Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-15
CONFERENCE AT MADRID.
Sponish.Amerc,n Nations Invited to Participate
Therein.
Conyocatlon l. Literary and CONNER
claI, Not Some suspi-
clon ON This Point

New York. oct 1l-Important politl-
cal and international results may fol-
low the meeting Of the Hispano-Amer'-
can congress which has been called 10
meet IN Madrid on November 18th, and
TO which an the Spanish-Amerlcan
countries Of Central and South Ameri-
ca have been invited TO send represen-
tatiyes, says the Washington cores
pendent Of the Herald.
Avowedly the purpose Of the congress
is to bring the spauish-speakiug peo-
pies OF the world into closer CONNER
cial and literary relations II has been
limited. however that the real purpose
Is much more important and looks To-
closer political relations as wen, ana
the mutual support Of an Spanish peo-
pies by each other In international
difficulties IN which other races are IN
volyed, 1t Is even said that the pro-
posed drawing together OF the Spanish
speaking peoples Is aimed particularly
at thNtwo great English-speaklng ma
lions OF the world-the United states
and Great Brltain-and that the inn
vent Anglo-SaNun control or political
aggression In Central or South Amqrl-
ca.
The United States, though now hay-
ing Spanish speaking peoples under It's
sovereignty has not been Invited TO
send representatives 10 the congress
and, probably because the United
states Is not 20 be a party 90 the con-
gress IN any way, the g0vernrtints OF
Central and South America have not
seen ut 70 notify their representatives.
here Of their action on the invitations
addressed 10 them,
This failure 20 forward official in
formation and the apparent lack Of In
terest IN the press OF their respective
countries, have led Pan-American dip
lomats 20 the conclusion that the con-
gress viii furnish nothing Of interest,
and that lis results viii be unimpOrtant
Among these diplomats the report that
the congress has political objects Is dis
credited. but no doubt exists that now
spain has lost her colonies she is anN-
! Ious TO find a market for her products
and Is willing 10 give preferential tarin
IN return for similar privileges; and
| that she Is naturally DESTROYS Of paw
| ing the way 10 such a condition by
! making intimate terms win the
| Spanish-speaklng nations OF the west
! ern hemisphere.
Dir. Eduardo Wilde. minister Of the
Argentine Republic. said last night
that he understood that invitations had
! been extended to all the South and Cen
| trail American republics 10 participate
I'm the Madrid conference.
so far as / am advised he con-
! tnued 'the purpose Of ths congress is
10 bind more tightly the moral inter-
| ests Of Spain and those Of the same
tongue in the western hemisphere. The
idea Of "a congress. the initiation OF a
| society and ne objects are excellent
but fear that no political agreement
viii be reached. In the United States
the residents of New York have ciner-
ent Interests from those who live In
California and this Is also true OF the
| people OF Louisiana and those Of Mich.
gan. So. IN South America, where not
"a single custom or interest Ia common
10 All. DO not believe such congress
viii have any practical result, though
II Will give an opportunity 70 the ma
tons OF the West to give expression &C
their qualification at the existence Of
friendly relations with Spain"
As Brazil was colonlzed by the Portu'