3acts amongst which predominate blockades and neutral zones.
These measures, taken in agreement with special objectives wherein the protection of interests and lives is of secondary importance, because frequently such interests and lives do not exist in the zones established, have contributed to make our bloody fratricidal struggles more protracted, and to create in Spanish speaking America a growing sentiment of antipathy and lack of confidence towards the North American people, THE which actually they do not deserve.
ARCHIVE The principle of moral support, which is nothing more than a new policy, covered by the Caribbean policy, has produced in our countries nothing useful but it has been very prejudicial.
By reason of its good offices, our wars multiply in frequence, they become more prolonged and ferocious, they occasion a greater degree of destruction of property and lives, and they open new channels of irreconcilableness and hate in the consciousness of our incomprehensive groups.
If this policy is not modified by more civilized methods, or at least more hunane, it would be preferable that the United States should leave our peoples to resolve their problems by themselves.