America In the West Indies the Cuban revolt is said
to be subsiding. At any rate, the United States has not felt it necessary to intervene on account of her financial and industrial interests there, nor on account of the responsibilities that she undertook after the Spanish War for the maintenance of law and order. A Danish ship was unfortunately attacked by a Cuban aeroplane, but not much damage was done. In South America the Chilean Government seems to be trying honestly to make retrenchments and raise revenue, but her chief "economy," her default on her foreign debt, must be accepted for this year. Ecuador has been thrown into confusion by a mutiny of the army, and her Government has resigned. The Government of Brazil has agreed with the United States Federal Farm Board to barter 'coffee for wheat on a large scale. This is an exciting experiment in commodities that are a drug in the market. If the authorities concerned can carry through the exchange without upsetting the usual markets, so much the better. The same difficulty, if it arises, must be overcome if there is any chance of the Farm Board disposing of surplus wheat in China. President Hoover has great experience of national relief work, and we have felt sure that he could not possibly stand by while American " surplus" wheat was destroyed, as has been threatened, and when China was stricken with famine.
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