THE UNITED STATES

AND
LATIN AMERICA

BY
JOHN HOLLADAY LATANÉ

PH.D., LL.D.

PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND DEAN OF THE

COLLEGE FACULTY IN THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Author of “From Isolation to Leadership,"

“ America as a World Power," etc.

GARDEN CITY, N. Y., AND TORONTO
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

1921

COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
TO THE MEMORY OF

MY FATHER

WHOSE DAILY COMMENTS ON PUBLIC QUESTIONS WERE MY FIRST LESSONS IN THE STUDY

OF POLITICS

AND TO

MY MOTHER

WHO IMPARTED TO ME A LOVE OF HISTORY

AND WHOSE APPROVAL IS STILL THE RICHEST

REWARD OF MY EFFORTS