Show f- f Neighbors Will Gather the rec recent nt pronouncements of of- President President Pesi- Pesi WITH V dent Roosevelt Secretary of State Cord Cordell iI ll Hull and as as' recently as Sunday Undersecretary t touchIng touch touch- uch- uch Sumner Welles Hulls Hull's right-hand right man Ing on on the solidarity of this hemisphere in matS matters mat mat- S tel's of foreign policy the gathering of the good neighbors neighbors' at Lima on December 9 looms as the event of first importance for the near future This Ibis will be the eighth conference of the of-the the Am American American Amer Amer- r- r ican can r republics publics With a pi picture ture of naz nazi and fascist triumphs s sin in Europe vividly before them American delegates delegates delegates dele dele- gates will try to miss no tricks in combating the infusion of German and Italian propaganda which has accompanied penetration of Latin Ar American markets Most of the heavy work will be done aone behind closed doors in personal conferences with representatives of individual nations Some South American countries and their ruling politicians are are- more friendly to us than others and can be talked with more chummily chum- chum mily nily One can only guess guesS' how much will be achieved through private understandings but S it will be more mor important than results publicly ballyhooed Mr Roosevelt and Secretary Hull hope for a definite framework of peace machinery and consultation consultation con con- between American republics in case of aggression They wont won't work now for a Pan- Pan American confederation of nations Troublesome Troublesome Troublesome Trouble Trouble- some questions such as that of European refugees and unwillingness of most South American countries countries countries coun coun- tries to take them in will be avoided The U. U S. S delegation will be led by Hull Assistant Assistant As As- Secretary of State A. A A. A Berle BerIe and Chief Lawrence Duggan of the division of American republics Meanwhile every new promise of a bigger U. U S. S navy and a bigger army air corps is s considered in the light of assurance that South America will be further impressed with the desirability desirability desirability de de- de- de and advantages of Pan-American Pan friendship In the face of an expensive propaganda campaign campaign campaign cam cam- by American oil companies companies' to prove that Mexico is communist and that this government is s supinely treacherous to our national honor when it preserves preserves diplomatic diplomatic relations after Mexico's Mexico's Mexico's Mex Mex- ico's unsatisfactory delay in paying for expropriated Ameri American an holdings this government obviously has been astoundingly patient in dealing dealing deal deal- ing ng with its neighbor below the Rio Grande The reason is that Hitler and Mussolini want to tomake tomake tomake make trouble between the two countries and would exploit any hard-boiled hard tactics by Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington in every Latin American capital with t the hope of messing up the Lima conference The Washington attitude is that the Mexican government is no rio more socialistic than certain other Latin American governments are dictatorshipS dictatorshipS' dictatorships dictatorships dicta dicta- of the fascist type And that their forms o of government are their own business right up to the time European war lords threaten to take them into camp |