St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-20
Alb THE AMERICAS: {:
THEY WILL ACT AS ONE TO EN-
FORCE THE MONROE Doc
TRINE.
MEETING OF DIPLOMATS.
SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN
MINISTER'S CALL ON SEC
RETARY OLNEY.
PAN-AMERICAN ALLIANCE.
Suggestion of IL Political Confer
ence-The Atlantic SquadrOn's
Cruise May BE Abandoned.

Secretary Olney's callers today We're
Ministers Adradae, of Venezuela;
Mendonie, of Brazil, and Romero, of
Mexico, representing three of the fist
republics OF South and Central Amer
lea. Though this was diplomatic re-
ception day at the state Department.
their call at this particular time oc-i
casioned much comment. Although,
none of the Central and South Amer
tcan diplomats will consent to be
quoted regarding their call, it Isl
known that they as rule have ca
bled their governments that the pres
ent seems an opportune time for in
Voking the Monroe doctrine as a
means of support against European
pressure, several Of them being in
volved in disputes with European ma
is made by one of them that several
important results will follow from,
the vigorous construction of the Mon
roe doctrine. First, it is said. will
be the official adherency of the
Southern republics, making the dec
laration practically unanimous from
the Western hemisphere 1t is point
ed out that Lord Salisbury insisted
that the Monroe doctrine was not rec
ogniZed as international law, but this
1t is said will be answered by showing
that all the republics of North and
South America accept it as the law
governing them. The project of an
other conference of American repub-
lies, in line with the Pan-American
conference, but with view to polit-
ical alliance rather than commercial
reciprocity, is being discussed also.
There have been number of these
conferences, largely devoted to aca-
demic discussion, but the strong as
sertion of the Monroe doctrine would
give a practical aspect to such a
meeting.
>, ALL WILL SUPPORT IT. -
How far these hopes and purposes
of the Southern countries were com.
municated to Mr.. Olney today is net
known, but he was doubtless made
aware of the strong prevailing feel
ing, and the intention to give it
official expression as soon as word
could be received from the several
governments represented. The sug-
gestion is made with much directness
in diplomatic circles that the course
of the United States assures to it
the moral and physical support of
the Southern and Central American
republics. In the aggregate the
allied strength of the Western re-
publics, with the United States at it's
head, would constitute a formidable
factor in international affairs 1t is
not suggested among diplomatists
that such an alliance will take the
formal shape of a treaty, but it is
urged that the feeling of union exist
ing constitutes compact quite as
effective as a formal understanding.
Senator Morgan. at present chair
man of the senate committee on for
eign relations had an interview with
Secretary Olney during the after
noon on the subject Of the Ven
eZuelan issue, and the secretary also
talked with Senator Lodge and Sen
ator Mills on the same matter, al
though he was obliged in order to do
so to suspend his rigid rule against
granting interviews to any one not
a member of the diplomatic corps on
Thursdays. He was also for a short
time closeted with Mr.. McAddo, the
acting secretary Of the navy, who
was called on to furnish information
on some special subject.
THE ATLANTIC SQUADRON. /
Admiral Bunce, commanding the
North Atlantic squadron, came up to
Washington from his flag ship New
York, in Hampton Roads, today, and
had consultation with Acting Sec
retary McAddo respecting the move
ments of his squadron. The feeling
is growing in naval circles that the
cruise will be abandoned, for it is
now regarded as highly imprudent to
send away from the country the only
substantial defense of the Atlantic
seaboard. There is also suggestion
that it would be prudent to recall
the Mediterranean squadron, COM i.
prising three of our finest cruisers, !
which would be left hopelessly bot 4
tied up" in the event that matters /
took bad turn.