Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-25
International Congress Viewed
with Much Apprehension.
The Fear is Entertained that the Re-
suits will Not Be Favorable to
EurOpe's Commerce,
And that by it the United States will Secure
the Spanish-A American Trade-Delegates
Arriving in New York.
TIE DELEGATES ARRIVING J..

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this port early this morning on the City
of Para, being delegates to the coming
| international congress from various
Spanish American countries. Secretary
of State Blaine was expected to meet
the visitors at the barge office as the con-
gress is one in which he takes great in
terest, it is said, but he did not appear,
possibly on account of an extremely early
and unexpected hour. The delegates were
met at quarantine by a reception COM
mittee and taken on board the rev
euue cutter Manhattan. Mr., Charles
R. Flint of this city, commissioner of the
international congress, acted as master
of ceremonies. Mr.. Blaine Is en- route
to attend the wedding of Emmons Blaine
and Miss Anita Mccormick at Richfeld
| Springs. He left at 10 o o'clock this morn
| ing. Half dozen gentlemen acted on
! the reception committee with Mr.. Flint.
| The delegates were DR.. Juento Costel-
| ianos, delegate from San Salvador; DR..
| Joaquin Arrieta Rossi, attache, and Sam
! uel ValdIoceso, secretary; Senior Juan
! Francisco Volarde, delegate from Bolivia;
| Alcibia Des Velarde and Mariana Vel
| arde, attaches; Geronimo Zelaya delegate
| from Honduras, and +. C.. Faillos, sec
rotary EX- Minister Roberts from Chilli
and Julio NJ. Foster Esq , of Santiago,
| Chilli were also taken on board the cut
ter, as was Capt. Whalen of the barge
office, who boarded the City of Para at
| lower quarantine. In reference to the
coming congress Senior Zelaya, delegate
from Honduras, said:
''Our people are very enthusiastic over
this international congress, and expect
sEs4nany advantageous results from It. We
| wish to develOpe our mining and agri-
cultural interest, but our mines are
what we want to see in operation as soon
as possible We need railroads and an
enlargement of our commerce with for
eign countries, especially the United
States. All classes in our country desire
closer relation with your people.
THE CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN NATIONS.
NEW YORK, Sept PA Washington
special to the Herald says the state de-
partment is receiving just now from our
representatives in Europe a great many
interesting extracts from European jour-
nails expressing some alarm over the eff
feet upon European trade Of the
coming conference of American nations.
Some of them are almost historical IN
their appeals to the South American re-
pnblics to distrust our advances and cons
4 tfhue to trade in Europe. Europe is
s waking up to the possible results of the
"A congress in earnest.
LIE Temps of Paris has been publishing
a series Of articles expressing the gravest
fears as5t0 the consequences of the con-
gross: 1t declares it is intended to form
a sdilverein among all American states
e which while fostering commerce among
81 themselves, will practically exclude
that of Europe. The paper
urges English and French merchants
to make every effort to prevent the re-
q alization of this result and to induce the
n MISUNDERSTANDING to adhere to their
ancient systems Heretofore they have
been under the domination, CONNER
cially and somewhat politically, of
Spain and the rest of Europe. They are
just escaping from this.
La Epoca of Madrid has also been
publishing vigorous comments on the
| congress.
One of the latest communications re-
ceived at the state department is from
Minister Fred Grant. dated August q 3,
1889. 1t is long article from the Wen
ma Fremdenblat, organ of the minister
of foreign affairs of Austria Hungary
1t says the United States government has
invited all governments of the new world
to take part in congress to be held in
Washington under the watchword of
''United America, and especially
''America united against Europe. Uni
form weights, measures and coinage are
to be introduced, court of arbitration
is to be appended to settle all disputes be-
tween American states, encroachments
Of European states in cOnnec-
ton with American affairs are to
be jointly opposed, and the most i'm
portant of all uniform tariff of rates
of customs dues is to be established.
''The plan, says the Fremdenblatt
sis one of imposing grandeur, and Sec
rotary Blaine, who conceived it, viii
thereby surely add numbers to the ranks
of his party. Perhaps it was with this
view that this bold conception was
launched. rumors of which have beer
current some time. That the success OF
Mr.. BIaine's device, the article con-
tinues, ''would be of great and dis
agreeable consequence to Europe
is easily understood. Europe ship:
large parts of its manufac-
lures to South America and oul
own Austrian producers well know the
value of their Brazilian and Argentine
customers who purchase their china
glass, paper, fancy goods, shoes aane
other articles exported to those countries
: ! If these ports ShOuluNDe CLOSED 10 US DS
traffic rates as high a$those of the United
States large part of our workmen and
, a still larger part iof.- German
4 French and English& laboring mel
would be in, dahger of losing
their employment. There Is therefore
every reason for rejecting seriously re-
garding this matter, and for not dismiss
ing it as being too far removed. 1t would
be a serious loss to Europe if the politi-
clans of Washington should succeed il
, uniting the whole American continent
: not a single free territory but in terri
tory surrounded by: insurmountable GUS
toms and BARRIERS. America TO
Americans, IS the Monroe doctrine
America for North Americans, il
the doctrine of Blame I'VE cannot be
lieve that the people of Mexico, Brazil
) the La Plata and other Latin states vii
? ever submit to this.
The Vienna paper goes on to say tina