neighbor" policy has
not been altogether present.
Although apparently an internal af-
fair, the break in Mexico between the
Cardenas government and the dis
credited Gales sector must be recorded
as a political development of signifi-
canoe for Latin Americans Of all ma
tionalities who look to Mexico for
leadership on social evolution, and who
expect to see the present Mexican
struggles re-enacted some day in their
own countries. The elimination Of
Gales and the "Callistas," who had
grown too conservative to live up to
the tenets of their own progressive
movement, is an indication that the
Cardenas regime intends to carry the
Mexican revolution a step further.
Revival of Trade Notable.
In more pragmatic order of things.
the revival of er-American trade
which the past IL months have wit
messed, is also worthy of consideration,
after several years of depression, high
tariffs and commercial restrictions.
The reciprocal trade program of Sec
retary Hull must be given special men.
ton in this respect, the State Depart
ment having already concluded new
commercial treaties with Cuba, Haiti,
Brazil and Colombia, and being at
present negotiating for similar agree
mentS with several other Latin Ameri.
can governments, and also the fact
that the United States has recently
recaptured the leading position in the
most important Latin American mar.
ketS.
To these most outstanding develop
ments Of the year in Latin America
may be added in the record of 1895
a number of minor and unsuccessful
revolutionary attempts, the consolida-
tion Of stronger regimes in El Saliva.
dor, Guatemala, Brazil and the Do
minican Republic, the establishment
of a military dictatorship in Ecuador.
the passing of President-Dictator
Gomez of Venezuela and other domes-
tic happenings in the 20 American re.
publics of Latin origin, but the six
listed above will probably have q
larger influence in shaping the imme-
diate future of that part of the world
than anything else that happened in
the year now coming to an end.
(CopyriRht. 1850