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United States Relations with Colombia
(1933-08) Baer, Kenneth Paul
The necessity for nations to live in friendly relationship has become increasingly evident as the years go by. Nations no longer can live merely within themselves and for themselves. Their interests are scattered over the whole world, with business men of all nations seeking markets in the most out-of-the-way corners of the globe, and demanding protection and encouragement from their own governments. These interests in turn demand that their governments act properly towards weaker nations so that they will not make the work of the business men any more difficult than necessary. This thesis is the story of a reconciliation between two nations; one a tremendously powerful nation, the other hardly a third rate power, unable to protect herself except through the niceties of diplomacy. It is the story of how the events of a few days changed the relations of two countries from one of friendship to lasting enmity. If there is a moral in the story it is that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.