The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-11-19
VIEW TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

.,.v,-a I'd as employing the reellnRS
Pui looienirations of this country, the
ana G't states did not present a very
JHl.i5oble barrier TO any sinister de-
toi ,.bicb European governments or
sgHs animation of them might have
al! ar nalts of the American con-
hao ~ There were but two states
tinsnd the Mississippi, Louisi ana.
De! and Missouri: there was a
nam ,sst line: there was an unpro-
lo''s western border: the spirit of
teO'.,,nti.y was distinctly unwarlike.
ile the memory Of the war of 1912
iol stil fresh Then. too, the whole
Na9 ,,lation did not reach the twelve
million mark
w since 1928, it was then only a
tost i'm self-defense, a voice raised
10, of new world politics against
n world systems; it was a declara-
that the United States did not
uUH - have neighbors that might
,,,a neddlesome. officious and DOM
inooripg The coming of such neigh
~. would be considered an "un-
gD;andIv act" and would be resented.
noments thought tells us that
,1,ore was ample room for agricultural
tl'a,.o1onnent and Industrial expansion,
~ after the lapse of nearly ninety
-oars from the communication of
president Monroe's message, vast
.rocts or T.atin-America remain an
,,rrnovn land to all save the few saw
aaros who roam at will over treeless
risins and through dense forests. II
,,ould seem. therefore, that the chief
V.f.a 1-fr, q
ti,,e when there were afioat in Eu-
rome certain projects looking to active
Military operations on an extended
gcale in SPANS former colonies, was
rho fear Of future political predom-
nance of strong European govern
r,ents in the affairs of the American
continent. 1t was the fear that Eu-
ropaan governments might seek to
bold American governments in a state
of yassalage or tutelage, and that only
nominal independence might in re-
stv be the lot OF the various COM
monwealths which had formerly owed
allegiance to Europe, and of other
states which might rise as the result
~ pyploration and settlement. 1t is
with nations as with individuals
Those who we're friendly while living
far apart may quarrel outrageously
when they live so they can iostle and
crowd one another.
The recent Pan-American Congress
in Buenos Aires has commanded its
PUN share Of space and attention IN
the Latin-Am ericanr press, but we
have not been so fortunate as to see
snv highly eulogistic editorial COM
ment on its efficiency as a unifier
Some editors were ungracious enough
10 say that the degelates gracefully
shunted all matters of vital interest
and Importance. combining themselves
to vapid vaporings and vague general
files about friendship. peace. prosper
ity and like harmless topics.
Cometh now the German press with
the bald statement that the three most
important republics of South AmerI-
Ca. that is. Brazil. Argentina and
Chile. have entered into an alliance
to ward off undesirable influences
from their policies. Their united area
reaches over four million and a half |
square miles. and their population is
about twenty-five million. Chile can |
not support a dense population on the |
rocky sides Of the western slope of the |
Andes. but the other two republics |
could furnish homes for ten times |
their present number of inhabitants /
Facilities for communication and |
transportation between South Amer |
lea and Europe are immeasurably !
better than they are between South |
America and the United States. More |
over. Argentina in particular has re- /
ceiyed large numbers Of European i'm
migrants The natural result, there |
fore. is that the syinpathies of the |
people do n incline them towards |
more intimat, ltiOns with the Unit |
ed States. EIl .. these facts certain
diplomatic II e of the federal !
government vhirh have been viewed |
by some La, An. an publicists as !
an Unwarrar I'd +rI-f ference in the |
domestic affairs - ones neighboT. |
and ii Is easy o. .na -Tstand why there
Is note Of alarm 4 their editorial
and utterances, and why there are
warnings to their statesmen to be on
lnelr guard aga ST submitting to the
olctatlon Of the United States.
The three republics are better
EQUIPPED today TO proclaim a South
American Monroe doctrine for their
common good than was the United
states in 1923. BRAZIL. with popu-
iauon of eighteen million and an area
Almost equal to that of the United
states. has obtained German officers
10 drill her army This is in itself sig
hHlcant. for large German colonies
nave already been planted in the
southern part Of that republic. 1t i'm
pies, also. that Brazil has veered
away from France and has deter
mined to profit to the full by the ad-
lahtages held out by German COM
mercial activity.
IT, as seems TO be the case. there is 4
au cement Of loneliness and sus-
i,rclousness in the Latin temperament.
.he federal government cannot be too
edIeIul in avoiding even the appear
.lce Of evil when there is question Of
.uf rights and dignity Of sovereign
.g@.es They may ask, not without
..ason' who invited their powerful
5,9Ilhein neighbor to"hold q candle at
'''7t ction?'-America.
by IT'S FRUITS
DE pseudo Portuguese republic,
""ltl LAS been. i'm existence "A little L