The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-12

OUT of MANIFESTED attracuveness such
as we have learned to expect in the most
AMBITIOUS undertak ngs Of this nature. A
comprehensive exhibit devoted 10 our new
possessions. such as is to be made with
the assistance of the national government
is, of course, without pr6c dent, and no
less may be said of tie proposed ethno-
logicaf exhibit, designed to bring together
( representatives OF the aboriginal tribes
wherever they may be found, from Alas
ka 10 Patagonia. So, too, Of the arch tee
tural scheme, we may say that great
decorated enclosure filled with warm-hued
buildings suggestive of the South,
while the bu liings in their turn
are TO be filled in great measure with The
products of Northern ingenuity is an ad-
mirably novel conception. Here is in fact,
such wealth of new ideas that, with COOL
management making the most of each,
the results two years hence may surprise
even those who are now plotting surprise
! for the rest of the world; one or two Of
! these features alone would furnish raison
d'etre for Buffalo's enterprise. Neverthe-
| less, after studying all the plans and talk
! ing with officials, local enthusiasts and 10
| cal critics (for there are enemies at this
stage of the proceedings) one reaches the
conclusion that the purpose of developing
social and commercial relations between
| our country and the countries of Latin
! America is as much the superior of any
other purpose or features as genius is the
superior of talent; it is, indeed, more
| worthy of our attention than all the other
objects combined, even as a single genius
commands more attention than a group of
persons of talent. For adj the other
pleasing, instructive and beautiful fea-
lures, we may predict a glorious sum
mer'' in 1901, and, as such things come and
go, oblivion more or less complete in 1902;
the plan of drawing near to Lain-Ameri-
20 box CIR in frYet oh Of q
movements that seems destined TO fill the
early years of the twentieth century with
a peculiar zest. In those years We should
see at least the completion of an 18TH
milan canal, through which our ships
sailing almost due south from New YORK,
may reach the waters of the Pacific ocean,
thus bringing Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and
Chile into direct communication with the
ports of the United States we should see
at least the completion of the trans-An-
dean Railway, connecting Valparaiso with
Buenos Ayres and Mont eVideo; in briet
we should see the awakening of an IN
telIigent interest in the affairs of Latin
America, and the beginning Of friendly
effort to remove the barrier which now
keep the people of the two con inents apart.
The Director General.
In this connection the choice of w. I.
Buchanan to fill the office of director gen
eral of the Pan-American exposition is re-
garded as particularly fortunate. At the
Chicago Worlds Fair Mr.. Buchanan was
the first to receive appointment as Chief
of department. and the departments of ag-
riculturc, forestry and live stock We're all
confided to him. 1t IS the testimony of
such men as Daniel II. Durham, Chica-
gos director of works, President Htggn-
botham and W. f. Curtis that no other
person connected with the administration
showed more effective ability Before that
time, at his home, Sioux City Ia, Mr..
Buchanan had made a success of the Corn
Palace enterprise. In President Cleveland
Administered ion he was appointed 10 the
post of United States minister to the Ar
gentine Republic, where his record was
admirable. After the election of President
Mckinley, Mr.. Buchanan sent in his res
ignation and re- urned to Washington, but
when he called at the White House, to
pay his respects to the President, Mr.. Nc
Kinley inquired when he thought to re-
turn to his post, adding that the question
of retaining the office or surrendering 1t
was in this case to be decided by the
incumbent himself. Mr.. Buchanan then
withdrew his resignation and entered upon
his service once more. His achievement
in settling a boundary dispute which had
been long pending between Chile and the
Argentine Republic gave him standing
in South America such as probably no
other citizen of the United States enjoys
Quite recently he resigned his commission
to accept the position offered to him by
the Pan-American Exposition Company,
the date set for entering upon his new
duties being Nov. l.
Endorsed by Mckinley.
While Mr.. Buchanan was considering
the proposition made by the Pan-Ameri-
| can Company, he consulted his friends in
| various parts of the country, and they adj
vised him by all means to accept the offer,
| on the ground that he would again be iden-
! tilted with a successful undertaking.. In
| Washington he found that the chiefs of
departments were all strongly in favor of
| the Pan-American, and the opinion was
expressed that the national government
| would make a better exhibit than ever
| before, not excepting that at the Worlds
| Fair IT is significant of the adminstra-
| TONS attitude towards this enterprise that
| quite recently when az committee of the
| Pan-American waited upon Mr. Mckinley
at Chicago, inviting him to visit Buffalo,
| the President replied that he was unwil-
| ling to go to Buffalo in such an inciden-
tai fashion; that he wanted 10 start from
Washington and to make his trip to the
| exposition site a more pointed compli-
ment.
work in South America.
AS vet only the initial Steps have been
taken in the effort TO secure the full CO.
| operation of the various Latin-American
| counties. Mr.. Buchanan, before return
ing, asked and was accorded perm, ssion
to enlist the interest of Brazil, Argentina
and Uruguay. William Eleroy Curtis as
a special commissioner of the exposition,
has visited the countries of the Pacific
coast and the results of his work are
embodied in a report submitted few days
ago In Ecuador, Mr.. Curtis says, "the
uncertainty Of political events" rendered it
impossible at the time of his visit to make
satisfactory arrangements. He was sue
cessful in Peru, and states that President
Romano will accept the invitation. advise
Congress to make an appropriation of
twenty or twenty-five thousand dollars in
gold and induce mining associations and
other commercial bodies to raise funds 10
defray the COST of the exhibits The Pc
ruvian government will transfer their ex-
hiblt at Paris to the Buffalo Exposition in
the following year. In Bolivia Mr. Cur
It's made substantial Roadway, although
here also we must take note of the dis
turbed state of political affairs The com
mission had several favorable conferences
with Col Pando, hero of the late revolu.
ton, and with Don Manuel Ballevian
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