Show LA TINS RESIST U UI U. S Sa S1 INFLUENCE Attempt to Put Wedge in ill Mom OP Doctrine Polled Foiled Foil ed edn By fly n DREW PEARSON PE Special Correspondent of The Standard Examiner Standard Copyright 1927 Consolidated Press Association WASHINGTON Nov 1 12 The The re recent re- re recent recent cent attempt by the league of nations to put a wedge In the Mon Men Monroe Monroe roe doctrine by sending an observer to the Havana conference of the Pan- Pan American union has cast Into bold re relief re- re relief relief lief the fact that this conference will wil wilmark mark a milestone In Pan American re relations re- re relations lations At Havana Ha North American Influence will either be b considerably strengthened or will wl start to crumble Secretary of State Sute Kellogg already has squelched squelch cd the leagues league's attempt to send an observer to Havana ana by pont pont- Ing lag out that no non member non non-m mb r country or group of countries can attend a Pan-American Pan conference without the th consent of a majority of the Pan- Pan American union W LE GUETO TO INTERVENE E There are certain Latin-American Latin states however ho er e such as Salvador whose foreign minister has maintained i that the league should Intervene In Central America and Panama whose delegate to Geneva advocated a world court settlement of the sovereignty so dispute dJs ute between Panama and the United States which are only too glad to see the league break through h the barrier of the Monroe doctrine Anxious as the league Is to strength strength- strengthen en Its Influence in Latin-America Latin however howe the real opposition to the United States Sta s at Havana will come not from Europ but from the Latin Latin- American nations themselves The opposition centers around this vital point Shall Snail or shall not the United States Intervene In the affairs of American republics The Latin American nations are de determined de- de to thresh this out of them Havana conference and five live of them already have drafted resolutions making it a S breads breach of International law for one Pan-American Pan state to Intervene In r ene In the affairs of another ATTITUDE Haiti for tor Instance whose hose territory now Is occupied by United States Slates ma ma- marines rines has drafted d a resolution which defines Intervention not only as armed force but as diplomatic pressure pressure The Haitian resolutions read as follows Any action carried out by a state whether hether by means of diplomatic pres pres- pressure pressure pressure sure or by armed force In order to force its will upon that of another state constitutes Intervention This country has violated the spirit of or that Interpretation in most of the five he Central American states during the he past year jear ear earThe The Dominican republic and Mexico have ha lave united on on a resolution which reads No state sute may In the future di directly dI- dI dIrectly directly or Indirectly nor by reason of any motive mothe occupy even temporarily any portion of the territory of another state slate The consent given to the occupying occupyIng occupying state by the state occupied will occupation and the he occupant will be responsible for all occurrences resulting from the occupation not only with wiLls respect r to the he state sta occupied but to third parties as well If this proposal were ere In effect the he United d States would be com committing committing a breach of International law In Nicaragua today for having accepted an Invitation of the Nic- Nic Nicaraguan NIcaraguan government to intervene Paraguay Para goes one step further and arid calls Intervention Intent to de decide de- de decide decide cide by force toree material ma pressure or moral coercion Internal or or r external questions qu of the other state Ac Ac- According According According cording to this the United States would have hue been Intervening r in Mexico during the early part of the Obregon regime when It with with- withheld withheld held recognition and loans to Mexico Not all of the proposals have e ben been introduced by the Latin Ameri Amen American American can states which have hate suffered from North American Intervention Is the past One of the sponsors in Ar Ar- Argentina Argentina gentina the most powerful state south of or Rio Grande while every enry Pan American nation has nas agreed agre d that no state may intervene In us Inthe Inthe the Internal affairs of another It is to head off of these th e proposals and to bring about harmony at nt Havana that President Coolidge has just announced the appointment of ofen an en exceptionally strong American delegation headed by Charles Evans Eane Hughes and Including Ambassador Henry P P. Fletcher ana anO the ambas ambas- ambassador ambassador to Cuba when he Is is' appointed |