| Show MUST M T U T KEEP E ta T a fil PEACE AC central Amer american ioan R republics e p t to 0 re be held to treaties seriousness of pre present sent situation lies an n apparent violation of pledges given at washington ag ton peace e conference year ago I 1 e those central Amerl americans can that play at having republics carry the fun too far when they begin to 16 play at having war this seems to be the general feeling of the american press as crystallized in the words of one writer K t A pr president zelaya toward the latest disorderly cand conduct act in d darkey la rk t america the phe pr ai t bent i trouble paa 4 tween iween N nicaragua a and nd the united states and partly b tween between nicaragua and salvador arfi 0 ir eci diep dispute ute with nicaragua is over a claim known as the emery case some time agog ago a par parly ty of new englanders englander a obtained a mahogany timber concession in the little republic which was later canceled caled by president holaya with charges that the mahogany company was interfering teri ter fering ering in local p politics the matter te was referred to arbitration anade and decided aided against Nidar nicaragua agua the trouble between nicaragua and salvador is said to have arisen through gli suspicion of president Zelaya Ze layas Ef territorial ambitions the nd new w york tribune reviews the whole situation thus two or three years ago a skirmish between nicaragua and salvador would have been regarded as an inconsiderable trifle B but ut methi so something ug ima important has happened since then all those states in the presence and with the moral operation cooperation co and the united states hay have 4 e solemnly pledged themselves to better doings they have pledged themselves to keep the peace deac e and to tb seek settle settlement merk ot of their differences by peaceful means the seriousness of the present situation lies in the apparently wanton vio lation of bf th those abse pledges there can be no question that them the united states slates and ale mexico ilca have been vend very patient with their s southern neighbors and have been very helpful for them they have given them every opportunity and every encouragement to conduct themselves like civilized and ordeal orderly estates F and be cause of that patience and that aid they have an ample right now to in upon the maintenance of peace in accordance with the tr treaty eaty of la 10 year ago and if peace is not kept to surrender the peace bace breakers to th just consequences of their bad falip and violence let us recall r the words of the treaty which was made at washington n gat 0 n a little more than a year ago the republics of central america consider as on one e of their first duties the maln main cenance of peace and they bind them thema selves delves always to observe the most complete harmony and decide every difference 0 or r difficulty which may arise among them of whatsoever na ture it may bo be by means of df the den aral american court of justice yet at this moment two of the signatories signa tories 0 of f that tr treat e at yare are apparently at war without having submitted their differ ances to the court that tails Is a state ol of affairs which cannot be ignored with du out t disca discrediting biting chevery th the every very foundation ol 01 int international ernat onal law and ordo order i |
