New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-28
PROTESTS AGAINST
COFFEE TRUST SUIT
brazilian Ambassador Considers
Action a Serious Inter
national Question.
KNOX PRAISES REPUBLICS
vovor Welcomes Representa-
tives TO First Dinner of Pan
American Society and
Defines Commerce.

Defines Commerce.
-,.,,,c,o da CANA. the Brazilian Ambas-
...o, at Washington. took occasion last
.,,,t at the first dinner of the recently
..,,n,zed Pan-American Society, at the
waldorf 10 register his earnest protest
.,.,nst the coffee trust suit just filed under
ne sherman Law by the Department Ct
Justice
The Ambassador spoke emphaticany,
.,ougb good naturedly. and he left no doubt
- the minds Of his hearers that he consid-
...5 The suit serious matter from an in
.srnationai point of view. He had talked
=, the glorious opportunities for riches and
,o,,ance in Brazil and mentioned list of
odont's" for American capital which ne had
&, mind when he turned his attention to-
rard the coffee trust suit.
~ had intended to tell YOU all that or ut
least a part Of IT," he said. when my
homes for no new error in our commercial
relations received a heavy blow with the
Endorsement by the government of the
United States of the somewhat arbitrary
and quite revolutionary doctrine Of paying
for other peoples merchandise not the
mice they ask for II but the price the
United States-J mean the American mer-
chsnts-Want 10 pay for il. Il is a brand
new doctrine. and the United states seemed
disposed 20 enforce II even TO the sacrifice
Of long standing International friendship.
IN their cagerness to establish their
rrht 10 NEEDLE with the property of a for
elsn state certain officials OF this govern
ment went so far as to proclaim before an
American court Of justice the forfeiture of
the sovereignty Of that foreign state, and
this. witt an unthoughtfulness of the con-
alteration due TO a friendly state. which
ccincides with the boundaries OF interna-
tonal discourtesy.
so YOU see Mr. Chairman. we South
Americans have still much TO learn Of the
new American ways I'm dealing with for
eign countries, as Americans have still TO
learn the way To our hearts
Hopes for Better Understanding,
Mr.. Da Cana ended his speech with the
cordial wish that the two countries would
understand each other better. and by the
tone Of his beginning and ending took
ruch Of the sting out Of the rather sharp
lGragrarhs from the BODY Of the speech as
quoted.
Secretary Knox. who preceded Mr.. IA
Cana on the list of speakers, had nothing
hut the highest praise for the Latin Ameri-
can republics, several OF which he has re-
Gently visited. He commented upon the fact
that news Of the United States IS coca
sioranv distorted In South American news
rapers and intimated that il was possible
the reverse was also true.
Az q remedy he proposed news tele-
graph system Of exchanges, with some
thing like a weekly edition Of several
large American newspapers to he pub
lished in the cities of South America.
Mayor Gsynor in his speech Of welcome
to the many representatives, Of the gov
ernments of south American countries
who came over from Washington for the
dinner, touched upon somewhat the same
thought. when he said that, although he
did not know how much the members OF
the new Pan-American Society knew
about South America, he was sure that
most Of our people do not know enough
about South America"
our political ties, the Mayor said. with
South American countries were strong
but our commercial ties seemed TO him TO
he In inverse ratio 10 the strength Of our
political ties He gave high praise 10
John Barrett. director general Of the Pan
American Union, and then turned his at
tontiou 70 little mild jokiu@ with the
ambassadors and ministers present at the
guests table
t,go
in the programme" the Mayor said, That
Paraguay has no minister in Washing
ton. I wonder IF that IS so at other dip
iomatic stations. If that is 50 7 wonder
how poor Paraguay is getting along.
They do some good, no doubt. these
foreign ambassadors and ministers. but
just how they do It l don't know. Its
mystery. The old definition that they were
men sent 10 lie abroad-not sent abroad
70 le--is no longer good one. Now
when they want to deceive each other
they tell the truth. So that this calling
has become an entirely honorable one"
With that decision arrived at, the Mayor
went on 10 say some formal words Of
welcome" sequence which did not escape
Secretary Knox, for when he arose he
mentioned that tho Mayor had first argued
out the status Of tho diplomats before
Nenturiug 10 extend the hospitality OF the
city 10 them
The Mayor went on 10 saw that sym
pathy and political good fellowship with
South America would bring US no com
mercial relations unless We offered bene-
fits in 81 commercial way which would sur
pass those they now enjoy with Germany
and England.
Commerce Follows the-Aeent.
They say commerce follows the flag,