Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-08-25
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The proceedings az the Rio confer.
ence have held the attention Of many
Of Iond0n's flnanciers. who are keen.
" alive TO the political Developments
In South America tnRt may affect the
nOn.payment % che Interest on mauy
millions OF English pounds on loan 20
various OF the Latin American ropub-
lies. Where money Is concerned news
travels fast. aud yesterday In the city
spoke with d financler deeply In
VOWEL and Interested Ia loans TO Mic.
arRRua. He had news from Rio.
You Americans are less popular in
South America today than when you
made the republic OF Panama for the
explicit purpose Of building the canal,
and that Is saying a good deal. he
said. "The cause OF Il ali Is jealousy.
Root may make q brilliant and able
speech In terms Of brotherly love that
echoes around the world, and the con-
Ference may so on paying polite def
erence 20 your delegates, but they
one aud all hale sou. aud IN their own
capitals the expressions OF this feel
ing are open 20 those who know the
countries we'll enough to read the
writing on the wall
Whom you made the canal treaty
with your new Panama republic there
went up. from CaFtagena 10 CallaO. a
howl OF yltaperatiye importlnenca that
would have made Washington SIC up,
had Il ever been translated aud placed
before tho state department / know.
for ] was there. The Enemy OF the
North was described az ombarhng on
the FIRST steps OF that imporiallatic
policy which pointed eventually 20
the absorption OF all South Amorlca.
The flame was tea by politicians only
too ready 70 make patriotic capital
out Of what thoy called the common
danger Defensive alliances against
your encroaohments were openly talk
ed OF, and In one instance / know one
was contaminated
To-day e Is almost as bad as q was
then. They declare you are d0min.
aiinE the congress; that Roots pres.
ence in South America this summer N
but a foeler, or a forerunner 70 a more
aggressive policy, and that now Is the
time for them 20 prepare FOR the H.
sue with you They have not for.
soften me war with spain. down
there, even II spain has. and your
recent part as peacemaker between
Guatemala and Salvador was cited
almost universally as uncaEed for in.
reference and an evidence OF your
purpose actually TO take possession Of
those countries. VenesuOla was par
ticularly bitter ia lts comments /
know that Castro. who a. born
fighter, sounded HIS nelghbors. not
more than six months ago. on Whetaor
Qr not they would stand By him II he
persisted IN dofying your commands
in tho asphalt case, but I don't know
what enaWer he got
"Thif animoslty Is horn OF the fear
that y0a VIII take them. and nothing
more they think you Will begin with
the weaker and more disorderly states
-ihQso that 90 not pay their debts
and that this lack ul financial lntog.
riiy VII be- pour excuse ior acting
Hence toe pfago doctrine, which ~
simply the cry that no state can coli
Loot the Just ddbia OF "a citizens from
deiaulung South American republic.
Wait and see how the small iry rally
% this docirlnal u Is the dFst oyl.
dence Of q united front against you.
aud b interests me primarily because.
II o. Is adopted, and when occasion