The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
EUROPEANS ARE BECOMING ALARMED.
They Don't Want to See American
Republics Too Friendly.
Newspaper Articles on the Coming
Congress of the Sister States.
Enthusiastic South American Dele
gates Reach New York.

WASHINGTON, September 24.-The State
Department is receiving just now from our
representatives in Europe a great many in
teresting extracts from European journals,
expressing some alarm over the effect upon
European trade of the coming conference of
the American nations. Some of them are
almost hysterical in their appeals to the
South American republics to distrust our
advances and continue to trade in Europe.
Europe is waking up to the possible results
of the Congress in earnest. LIE Temps of
Paris has been publishing series of articles
expressing the gravest fears as to the con-
sequences of the Congress. 1t declares that
it is intended to form zollverein among all
the American States, which, while fostering
their commerce among themselves, will
practically exclude that of Europe. This
paper goes on to urge the English and
French merchants to make every effort to
prevent the realization of this result and to
induce the Hispano-Americanos 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.
Commenting on the above articles in LIE
Temps, La Epoca of Madrid has also been
publishing vigorous comments on the con-
gress.
One of the latest communications received
at the State Department is from Minister
Fred Grant. 1t is long article from the
Vienna Fremdenblatt. the organ of the Min
lister of Foreign Affairs of Austria Hungary.
II says; The United States government
has invited all the governments of the New
World to take part IN congress to be held
in Washington under the watchward of
United America and especially America
United Against Europe Uniform weights,
measures and coinage are to be introduced, a
disputes between American States, encroach-
ments OF European States in connection with
American affairs are to be jointly opposed,
and the most important of all, a uniform
tariff of rates of customs duties is to be es-
Device" the article continues, would
consequences to Europe is easily
understood. Europe ships large part
OF Its manufacturers to South America, and
value of their Brazilian and Argentine Gus
toners, who purchase their china, glass, pa
per, fancy goods, shoes and other articles
exported to these countries. If those ports
should be closed to us by tariff rates as high
as those of the United States, a large part of
our workmen and a still larger part of Ger
man, French and English laboring men
would be in danger of losing their employ
ment There is, therefore, every reason for
rejecting seriously regarding this matter,
and for not dismissing it as being too far re-
moved. 1t would be a serious loss to Eu
rope II the politicians of Washington should
succeed in uniting the whole American con-
tinent, not in a single free territory, but in a
territory surrounded by insurmountable
customs barriers. America for Americans
is the Monroe doctrine. America for the
North Americans is the doctrine
of Blaine. We cannot believe that
the people of Mexico, Brazil,
the La Plata, and other Latin States will
ever submit to this" The Vienna paper
goes on to say that the States to the south of
the United States are not likely to submit to
the wishes of these mjllionaires of the Un-
ion. 1t follows up this statement by giving
them advice as to where they shall sell their
raw material and buy finished products, and
urges them not to attempt to change their
present European trade routes, for fear
these Americans will take undue advantage
of them.
A prominent American diplomatist said
last night: "The comments of papers in
three of the principal capitals of Europe are
not the only ones that could be quoted, but
they are enough to show that the CONNER
cial interests of Europe are waking up to
the Importance of the coming Congress, and
are attempting by all means, fair and unfair,
to prejudice it throughout all the European
countries"