Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-25
EUROPE WORRIED.
The AII-American Congress In
popular Over There.
A VAIL OF AGONY FROM AUSTRIA.

New Version OF the Monroe Doctrine At
tr,buted to Blaine: America tor the
North Am-ricsns''-Uncie Sam After "A
Big Trade That the Old World Now
scoops-The Future % the Working
Glasses In Europe Threatened
New YoRK, Sept. ga Washington
CITY special to a morning paper says:
The state department. is receiving just
now from our representatives in Europe a
great many interesting extracts from Eu-
-opean journals expressing some alarm over
he effect upon European trade Of the com
ng conference OF American nations. Some
II them are almost hysterical in their al,-
pals 10 the South American republics to dis.
trust our advances and continue to uade in
Europe. Europe is waking up to the pos
ible results Of the congress in earnest. ale
Temps, OF Paris, has been publishing a
cries Of article expressing the gravest fears
A. to the consequences OF the congress- IL
declares that IL is intended IN form a III YER
sin among all the American states. which,
while fostering their Commerce among
themselves, will practically ex luie that OF
Europa The paper goes on To urge the
svery Effort IN prevent the realization Of this
-esult and 10 induce the hisnano-Ameri-
cans 70 adhere IL their ancient sys EN-. a
An Austrian Paper Alarmed.
One Of the latest communications received
It the state department is from Minister
Fred Grant, dated Aug. =, 1873. IL is a long
article from The Vienna "Fremdemblatt, N
The organ 81 the minister of foreign affairs
- Austro- Hungary. Ii saws:
The Unit a States government has invited
all the governments of the new world u take
part In congress To be held in Washington
under the watch word United America" and
especially America united against Europe
Uniform weight, measures. and coinage are
10 be introduced; a court OF arbitration APP
pointed To settle all dis ,ute- between Amcri-
ran states Entertainments of European states
IN connection with American affairs are to be
Jointly opposed, aud the. most important of
all, uniform tariff rate % customs duties, is
TO BE- established.
America for North Americans
Europe ships large part OF its manufac-
lures TO south America, and our own Aus
trian producers well know the value of their
brazilian and Argentine customers, who pur-
chase their china, glass. paper, fancy goods,
shoes and other articles exported To those
countries. IL those ports should b. closed TO
Us by tariff rates as high as those OF the
and a still larger part OF German. French and
English labOring men would be in danger OF
losing their employment.
There Is. therefore, every reason for reflect
ing seriously regarding this matter, and for
not dismssing IL as being too far removed. Ii
would he a serious loss to Europe IL the politi-
clan Of Washington should succeed in unit.
ing the whole American continent not in a
single free territory, but in territory sur.
rounHe by insurmOuntable customs barriers.
America for American" is the Monroe doc.
trine. Amer ca for the North Americans is
the doctrine Of Blaine We cannot believe that
the people Of MeNi o, Brazil the La Plate and
other Latin states will ever submit TO this
A Matter of Lite or Death.
The statements are male strong and earn
est beranse Of the dependen e OF European
manufacturers on foreign markets In the
United States we do not feel the shutting up
II a foreign market much, but in Europe il
is Ia many cases a matter of commercial life
or death, and for this reason they see The
necessity Of prompt action 10 counterfeit this
commercial movement.
These com Dents Of papers in two of the
principal capitals of Europe are not the only
ones that could he quoted but they are
enough To show that the commercial inter
ests OF Europe are waking up ~ the import
ance OF this congress, and are attempting by
all means, fair and unfair, to prejudice il
throughout all the Europ san cou ntries.