The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08

In this connection the union can
gloat over its successful arbitration
of the Gran Chaco dispute between
Bolivia and Paraguay, settled only
few weeks ago.
But the bulk of interest will CEN
ter around developments following
in the wake of Germany's Sudeten
aggression and her persecution of
Jews. As an upshot of this threat
to world security, President Roose-
welt plans to ask congress for funds
to throw ring of defense around
the entire Western hemisphere, an
So, 600, 900, 900 rearmament program
that would require five years for
consummation. He proposes that
Central and South American coun-
tries shall cooperate in providing
operation bases for United States
naval and aviation units.
Hull Stresses Diplomacy.
Mr.. Hull, who leads the Ameri-
can delegation to Lima, has not
committed himself definitely on this
rearmament program. In fact he is
not expected to mention military
preparedness, preferring instead to
urge amendment of the Western
hemisphere consultation pact"
adopted at the Buenos Aires peace
conference of 1886. Under the Hull
plan, a permanent committee of for
eign ministers from each Pan
American country would be empow-
cred to consult Immediately by tele-
phone, telegraph or meeting at any
time threat to American peace is
imminent.
Though idealistic, Mr.. Hull has
suffered enough Establishments
from treaty breakers the past few
years to know that signatures and
pledges mean very little in them
selves. But he does know that the
United States has seldom been
forced to reprimand another Pan
American nation for violating its
solemn pledge. Hence he believes
the Western hemisphere peoples
have a common bond and are will
ing to live together peaceably.
Unrealism Again.
But this, say his opponents, is
where Mr.. Hull uses the wrong tao
tics. It is fine to shake hands, smile
and make speeches about brotherly
love, but is it sufficiently agrees
sive policy to counterfeit propagan-
dizing and the economic encroach-
ments of dictators? One of the state
department. chief critics in this re-
spect is Carleton Beals, whose ''The
Coming Struggle for Latin Amer
lea" was recently published by j. P.
Lippincott company of Philadelphia.
Most South American nations,
says Mr.. Beals, believe Germany is
the coming world power because it
has gone to every corner of the
earth to tap markets and make alli-
ances. There are today more Ger
mans than Americans in South
America, and the Germans are
more popular. This situation has
resulted from propaganda, forma-
ton of bunds and activities of the
dreaded German Gestapo or secret
police. Every day South American
nations are deluged by world press
reports emanating from government
radio stations in Berlin. These re-
ports lose not a single opportunity
to glorify totalitarian states to the
discredit of democracies.
Yet Mr.. Beals' proposed solution
is not far from that of Mr.. Hull.
The barrier to dictator propaganda
will not be American counter propa-
ganda, our countertrade drive nor
our sale of American munitions in
the name of peace. Instead, he
says, the barrier lies in ''the natural
patriotic resistance Of the Latin
American people and governments
to outside meddling the real
bulwark in Latin-America against
alien ideologies, including our own,
is the people themselves.
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