The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05

general.
 Nicaragua, long under the rule of U. S. Marines, has been care- fully nurtured on the principle of democracy. Frank B. Kellogg sent in the marines when Nicaragua failed to live up to its law of not recognizing revolutionary presi- dents. Later Henry L. Stimson set up Marine Corps-supervised elections, and the Nicaraguan vote was the freest and fairest in the Pan Americas.
 But General SomoZa, the man who is now spending the night in the White House, kicked all that out.
 Somoza's uncle, Juan B. Sacasa, was elected president of Nicaragua during one of the Marine Corps elections. After holding the elec- tion, the Marines withdrew. After they withdrew, General Somoza kicked out his uncle and became president of Nicaragua himself. U. STRAINED
 General Somoza has unique qualities as a dictator, and it may be that he learned them via the United States. He once sold auto mobiles in Philadelphia and New York, later returned to Nicaragua where he trained with the U. s. Marines and was promoted by them to be head of the Nicar- aguan National Guard.
 As head of the Guard it was a simple matter to kick out his Uncle Juan and send him to Cali fornia in exile.
 General Somoza is going to be a dictator for some time, be- cause just before his term was about to expire last month, he persuaded" the constitutional assembly to dispense with p0pu- lar elections and extended his presidential term eight years more.
 NOTE-How closely Somoza de- ' sires to follow the European pat tern is not known but it is known that he recently taxed his treasury to purchase $500, 0,000 worth of Italian rifles, tanks, and am- munition left over from the Ethiopian campaign. It is large ly to woo Somoza away from Mus solini that Roosevelt is spreading himself to entertain the Nicara- guam dictator.
 KING GEORGE IN NEW YORK
 President Roosevelt has tele- phoned Mayor La Guardia asking that in welcoming the King and Queen of England to New York, Fiorello shall make speech which does not call for a response.
 Reason is that the King once had an impeachment in his speech This has been largely cured, but Roosevelt is anxious to avoid any possible chance of royal embar- raSsment.
 DANZIG DEAL
 Best diplomatic information re- garding the tug-of-war over Dan- zig boils down to this:
 Colonel Beck, Polish foreign minister, originally had agreed with the British and French that 1t was best not to make an issue over the Free City, but to give it to the Germans if necessary.
 However, they reckoned with out the Polish army, which has adopted a policy of standing pat. Polish army officers be- lieve that If Danzig and a road way across the Polish Corridor are given to Hitler, 1t will be equivalent to the proverbial camel which stuck it's head in the tent and then occupied the entire shelter. In other words, ,i it might be . petition of the Sudetenland and Czechosl0vaixia.
 The Polish army also disagrees with Colonel Beck and the poli- ticIans about Russia. believing that the Soviet army ig one of the most powerful in the world and an essential ally against Ger many.
 Incidentally the Polish army itself is one Of the best in Europe and in much better position to fight than the Czechs.
 N0TE-The Franco -BrItiSh ep- basement policy regarding Dan- zig undoubtedly was the reason Roosevelt did not mention the Free City in hig peace message to Hitler. AmbasaadoF nilI Dul-