Editing Charles Evans Hughes (section)

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{{see also|Banana Wars}}
In the [[aftermath of World War I]], the German economy struggled from the strain of postwar rebuilding and war reparations owed to the Entente, and the Entente powers in turn owed large war debts to the United States. Though many economists favored cancellation of all European war debts, French leaders were unwilling to cancel the reparations, and Congress refused to consider forgiving the war debts. Hughes helped organize the creation of an international committee of economists to study the possibility of lowering Germany's reparations, and Hughes selected [[Charles G. Dawes]] to lead that committee. The resulting [[Dawes Plan]], which provided for annual payments by Germany, was accepted at a 1924 conference held in London.<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Simon|2012|pp=163–164}}</ref>
[[File:1924 C Evans Hughes.jpg|thumb|[[Autochrome Lumière|Autochrome]] portrait by Georges Chevalier, 1924]]
Hughes favored a closer relationship with the [[United Kingdom]], and sought to coordinate US foreign policy with Great Britain concerning matters in Europe and Asia.<ref>Charles Evans Hughes by Merlo J. Pusey</ref> Hughes sought better relations with the countries of [[Latin America]], and he favored removing US troops when he believed that doing so was practicable. He formulated plans for the withdrawal of US soldiers from the [[Dominican Republic]] and [[Nicaragua]] but decided that instability in [[Haiti]] required the continued presence of US soldiers. He also settled a border dispute between [[Panama]] and [[Costa Rica]] by threatening to send soldiers into Panama.<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Simon|2012|pp=162–163}}</ref>

Hughes was the keynote speaker at the 1919 [[National Conference on Lynching]].