Borah Tells Senate the U.S. Is Going Too Far in Nicaragua

Senator Borah, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, told a crowded Senate on Thursday that the United States is going too far in Nicaragua, the Associated Press and the Evening Star reported. He said the Monroe Doctrine is not involved and acknowledged a government’s right to protect its citizens, but said that when the doctrine of protection goes beyond that and interferes with the sovereignty of another state, “I find myself in discord.” He called the question one of national policy, not a personal controversy with the President or Secretary Kellogg.

The same day, the House foreign affairs committee voted 8 to 7 to reject a motion to call Kellogg for questioning, with seven Republicans and the chairman opposed and three Republicans and four Democrats in favor, according to the New Britain Herald. It adjourned without acting on Representative Huddleston’s motion to demand withdrawal of the forces.

The Herald added that President Jiminez of Costa Rica offered mediation between Nicaragua’s factions, with Sacasa reported willing and Diaz saying nothing had been decided, and that two destroyers, the Williamson and the Goff, were sent to replace two already in Nicaraguan waters.