The San Francisco call., 1906-08-13
ROOTS DIPLOMACY
ST|RS TEUT0NS.
Trade Successes in the
Latin Republics New
Bette Noir of Germans
PRESS HYSTERICAL
Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyright. 1906 by the Aeraio
Pubi1shfng COuitany.

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BERLIN, Aug. 12.-Germany i,
smarting under Secretary Roots sue
cesses in South America. Under sucf
titles as THE American Peril In Bra
zil' and "Pan-American Tricks, bel
ligerent articles bearing the hall
mark of Government inspiration arr
appearing in the German press. They
attack the United States for INDUCING
Brazil to grant a preferential tariT
reduction of 20 per cent on variety o.
American products.
The articles urge the German GOV
ernment to Immediately counteract this
move, which is asserted to be the
first step toward the annihilation o.
the Kaiser's trade in Brazil. 1t is sug
gested that Germany can offer Brazi
two attractive concessions. In return
for preferential tariff, namely, an In
creased consumption of coffee and IN
creased emigration.
1t is asserted that numbers Of Jap
anese are settling in Brazil as the pio-
neers of q Japanese commercial In
vasion. The fatherland, therefore, vii
soon be confronted by the deadly riy'
airy of both the United States and
Japan. The Kaiser is advised to ex-
haust all the means at his command
to preserve Germany threatened in.
terests before the extraordinarily
clever diplomacy of the United States
which has already removed the ole
time Brazilian antipathy to North
Americans, achieves still greater tri-
umphs."
TheNRheinsch-w -westfaelische Zeitung
the organ of the German Industrial
party. reprints with caustic comments
the pan American statement which
Prince Bulow gave out July "a. II
says:
we hope the Chicago Daily News
was not really authorized to make the
unfortunate statement that Germany
interests In South America are exclu-
sively commercial, because we have
political interests in Brazil and else
where which are constantly violated
and which Germany ought to defend
with the same fearlessness as 1t would
defend its interests in the case of q
week state"
MONTEvIDEo. Aug. 12.--with gen
eral desire to make the entertainments
in honor of Secretary Root as numerous
and varied as possible during his brief
visit here there was an incessant
round of functions today, at each OF
which cordial speeches were exchanged
The entertainments were brought tc
close tonight by a banquet given by
Mr. O'Brien, the American Minister, and
d grand Dali dI the OTuSudy CluU,
of which were highly successful. The
guests at the banquet, which was on 9
magnificent scale, included President
Ordonez and all the Cabinet Ministers
and their wives, the leading citizens OF
Montevideo and officials.
Secretary Roots speeches have wor
the sympathies of the people here and
the principal newspapers express theil
qualification at the eloquent and frank
declaration of the true policy of the
United States toward the Latin-Ameri-
can republics.
RIO DE JANEIRO. Aug. 12.--Presi-
dent-elect Penna, who is touring
Southeae Brazil, in a speech al
Santa Caterina today declared thai
the alleged German peril was mag
mary and said that nowhere were
there better citizens than German
Brazilians. He cited the case of DR.
Lauro Muller, Minister of Industries
and Public Works, as an illustration OF
a patriotic Brazilian, though the son oi
German parents.