| Show I I N S 5 I D E ST U F F The By News PAUL Behind MALLON the fhe News News' WASHINGTON ASHINGTON V The Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt good nei neighbor policy is be beginning beginning be- be ginning to get a little involved upstairs In the question of ot who is good Rood and how good The state department branch of the of official official official of- of family for lor instance was much perturbed on tho the inside a afew afew few days back about having to togo togo togo go to the assistance of ot an un- un undemocratic d democratic e m 0 c rat I c Latin-American Latin neighbor Dictator Carlas Carias of ot Hon Hon- duras Within the famil family it was well understood that State Secretary Hull suffered considerable anguish anguish an an- before belore sending a destroyer after a couple of at American boats suspected of smuggling arms arm from Mexico to Honduras Officials around him chimed in his sigh of ot relief when the tho de destroyer destroyer de- de failed to find the smugglers smugglers smugglers smug smug- if it an any Thus tho the help proved ineffective and the point of ot the issue was dulled An official explanation was Issued is issued Is- Is Issued sued that an investigation had disclosed no violation of ot AmerIcan AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican laws and thus tho the department department depart depart- ment was able to call the tho wholeS whole J thing off SYl Ir SYMPATHIES ATHIES The Honduran dictator Mr Carlos Caries may be said to be thelast tho the last neighbor in the tho last house howe down by the railroad tracks in the tho hemisphere as far as Mr Hull Is concerned Mr Carias has just finished a year four term as president and has induced his assembly to extend extend extend ex ex- tend his term another six years yearn without going to the trouble of ot having an election The only way his hb opposition can submit him to the people Is at atthe atthe the tho point at a gun According to all nil reports members of ot the opposition opposition op op- position have made excellent preparations to that effect The betting around here is that they will not riot be long whether or not those two particular boats boat ar arrived arrived ar- ar arrived rived in Honduras wIth the Mexican Mexican Mexican Mex Mex- ican arms It will wUl be denied officially of ot course b but t there thero was only one reason reMon why Mr Hull was not riot in inclined inclined in- in dined to be particular about Mr Carias' Carias neighborhood record The Pan American conference Is Inthe in inthe Inthe the offing and the are sensitive neighbors IAl AR What ma may prove to be far more serious is the fact that some others down in that end of the neighborhood have hinted that they have bigger Ideas than ours about running tho the forthcoming neighborhood conference Frankly their suggestions are getting out of hand Internal Latin-American Latin politics Is in beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning to creep in In proposing tho the conference it was and still is the Intention of ot this government government government govern govern- ment to confine it solely to peace pacts But Chile for some time has been worried by Argentine armament purchases especially airplanes So tho president of at Chile In his response to President President Pres 1 I dent Roosevelt suggested that the conference take up the tho question question question ques ques- tion of ot limitation of armaments In th this s hemisphere Our armament limitations have always been n dependent solely on activities in the eastern and western western west vest em ern ends of this neighborhood England Europe Japan It has no natural relation to South American armaments If It we ever get mixed up with the southern lads we would have to play pIny the therole therole role of ot big brother which Is even more difficult than good neighbor at times World Semi Court Just to make matters more c complicated Guatemala also has come come forward with a n plan for tor a y mutual assistance pact and establishment establishment of ot a permanent court o of ot t justice for this hemisphere You can Imagine what the tho senate senate sen sen- ate would do to that embarrassing V idea The current official family here hen likes the but not enough tc to enter any mutual assistance pact L with them beyond mere consulta consults tion And it distinctly does not not t like peace cour courts after what the senate did to the last one Thione This Thi one would be worse because we would have to make advance commitments commitments com corn such as probably a promise to refer reCer to third parties the tho disputes which might arise with Pan-America Pan over our defence de defense defense de- de fence measures measure in the Pacific Ganging Up Another idea Is the suggestion of ot certain other Latin American nations that diplomatic procedure pre prevail il on the conference confer confer- once ence agenda committee This would w mean mean majority rule Jf t f that ever happened we would have havo one vote tho the same samo as the tiniest t nation Furthermore a majority maj would not be leon on our side In deciding many sunny subjects to be discussed at the conference as tho the suggestions have havo indicated Consequently subjects for discussion discussion dis dis- dis- dis will be selected by unanimous consent or Mr lr Roosevelt will wUl move his interest to another neighborhood Moral 1 Suave Mr Sumner Welles as assistant assistant as- as assistant secretary of ot state has been designated unofficially as neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- mediator He is making malting an effort to quiet everyone d down wn However his experiences so far have convinced many a here if it not Mr Welles Velles himself that the policy of the good neighbor neighbor neighbor neigh neigh- bor may turn out to be just another another another an an- other good phrase I |
