The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-24
RETURNS FROM LAND
HOT With REVOLUTION
nv. c. Percy Has Experiences
Gathered on Commercial Trip
Through South America.
NATIVES ARE NOT UNDERSTOOD.
st. Louis Man Says Only When
Protection of Monroe Doctrine
Is Needed Is Friendship Dis
played for United States.

w. T. Percy, salesman In South Amer
lea for St. Louis house, returned home
yesterday. Mr.. Percy has spent several
years In South American countries. and is
well acquainted with their social and poIit-
ical conditions
II the American public were more en-
hghtened on the existing political and COM
mercial conditions in the Latin American
countries. as well as to the true nature of
me people living In Them said Mr.. Percy,
the prevailing opinion regarding the Mon
Toe Doctrine and Our duties toward our
sister Republics In the South would UNDER
30 a sudden and radical change
II Will surprise the average American
TO know that there exists an unaccounta-
DE prejudice against the United States
Which ID little short OF hatred, and one
mas only TO buy the natives a few glasses
OF wine to discover the true state of their
feelings toward US. Yet, the minute the
SHADOW of trouble looms up on the Euro
pean horizon they yell out Justify for Uncle
sam and his Monroe Doctrine
FUN FOR AMERICAN GIJNNERs
Several curious Incidents took place dur-
ING the blockade OF the Venezuelan ports
Mnen tne herman gunboat Panther Whica
, tIa ohe Hsytian cruiser. attempted to pass
Sne iortincauons at the port OF MaracaibO
AeL COMMANDER was treated TO a great STR
ElfS You know. Captain Marmaduke of
S OF, LOUIS. when he went. to Colombia 10
q
him several American gunners. Well WHEN
Sney were discharged. after accomplishing
tnelr mission, the Venezuelan Goyernnent
txnowing good thing. promptly employed
Ignorant of this fact. the German COM
wsnoer sailed leisurely up the broad bay of
Maracaibo until she rounded the point
where old Fort San Carlos sat grim and de.
nant. Cool and carefully the German gun
nors took their range, the for'a-d turrefs
nreu couple of siX-inch shells and a mo-
gnent later hundred tons OF mortar vera
plown INTO the air from the walls of the
lot, nsil q mile away. Three hundred wards
nearer the waters edge was masked bat
tery OF two six-fnch guns. Behind than
were two Yankee gunners, one OF whom
was with Dewey at the battle Of Manila Tbe
Sunners pulled the string to th.. sir-jneh
guns, and when the smoke cleared away
Steam was pouring from the Painters
polers through every portfolio and had 81
not been for her consort coming to her as
ISSUANCE and towing her out The Panther
would now mark a spot where a fan u,ss
taken out Of German pride" -. ;. ~
HONDURAS ALWAYS IN WARFARE
Mr. Percy was in Honduras for a few
Gays while on his return trip to the ITniteS
States. Speaking Of this turbulent Repub.
lie, he said: A'epuo-
Honduras has contracted the reyo,p-
tionary fever, which for the last five or ,ir
years seems to have been epidemic down
there; The people hardly know what they
are nghting for. Some popular fiery leader
tells the people that their poverty-stricken
CONDITION is due to mismanag ement of funds
and IN stirring language appeals to theif
.mpetuous nature. The leader soon has a
iorInidable following, which just as prompt-
~ deserts him and goes over to the enemy
II the enemy proves a hard eombatant"