Secretary of State Henry Lewis Stimson last week frowned over this cablegram from Havana:
STIMSON
WASHINGTON
ARRESTED THIS AFTERNOON ON FALSE CHARGES HELD IN PRINCIPE FORTRESS WITHOUT OPPORTUNITY TO FURNISH BAIL
BARLOW
Secretary Stimson did not have to call an assistant to tell him who Barlow was. Only too 'familiar was he with the long-standing controversies between Joseph E. Barlow, 67, U. S. citizen, 30 years a resident of Havana, and the Cuban Government. Only too well did he know that Mr. Barlow has been pressing a nine-million-dollar claim which has caused more...
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