The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-23
MIR. rREsCorT.s ADVICE.

MHs IhEsSNOlAo ADNANE.
The South American complications
which we have had or touched upon re-
Gently have not developed as yet any great
degree Of craftsmanship on our part or ex-
hibited us as very dangerous people to
the outside world, notwithstanding the ex-
tensive talk and mass of matter investiga.
ted and testimony taken thereon. We were
rather conspicuous for awhile indeed, as an
object of international! ridicule and the En-
glish particularly laughed at our preten-
sions and circumscribed means of carrying
them into effect. The recent experiences
and transactions in Egypt, however, upon
which for week or so past, the attention
Of the civilized world has been
viveted are of such character as
to take all the sting out of
Great Britain's ridicule. There where her
subjects have been murdered and her mon
eyed interests jeopardized, she has dis
played, when these facts are appreciated
properly, greater vacilation and less re-
gard for her national prestige and honor by
far than did the United States in the Peru
Chill troubles. There our proposed inter-
ference was not to be in our own behalf,
but purely as an arbitration to secure the
cessation of further loss of life and prevent
the dismemberment and seizure of an in
dependent sovereignty by another. Still,
having gone so far we should have perse-
vered, for the step taken by this gov
eminent led Peru to anticipate some
thing from us, and created a
feeling of uneasness and occasioned hest
fancy and prolonged military operations
by Chill. Peru gave up all further resist
ance and waited for our Intervention. Asa
consequence the country was thrown into
most miserable plight, and it remains for
her enemies TO do with her as they choose.
This is the testimony of special envoy
TREscoTT, who has but recently returned
home. He seems to be the only man in
this country who has practical apprecia-
ton of the state of affairs south of us, and
the course which we should adopt with
reference thereto. He says, to put it in u
word or two, that we ought to vigorously
interfere or shut up at once. The
country of Peru, he contends,
will be in state OF almost
hopeless anarchy, literally destroyed, in.
deed, as a free nation, if We or some other
nations do not so intervene as to set it
again upon its legs and place 1t in the hands
of recognized and sufficiently strong gov
eminent to ensure order and bring it out of
its humiliation and poverty. If we do not
come at once to the front there, Mr.. TRES
COLT says there are European powers wait
ing to do so. and anxious TODD so, and the
west coast of South America will forever
pass from under our influence. He thinks
We should not permit this at any cost, and
especially SO in view of the exten.
sion and agitation of the Mon
ROE doctrine relative to the Pam
anna Canal. Our late special envoy
insists that 1t would be comparatively an
easy matter for us to get a permanent foot
hold in South America, and it is for this
reason that he believes we ought to take
active measures speedily or determine for
century to come that we care nothing
about our southern neighbors' affairs, and
have no intention of interfering under any
circumstances. Mr.. TREscorT's sugges-
tons are good ones, and our government
should act upon them. Nothing hurts
a nation 30 much as procras-
tination, vacillaton and uncertainty.
1t is about time tho people of
the United States were knowing whether
We propose to haye any foreign policy at all
or not, and II so, ther Jyhat is it. lnforma-
ton ola definite character ON this question
might save good deal of trouble and con-
siderable money. If this much-discussed
Chili-Peruvian matter develops policy OF
some sort or elcits an expression from the
government, 1t will have accomplished
much for us after all.