Show LATIN COLONY SPLIT WIDE ON HUGHES SPEECH it ii NEW EW YORK Aug 5 A A situation unique In Latin American politics was created In New York City with the publication of the speech by Charles Evans Hughes when he ac accepted accepted accepted ac- ac the Republican nomination for president Men most prominent in the Latin American colony here laid aside the national issues of their respective countries and the colon colony split wide open over United States politics Some of the leaders were strongly for Hughes Others and some of them had been at best not more than lukewarm lukewarm luke luke- warm admirers of Wilson came out I openly in the presidents president's defense Men who have been pi prominent eminent in the I I affairs of Mexico the five Central American republics and the countries I of the Caribbean became Republicans or Democrats instead of Liberals Conservatives ConservativE'S or istas of the various I Latin American political parties I A consul general representing one of the Caribbean countries declared that j I in Jn the maze of national and International international issues both Hughes and Wilson Vilson appear to have ha lost lest sight Right of what he called the vital issues Americans in Power The United States is now committed com corn to a policy of American su supremacy supremacy su- su in the Caribbean set sea with an on eye eye of course courso to protecting the Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic end of the Panama canal he said The great trade experts of the world declare that the worlds world's commerCe commerce commerce com com- merce of the future must pass through the Caribbean or the gulf of Mexico The American policy if carried out i puts the seas on which this commerce is is to be tr transported In lit American hands European statesmen recently have declared that at the end of the European European European Euro Euro- war the entente allies will bind themselves closely together in itt a trade alliance to form the greatest commercial commercial commer commer- cial power the world has ever seen Prof George D. D Murray speaking be before before before be- be fore the Bankers' Bankers club here last Wednesday expressed the hope that the United State and this power would never clash Many men who see ahead the great nations battling for trade supremacy express the same hope Senor Don Manuel Calero who has held the highest cabinet positions in Mexico and who formerly was Mexican ambassador to the Unit United d States said that Hughes' Hughes speech h hof of acceptance was wasa I a forceful presentation of general conditions conditions conditions con con- now existing in Mexico The entire Mexican situation has been disarranged by a confusion contusion of ideas he said Pro President ident Wilson and his supporters supporter have been asserting all the time and in ii every tone of voice that the American n government has not intervened in Mexico and that it will not intervene Candidate Is Right To say that the American government government government govern govern- ment has not intervened in Mexico is is i nothing more or less than to play with words If the American people are property informed they will not be fooled any longer They ought t tp know that although h their government government government govern govern- I ment has not invaded Mexico in full force nor occupied the county In the I military sense of the word it has in intervene intervened intervened in- in l and still is intervening every everyday everyday day lay nut not only by meddling In the In Internal Internal internal In- In I affairs of Mexico but by waging on my country small wars like the war of service against Huerta which cost nineteen American lives and more than titan Mexican lives Another In Instance Instance instance In- In I stance is the war of punishment against Villa which already has cost costI many lives on n both sides This distinction was vel very well presented presented presented pre pre- I bv by Hughes in his speech ac accepting accepting ac- ac the Republican nomination for president I The Republican candidate was right wh when n he said that Mexico Is the helpless victim of a condition of an anarchy anarchy anarchy an- an I archy which the course of the adminIstration administration admin admin- only serves to promote Senor ion don Francisco who formerly was the governments government's governments government's governments government's gov gov- consul general here and who has established a large commission house at No Ill Broad Broadway a defended President Wilsons Wilson's policy and declared that critics s of it do not understand the president He Ill declared that Wilson Vilson has done a notable work to build up closer relations between tIu United States and all Latin-American Latin countries countries coun coun- tri tries s and that In Mexico 1 Central America South America and the Caribbean republics native sentiment I is ismore more cordial for Americans than ever before In considering Wilsons Wilson's Mexican I policy many persons Americans and Latin Americans have considered the themen i I men with whom he ha has has' been compelled I to deal and anti not the principles which he has tried trie l to work worl out he lie said I 1 I believe that no president could follow a clearer policy than has Wilson If sometimes he has appeared inconsistent inconsistent inconsistent incon incon- I it must be remembered that on the Mexican side the leaders have not been consistent or followed one sing single I aim and arid purpose I believe that the he Wilson poll policy y yI I alwa always s 's has been directed in an ho honest E to help the Mexican people pp |