Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-28
ENTERTAINED AT BREAKFAST
President Iglesias the Guest Of Director
Emory.
Meets Members of the Executive Conn
mittee of the International Union
of American Republics.

President IgleS1aS OF costa Rlca mad a
very busy day today. This morning he re-
ceived a call from Senator. Harris of Kan
sas, the latter being quite familiar with
Central American affairs and especially
with those of Costa Rica, where his father
mar years ago was interested in railroad
building President Iglesias had long
talk with Mr. Harris. and then wrote
number of letters in order to have them
make a close connection with a steamer
which sails shortly with Central American
mail Before he got through with this
task photographer called by appointment
and took his photograph, and he had hard
ly left the presidents quarters in the Ar
lington before Senator Morgan called there.
The senator was Immediately received, and
he and Mr.. Iglesias had long talk over
canal affairs.
Entertained at Breakfast.
At l o'clock this afternoon President
Igiesias was entertained at breakfast at
the Shoreham by Mr.. Frederic Emory, di
rector of the bureau OF the American re-
publics. President Iglesias was invited to
meet the members of the executive commit
tee of the International Union of American
Republics. The Secretary of State, Mr..
Hay, is the ex-officiO chairman of the com
mittee, but, owing to q previous engage
ment, was unable to be present. The
David J. HILL assistant secretary of state;
Mr.. CalvO, minister from Costa Rica; Mr..
Merou. minister from the Argentine Repub-
lie; Mr. Ponte, charge d'affaires Of Vene-
zuela; Mr.. Rengifo, charge daffares of
Colombia; Col. W. r. Carter. U. S. A, Pres
ident Mckinley's representative in attend
ance upon President Igiesias; Mr.. Ulloa;
consul general of Costa Rica in New York;
Dr. Horacio Guzman, secretary of the bu-
reau of the American republics.
President 1glestas had an engagement to
drive with President Mckinley this after
| noon, and this evening he will, in an in
formal way, entertain smaH party at din
ner at the Arlington Tomorrow evening
he will dine at the White House, and We'd
| nesday evening Secretary Hay will enter
tain him at dinner.
Senator Warner Miller is in the city and
may nave an interview with the president
CT Costa Rica before the latter leaves here
for Europe.
Contracted II Cold.
President Iglesas spent most of yester-
day at his hotel, owing to the severe wealth
er, but late in the afternoon went to the
Washington monument. He contracted a
cold, from which he suffered some.
President Igles.as expresses himself as
gratttted with his r"ception mere and as de-
lighted with what he has seen. The evil
pubic, he says, ale so numerous as to fore
shadow magnificent future.
The Nicaragua Canal.
The views of President Iglesias concerning
the construction os the Nicaragua canal
have been freely expressed since he came to
Washington. In brief he wishes that great
undertaking executed by the United States
government or through the instrumentalit
of the government. he has seen many years
go by with constant promise that the
canal would be built, yet the project in exc
Cution is about where 1t was ten years ago,
although from an engineering point of view
the further consideration of the project has
been valuable, as it has verified views en-
tertained and estimates made in the past,
which shows that the difficulties in the way
of constructing the canal are not greater
than was believed ten or fifteen years ago.
But the fact that the canal construction
has not been pursued has discouraged the
president OF Costa Rica who is not now
il clincd to think that the work will ever
be done without the aid of the United
States government. So it is he has lndi-
Gated his readiness to forward any prof.
ect which looks to placing the construc-
ton of the canal unGer the control of the
government, but until that is done he is not
inclined to favor any company which may
want to do this work or to secure a conces-
sion from his government.
The concession held by the Maritime
Canal Compahy expires during the present
year and the concession held by the CraSin-
Eyre syndicate is only with the govern
ment of Nicaragua. This complicateS the
canal question to such an extent that un-
less the friends of both the Maritime Canal
Company and the Cragin-Eyre syndicate
come together on some agreement, progress
for the present seems very improbable.