Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-19
Between All the American
Republics.
49,. f~ IL
BEING ARRANGED
They Will Meet in the City of Mexico
and Discuss all Matters Of Common
Interest That May Be Brought up
Before Them. n

New York, March 19.-The state depart
ment at Washington has been more than
gratified by the prompt and cordial re-
sponses received from all the nearer
American republics to the formal sugges-
ton recently made by the United States
looking to the assembling of a congress OF
all the independent governments on this
continent similar to the Pan-Amerlcan
conference, which met in Washington In
1889. Sufficient time has not elapsed Tor
replies to Secretary Hays letter to come
from the more distant governments OF
South America, but their representatives
here give assurances which dispel any
doubt as to the unanimity of all republics
between the Atlantic and Pacific as re-
CARDS the proposal to meet as soon as
possible, with a view of broadening The
scope and extending the advantages OF
the agreements reached 10 year ago.
Within a week or two at the utmost
the last formal responses are expected
to reach Washington, and in confident
anticipation the bureau of American re-
publics, created by the last conference,
and now including in its membership
everyone of the republics, is taking UP
the preliminary work of the meeting.
which will be held. according to present
intention, at the City of Mexico, begin
ming in February or March. 1901. The
choice of Mexico was due to the fact that
all the countries invited to participate
have diplomatic representatives there. it
is convenient of access to all, the climate
from February to August Is unsurpassed
and the United States have already en-
joyed the honor of n meeting, it was
thought desirable that other countries in
turn should entertain the delegates.
If one of the chief objects of the COM
ing meeting is achieved, frequent repeti-
lions. of the conference at stated inter-
walls will be provided for, and all the re-
publics will eventually act as hosts for
planned that the date of the actual as
sembly of the conference Is deferred for
nearly a year in order that ample oppor-
tunity may be given for consideration
and preparation of the subjects otoi be
presented for discussion, rather than
have the delegates hurriedly assembled
and confronted with immature PROPOSE
lions. "f =
The administration expects results Of
the highest value from the ext meeting
on account Of the exceedingly amtcable
attitude manifested by all the republics
towards the United States at the pres
ent time, in spite of the known attempts
of European powers to make capital out
of the results of the Spanish war and to
create jealousy in the capitals of South
America on account of the expansion pol
icy, which, according to absurd repre-
sensations actually made to several gov
ernments, might be expected to lead
naturally to forcible Entertainments by
the United States on the South Ameri-
can continent at no distant day. This
insidious campaign, which a year ago
seemed likely to have some effect at least
to the injury of American commerce, has
now been practically abandoned in view
Of the encouragement in the very coun-
tries where Europe expects it to have
most effect on account of the relations of
Washington, which Is years ago, Were
less cordial than today.