New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-15
LATIN. A.HERTCAN ALLIANCE.
THE ORGAN OF PRAzILs PRESIDENT
OPPOSES SUCH A COMB1NATION.


BIO Do Janero Aug 2l-An evening paper "A
>-o,,c,a % the personal organ ~ Or Campos Sales
president Of the Republic published to-day, under
tho heading OF South American Alliances,
notable article in part as follows:
"Telegrams from Rome 10 Ruenos A}res ana
thence 70 Rio do Janero affirm that n Is currently
ro.or,ed ~ tho Continental capitals that. IN case
-. 49,, ro,or,ed alliance ~ the republics or Latin
AMERICA being realized. this tact would have mo
,-a,L sunnort ~ italy. Austria. Germany ana
t,ar,o r,xcoptine p obablv Austria which r seems
., ne would be decidedly out NJ place IN TINS edl'e''
,ho renorf would doubtless express inc real Seh'l-
nan, - the nations named in regard to an agree
MON, Of tho Iatin-American countries Such an
,,,a,oo they suppose could only be engendered -
&c tho United States. whose wonderful prog
ross astonishes them. and whose daring energy ana
,-,, ~ adventure and audacty they dread. espe-
c,alv when that country Is IN perfect ac'or' WIN
sna IN fact allied 70 England. against whom the
,o -, rurone Is raised in angry opposition.
.ro,o European nations. for different but not op-
os,,e reasons-Germany and France-feel them
oves moro than all others threatened ny the pros
nect Of an English-American alliance ana the
vsssalage OF Latin America by the very po"e'lu'
Anglo-Saxon nation. The political or simply
economical predominance OF the Oniten suites ]"
,h,s norton OF America would be. they think
deadly blow at their influence. their commerce ana
industry. and even at their prestige
such IS the European point Of view. and we 90
not need 10 Investigate the value OF those rumors
% he sure that they correspond I'm fact 70 the
70 o,tln,cnt and feelings Of continental Europe In
S'ms 70 The relations Of the great American
r,r toward the nations OF an Inferior order that
io'stitute the remainder OF the continent The
aUiance Of these nations. at least or the prln-
ciraI ones against the Anglo-SaXon colossus would
,f.'rernra be sure find the aid ana sympathy or
ia continental European Powers.
..Rut n that should be made effective II would he
only the first step the way 10 the RECONCILIATION
~ least morally. OF all Latin America Such then.
g. our situation I'm the present conJuncture Either
,,e must suffer the effect ~ the ambitions OF
American eXpansiOnists. or must turn To Eu-
roue and beg aid against them. Such. at least, II
aDpcars TO many statesmen and writer's of both
continents.
AS a rule we are not optlmsts but IA the pres
emf case We do feel ourselves In the least en-
barrassed by the above dilemma. Without denying
that the United States Will attempt. with all the
energy and teuacitN peculiar to them. To assume
in America not alone the hogemOny which they
undoubtedly already possess and denies
but also political and commercial predominancc, We
nrmly believe that IA order 10 thWart them in
lions 10 have a reasonable sentiment OF their own
rights and Independence and FOR their statesmen
10 Dee able 10 give expression Ia "A systematic way
10 such feeling
For reasons too long 10 give. We believe
such alliance utterly impossible And not only
that. hut ~~ firmly believe that such an alliance
would be- pregnant with harm 10 all these countries
and that IL would only to irritate the United
States against them and. hy a reactionarv shock
put them at the mercy Of European intrigues and
ambition"