Evening star., 1939-01-08

statesmen who deal in munitions and
machinery.
Next in his word picture Of the
next scene Of world struggle comes
the waning star of the British
Empire in Latin America, the
failure of Communism to gain
ground there, and the European ties
OF the nations Of the South.
Throughout the book Mr.. Beals
never pulls punch. His biting
criticism takes in the foreign policy
and good neighborliness of the
United States as 1t relates to the
hemisphere. In recounting the rise
Of Fascism in South America, he
| accused this Nation of aiding and
abetting the perpetuation of Fascist
governments there. He ties this ir
with Argentine imperialism and
points to a rising tide of nationalism
in all South America that will be 9
barrier to all foreign ideologies, In.
Guiding "our own"
Several conclusions impress them
selves upon the readers mind as he
goes through the book. Among
them: The United States must get
up early in the morning, and stay
up, to get ahead of the totalitarian
states in South America heavy
ornaments there offer the threat OF
an eventual continental war and a
possible threat to the United States;
democracy as such is non-existent
in most South American nations.
Brief excerpts from the book will
illustrate the punches packed into
its pages by Author Beals:
"Hispanic America is a more ex-
treme melting pot than is the United
States, but in racial matters, how
bitter political disputes, it has had
long tradition of complete toler-
ance. The German poison has
changed all this.
Latin America is today definitely
planned as part of Germany's pro-
posed defense line.
And SO Italians now train the
Peruvian pilots and are part of the
inner organization of the country's
air force. Today Peru has a
large air fleet, claimed by some to
number 500 planes, nearly all OF
Italian make and under Italian con-
troll, and within less than a days
flying time from the Panama Canal
IF any one thinks England is our
friend in the struggle for Latin
America, he is as naive as some OF
our statesmen.
mo more brutal regime has ever
ruled in the continent than in Bra
zil Under Trujillo. Santo Domingo
Is chamber of horrors. The Ba-
tista regime in Cuba burned my
friend, Octavio Seigle, alive.
Our Spanish neutrality law, tied
to England's petticoats, definitely
favored the Franco Fascists and
placed penalty on the loyalists
To assist Italy and Germany in
Spain is greatly to assist them in
Latin America.
1--WE now have naval missions in
Brazil and Peru and are thereby
giving improper aid to two of the
worst Fascist-like regimes on the
continent. AS in the 2Os, we
are sending military missions, SELL
ing munitions and talking peace and
international justice and spouting
about the great idealism and democ-
racy Of all the nations of the West
ern Hemisphere. Plain Hull-abaloo!
Grandiloquent blah blah. Soft soap
Eye wash.
1--WE shall not be called upon to
defend Latin America against Eu-
rope. Our problem will be under
cover Intervention in the name of
non-intervention, in the very sacred
name of the Monroe Doctrine itself !;
our problem will be to attempt peace
between nations backed by Euro
pean powers.
"A great destiny awaits the peo-
pie and the countries of Hispanic
America" r. A. E.
JUNGLE PATROL. BY Vic Hurley.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.
After Dewey smashed the Spanish
fleet at Manila, giving the United
States proprietorship of the Philip
pines, complacency settled on the
American mind-the Stars and
Stripes waved triumphant once
again; for the first time had &C.
quired thereby a juicy slice Of ter
ritorial pie. Only those holding the
governmental reins, and especially
those men comprising the island
forces for restoration and order,
could realize that the taste smacked
strongly of lemon. Thirty-six years
Of sanguinary and expensive cam
paigning were to prove necessary
before any one might honestly pro-
claim the islands peaceful. A trib-
ute to the tenacity of the native in
surrectionists is the fact that the
process of quelling demanded the
Army, the Navy, the Philippine
Scouts and the Philippine Constabu-
larry. This book pays completely
warranted tribute to the latter Or
ganization, the Constabulary.
In a desire to keep the public
strictly uninforned Of the trouble
across the Pacific, Washington rem
dered inactive, for the most part,
the Regular Army stationed in the
Philippines. It was decided instead
that a police force was the thing
with which to wage q war that was
not a war. The system Of forming
an "unofficial protective force" of
natives under white officers ap-
peared ideal for the circumstances
and was adopted. This obviously
enabled q very substantial reduction
Of maintenance expenditure, consid-
ering, In addition, the insufficient,
ancient arms provided and the scar