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Show LATIN AMERICAN i PUBLICTY WASHINGTON, March 13. (Special (Spe-cial correspondence) One of tho first evidences of constructivism displayed dis-played by the new administration is the Interest which Is being taken In . devising Bonie means to combat the ' I lnsduous anti-American propaganda 11 'I which is raging in tho Latin Amcr-,1 leas. President Harding has made It Qj a point to surround himself with I men who nro thoroughly familiar 1 hftlth Latin American problems and, he temperament of those peoples, ; and his new diplomacy will be a rad- 'ical departure from that which has heretofore characterized our relation with the republics to the south Quito , I ' recently a meeting was held In New York of men Interested In Latin 'Amorlean affairs looking to the or- ganlzatlon of an unofllclal movement for eloper cooperation between tho United States and the several Latin American republics nnd to consider what could bo dono to provide ti background of public opinion in ' i - I those countries favorable to the United Un-ited States. It is said that the. recent trip to Panama which Mr. Harding took, corroborated lmprebslons already al-ready entertained by him as to tho unfairness with which this country was btlng presented to tho South and Central Americans through tho for- f elgn controlled pretB Qt those cpun-i i tries. Mr. Harding has no thought i of nn American hegomony. but he , docs doslro to see an approachement Jwhlch will mako for Intellectual and Iff. -'ccinmorclal advancement paz, amlstad y comerclo. 1 Ouo of tho best methods of effect-! jlng this would be through the estab ' llshment of adequate press represen-' tatlon in the Latin Aracilcan coun-' tries. This should bo privately un-dettnken, un-dettnken, but th movement should bo encouraged by the government. In ' January, 1917. the Itepubllcan Publicity Pub-licity association stated: "For years our trado rivals In Kur-opo Kur-opo have Instigated through eastern' press services to South America a plan of misrepresentation and de-' traction in regard to the people of tho United States, while tho Amerl-' can estimation of our southern neigh ' bors has suffered much from leading South American news vlii Hurope. Theio ate quite u number of publications publi-cations In South America conti oiled b) Kuropenn capital and devoted to Kuropean Intel esls. They know the value, for good or eUl. of the effect I of publicity on a potential trade tl-val, tl-val, and they do not hesitate to use "it to our detriment. Pali publicity nnd nn acquaintanceship with each other which can best be bhought about through tho medium of tho press, will do much to equalize our Inteicontlncntal trade nnd strengthen tho bonds of friendship." About a year Inter, tho association aroused by matters trnusplilng In South America, was moved to de-1 de-1 clare: "One of tho greatest hindrances to tho establishment of cut dial relations personal and commercial, between tho United Slates and the Latin American Am-erican countries has been tho Irinid-lous Irinid-lous nnd lying propaganda of certain . "tlH European countries Heretofore our Hl telegraphic communications with La- ' tin America have been controlled by IB European Interests They hare sceu aH to It that nothing complimentary to jH the United States sparked through Mm their wires, but all tho slop' an4 3K muck procurable has been unloaded ffli from their cables for the South Am- WS erlcan press service and the dally IeSj consumption nt Its readers, until tlia iffuM untrnw lei! t im havo grown to bo- Bfiji llcvv us a nntlon of cut throats, lib- 45 ortlnea and second story workers, flr runout decency nnd without grace, ffla Naturally, tho business men of Latin HfcC America havo not beet W&f encouraged by opinion thus formed, V iSSM to expand their dealings with us, so ' SSM long as European trade was open to jgfjfi them." ftuH Private Initiative and the govern- WJP ment should get behind the movo- tsH ment to give us decent publicity in ttmWM lmmmM those countries. . Utrnm I"Bb"b1 |