Show I I LA AMERICA TIN ABUSED CHARGE I We Ye Send Them Crooks I Ian and an Usurious Bankers Knowles Says WILLIAMSTOWN Mass Aug 22 By Dy The Associated d Press A Press A whole whole- wholesale wholesale sale indictment of American policy In Latin America was made before fore the Institute of politics today by Horace G G. Knowles former American minister to Rumania Serbia Bulgaria Nica Nica- Nicaragua Nicaragua Nicaragua the Dominican Republic and Bolivia Boll A ruthless and indefensible policy of invasion and intervention and mis mis- misuse misuse misuse use of the Monroe doctrine to facilitate facilitate tate the success of its actions was i charged to Washington by the former I ambassador who declared that nothing was hurting hurling America in the eyes ees of of foreign nations more than this atti atti- attitude altitude attitude tude towards the small nations south of It FORCE WEAK WEm We have hl imposed our force upon weak welk helpless and defenseless coun coun- countries countries countries I tries and slaughtered thousands of their citizens said Mr Knowles We have attacked them when they ex expected ex- ex expected we would defend them We have used the Monroe doctrine to pre pre- prevent prevent prevent vent sympathetic European nations going to their rescue when we abused them In our dealings with wilh them we never ne allow them their day doy in court and we Ignore I nore and disregard that principle of due process of law which our constitution safeguards to all our citizens whenever their personal liberties liber liber- liberties liberties ties or property rights are Involved Mr Knowles asserted that while calling them backward uneducated and uncivilized America has made no Christian move to remedy this condi condi- condition condition condition tion and that our national policy has I been to take all and give nothing de do- despite despite spite the promises which the Monroe doctrine held out SEND THEM TILES DISEASE Instead of sending them teachers Instructors and we have sent sentI I them concesion conc slon hunters conscience conscience- Continued on Pace Fige Two Tao LATIN-AMERICA LATIN ABUSED CHARGE Continued from Pare Page One less ss and usurious bankers avaricious capitalists bribers bri rs commercial tricks tricks- tricksters ers murderers soldiers to shoot them degenerates and carriers of Infectious diseases he said Instead of our trying to elevate and make their people better and more patriotic we have made crooks and traitors of many of them In ln order that our ur unscrupulous un bankers and capital- capital capitalIsts ts and Washington can control the government a ard id affairs attain of their coun- coun tries les The round table discussion turned into nto a heated debate when Command- Command Commander er r John P. P U U. U S. S 8 S. N took sharp harp issue with Knowles I regard this paper as a vicious vindictive and violent attack upon our governmental go polity policy The command- command commander er r declared We have Intervened In Latin atin America only ony when the states themselves were unable to maintain stable table governments go a right conceded by y international law lawHe He denounced as a monstrosity Knowles' Knowles characterization of Americans Ameri- Ameri Americans cans ans in Latin America as ns murderers and nd degenerates and demanded facts to prove each of Knowles' Knowles assertions and nd presented state documents of his own an to Justify American Intervention Knowles replied that our actions in Haiti and Nicaragua were Imperial Imperial- Imperialism ism m running wild and that should we ve e ever be at war with Europe Latin America would surely not be our ally The meeting was adjourned with feeling running high |