...certain to notice that Mr. Hughes's remarks failed to do justice to the facts. Mr. Hughes said: " ' We are at this moment in Nicaragua, but what we are...interest of pea-ce and order and a fair election.' "This is the sort of thing which makes trouble, for every educated man in Latin America knows that...

...European intervention. E. Ex- Secretary Hughes told the Pan-American Union at Havana on January 21, 1928; "We are at this moment in Nicaragua but what we are...Nicaragua to be strong, prosperous and independent. ... We shall retire as soon as possible." II. Our intervention in Santo Domingo was an example of our beneficial...

...and prosperity, not that we may stay in Haiti, but that we may get out at the earliest opportunity. We are, at this moment, in Nicaragua, but what we...the commitments we have made are at the request of both^parties and in the interest of peace and order and a fair election. We have no desire to stay....

...feet and made an improvised speech in which he pointed out that the United States was in Nicaragua at the request of both parties and in the interest of peace and order and a fair election. Dramatically he called upon the Nicaraguan delegate to confirm this statement. Thus adroitly he turned...

...proved it. "We would leave Haiti at any time that we had reasonable expectations of stability .... We are at this moment in Nicaragua; but what we are...request of both parties and in the interest of peace lThe United States Daily, Jan. 17, 1928. , \ and order and a fair election. We have no desire to stay....

...and prosperity, not that we may stay in Haiti but that we may get out at the earliest opportunity. We are at this moment in Nicaragua, but what we are...independent. We entered to meet an imperative but temporory exigency, and we shall retire as soon as it is possible." Speech of Former Secretary of State...