New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-15
The popular response to the attack on Maltre
Labor will give some hint OF the futures an
swer to those questions.
SOUTH AMERICAN RELATIONS.

! The declaration which the American Minister
| To Brazil has Just made through the Brazilian
| and Argentine press that the United States
| wants nothing of South America but trade and
| harmonious relations whether directly inspired
| 10y his own Government or not, is timely, and
| undoubtedly expresses the general and official
! sentiment of this country. 1t was obviously
| suggested by the recent report, to which more
importance may possibly have been attached in
Rio and BuenOs Ayres than here that In re-
Spouse to limitations Of unfriendy feelings and
purposes entertained in the United States a
South American combination against us had
been proposed and favorably received. Neither
at Washington nor anywhere else In this coun-
try was the slightest excitement caused by this
rumor. which was dismissed as without founda-
ton as soon as il had been made public But it
may possibly have obtained some credence
where IL was started, and If so the quiet state
ment of the American Minister may be useful in
allaying suspicious which might be converted
into animOSitics.
The declaration Is timely not only because
the reports which presumably called it out are
fresh, but also because the President of Ar
gentina is now the guest of the President of
Brazil and his presence in Rio has caused an
unusual demonstration of popular enthusiasm
and fcrvid responses 70 the sentiment of THE
eternal union Of Argentina and Brazil That
such a toast, proposed at an official banquet,
could have a tendency to excite unfriendly feel
irgs against the United States is an unneces-
sary supposition. If certainly will not inspire
In the United States the least i'll will toward
the two nations associated on an occasion
of festivity On the contrary. this country has
no stronger desire in regard TO the peoples and
governments of South America than that they
should put aside the jealousies which have too
long and too often been provocative of situa
tons injurious 10 their interests and TO their
credit with the rest of the world Every indi-
cation Of the development of sober judgment
such as must discourage fruitless controversies
and allay warlike temper IS exceedingly wei
come TO the Government and people Of the
United States.
Such indications have happily multiplied in
recent years, and they seem to Justify con
fident expectation of political stability and ma
teria prosperity in countries in which our in
terests must grow constantly stronger and
with which we would maintain unbroken rela-
tons of friendship and mutual service. The
vast resources of South America have as yet
been scarcely touched. or even comprehended
The declaration of our Minister 70 Brazil that
the United States wants IT'S due share Of the
great trade which Is destined To he developed
there is frank and truthful. 1t is a reproach 10
our people that they have not addressed them
selves TO the pursuit Of that trade with a
higher degree of intelligence than they have
hitherto manifested but we expect that the
near future will see that error repaired, and
that we shall secure what think this coun-
try is entitled 10 have by the cultivation of
political and commercial relations entirely
agreeable TO all concerned.