Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-15
SPAIN IS TRICKY
HISPANO-AMERICAN CONGRESS
AIMED AT UNITED STATES.
BRAZIL AND U. S. NOT INVITED.
Looking Toward Political Agreement
Hostile to English-Speaking
Nations.

New York, Oct. 14.-Important political
md international results may follow the
meeting of the Hispano-Amerlcan con-
gress. which has been called to meet III
Madrid on November IL. and to whleh
all the Spainsh-American countries OK
Central and South America nave peeE
invited to send representatives. says lhs
Washington correspondent OF the f1eraio'
Avoweily the purpose OF the congress 10
to blend the Spanish-speaklns people "a
the world into closer relations. IL HAS
been limited. however, that the real pur-
pose is much more important, ana loohs
to closer political relations as well. ana
the mutual support of all Spanish peoples
nv each other in International difficulties
in which other races are involved. 1t is
even said that the proposed W To-
eether of the Spanish-speaking peoples
is aimed particularly at the two great
Notwithstanding nations of the world
the United States and Great Britaln'
and that the immediate object TO De
sought is 20 prevent .A~nglo-SaNoh con-
troll Of political aggression in central OF
South America. The United states mas
not been invited to send representatives
to the congress, and probably because
the United states is not to be a party
to the congress in any way. the govern
ments of Central and South America
have not seen fit to notify their repre-
sentatives here of their action on the
invitations. This lack of action has led
to the conclusion that the congress Will
furnish nothing of interest and that Its
result will be unimportant. Among dip-
lomats the report that the congress has
=. g. I,-a-A2t-aI h1t no
doubt exists tha now. Spain having lost
her colonies, she is anxious to find a
market for her products and is willing
to give preferential tariff in certain quar-
tiers with a view to paving the way to
future trade with the Spanish-speaklng
nations of the western hemisphere.
DR.. Eduardo Wilde. minister of the
Argentine Republic. said last night thai
he understood that the invitations had
been extended to all South and Central
American republics.
80 far as am advised" he continued,
"the purpose of the congress is to bind
more tightly the moral interests o.
Spain and those of the same tongue in
the western hemisphere. The idea of a
congress-, the initiation of a society, and
it's objects, are excellent. but l fear that
no political agreement will be reached.
In the United States the residents of
New York have different interests from
those who live in California, and this
Is also true of the people of Louisiana
and those of Michigan. So in South
America, where not a single custom OF
interest is common to all. l don't be-
lieve such a congress will rave any prac-
tical result, though it will give an OPP
%portunity to the nations of the west to
give expression to their qualification at
the existence of friendly relations with
SPAIN
AS Brazil was colonized by the Portu-
guese. no invitation was extended to her
by Spain to take part in the congress
THUS far l do not know whether
Brazil will be represented" said Mr.. De
Azzis-Brazil minister of Brazil in Wash
ington. II am not even informed wheth-
err my government has been invited or
not to participate. AS a rule Brazil
avoids every kind of ENHANCEMENT, and
from this I infer it would not consent
to any political agreement should the
government take part in the congress
AS to BraZirs attitude towards the Unit.
ca States, it can only be most ordial."