366 SELLING LATIN AMERICA 
cans living in Latin American communities 
has tended to develop in each due respect for 
the ability and integrity of the other, and this 
has been beneficial to all parties concerned. 
It is to be hoped that all the countries of 
Latin America will take advantage of the disr 
position so apparent on the part of our finan 
ciers to extend external credits among them 
and that every effort will be used by those in 
power to establish lasting internal peace and 
a guarantee of protection against unwarranted 
attacks on foreign capital. Such an assur 
ance will do much to develop the commer 
cial side of these really wonderfully produc 
tive lands. 
Is it not the duty of our State Department to 
assist such a movement by giving capitalists 
and merchants of this country its positive and 
definite assurance that legitimate investors and 
investments will be efficiently and effectively 
protected by the United States Government, 
along the same lines as those in general use by