The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-13
SOUTH AMERICA HATES Us.
SPANISH REPUBLICS SPMPITHfzB
WIT THEIR MOTHER COUNTRY.

elling In the southern Continent During
the War, Was Repeatedly Insulted.
A tourist who has just returned from South
America, where he was during all OF our war
with Spain. had several experiences which,.
add their testimony to tho theory that Spanish- *
Americans love us but little better. IL any.
than do the pure Castillians. He was in every >
one OF the South American republics except
Paraguay, and In thom all. except Braai,. no
found that the TEMPER of the people and the a,
tone OF tho press WINS rcrsistently and bitterly
against us in our war with Spain. Blood docs ?
seem TO be thicker than water. and these peo-
pies, sprung from the loins Of Spaniards. liv-4t
ing under u Spanish civilization, with the lnn- q
guage, the literature, the religion of Spain AZ
their inspiration, cannot rojoice with us in'ours =
victories, even though they know in their
hearts that the North American republic has :
stood rs the guardian of their interests against s.
the encroachments OF Old World powers. They q
have not forgotten the tyranny OF Spain when =
she held sovereignty over them by force of
arms. They have not forgotten the bitterness y
OF their struggles to throw of the cruel donnie
nation Of their mother country. and yet the '
blood that Is in them makes them our cne-
mics and Snain's friends. 80
Brazil has a different heritage. She has !
never wnrred with Spain because she neverl =
was SPANS colony. Before her Independence =
was established she was u gem In the crown OF
IbIluEh', hIedklup lne language OF JOat nA-E
tion and drawing from its history the ~inspir9S :
tlons which are fundamental to the formation +.
OF national prejudices. SO It was that Brazil.
with less cause for enmity toward the land Of =
the dons than her sister republics on the
South American continent. threw her svmpa-
thies with us. and alone OF them all. In the ,
days Just preceding the war. stood ready to ass )
sist us by permitting a draft upon her navy
And so. too. this traveller from the Unite6
StataG found n In bia wapdaripuu In pra-;n ~
there was no disposition on the part of any one
except an occasional person Of Spanish birth
to annoy or maltreat him. The people. where
any preference was shown, leaned to our side
of the controversy. but in Chill. Peru. Ecua-
dor. Colombia. the Argentine Republic. Uru-
quay and all the rest Of those pseudo republics
there was another story. They hated Amer
ica, and they hated Americans. and they were
nothing loath to show just how they felt.
II was in I%quiQue. Chilli" the traveller said ths
otherdsy. in describing his trip. the day tho
capped from Santiago. The most exaggerated re-
ports we're being circulated, about the damage
lively asserted. that the Indiana. Iowa. New
York a and dc Cincinnati 1iadI had been sunk and he
n I]auIape, and they led in the celebration, ,
cafes reaped a harvest. More than 5000 was
Iervera. was known to he an American, and
/ was inSulted a dozen times, not only by Span-
day. The ,c;eiebrat9rss must have been ma SORE sore
LOT. when they found out the truth.
tine Republic. With me was a friend. also an
American; One day we ran up from Buenos !.
about seven hours on the railroad. l remem.
Der It was owfully cold up there, and. as wood y
ton. we went to bed to keen warm. We got
up about 9 o'clock for dinner and vent into the
Sp"nia ntaIsnE we're eI9' seR JSedfF' they i iSs ., na!TGse p4 IN
But Englishmnen !" and "a Imericans are ali the
same to these people They hate us both.
abusing. the Yankees and the Gringoeess. "a
they call the English. We could understand ,
Was not directed at us we tho1gRt Il advisl
able not to make a row. We swallowed our ,.
food and our Indignation as quickly as we
~ were not annoyed any more that day
in the barrcom Of the hotel in Which W Nero
stopping, Pretty soon three of the men who
s ssd 9ee u.s. aG stsrtsd Us IN ea aEaih into T fme rS eaIIed fn %s
pigs and dogs and towards with much ges-
f fiia1e''iR lost n his t mans ey and loq With t tlH Vent y
by God he said to me. I'm going to lay
ne could talk Spanish as well as they could.
and he started in. Within two minutes every
been been AID HSsE 5oT Ed9a . at sd the feet o 9 these thTss
at the tsn sane time reashii,yy fer his knife.
need any gun for him. He was big and strong
riEht!ha l"dTs swing q rii.(( 'i unde T'f lis j s9S' p Gpf9.
I'll , air trE Tsnt w the ssebb e roi oyer "a a f cha S6 and on on
knife falling from his hand.
Now, il you chaps. move cried my COM J
r N1nln h, IN spanish lGn u brt To- MS Victims lieutenants.
W were ready to dc it, too. for we both had
o o!ao his Ms1 fee eau Then f the three u siSnk S ous Of 9 tSs
the landlord had telepboned the Commahd,
ante Of the town that two Americans wers
b"stled right up to the hotel and carted us OF :
to ho, the T. b fd[T where in the privacy Of his !:
IF any, one b9thers You. go ahead and
sheet him. and he Re, said ala h%t he so was "a a SsSe nm
sponsibility Of emhroiling his country WITH.
our Government That's one good result % z
the. GGSyernmuent Officials, az least, that the
United states Is ready TO fight and able TO fight :
that dinaed into the heads Of the pseoPle It win :
be- safer for Americans around down, there. 80
safe " "SIess '9'n had I'm my S rsyolSer PM IN my ! gs pSff 'ste.
Men who knew the conditions existing told uies.
t asYff the se % BE T It oyar a m %ss6 Df Tho nf eeIi%r se, 99T 4
us will die out, hut not all of it. The span
i ard oh have eur utilized bL1s,ics 9ur pr snnHHS pt6sao Of r2tt 81
Cuba to scare the South Americans into tis "
SUSPICION that this country wants to grab e%vcry- :
great many Spaniards all through South Amer.,.
and they have been PROSECUTING against us WITH z
great vigor. The only natives OF those coun- 4
those with English. Scotch or German. blood in
them. They side with us as against the
blood tells. and those of this extraction feel
themselves more nearly akin to us.
In Brazil, while | did not find conditions
there particularly pleasing. there was no mora 4
apparent prejudice against Americans than -
again,t any other race. ] was picked up on =
the streets of Rio Juneiro one day when | had
no passport, and narrowly ESCAPED being
forced 10 serve In the army, hut they'll do that
10 any one. l know an Englishman who was
caught in this way and had To serve for some
time before he could get word to his friends.
OF course. his Government got him out imme- =
diately." -
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