New-York tribune., 1912-02-18
DISCUSS CANAL PROBLEMS |
John Barrett and C. B. Brown
Address Republican Club.
LATIN AMERICANS PRESENT
They Relish Especially Professor
Shepherds Diagnosis OF
Cerebral Elephantiasis'

MANNERS Of the Republican Club a1tei
discussing at their Saturday luncheon yes
,orday oysters on the half shell, cream OF
chicken. roast rack Of lamb. a baked apple
and coffee. turned their attention to Inc
Panama Canal and Pan-American Com
,nerce" John Barrett, director general OF
the Pan-American Union. spoke first ana
,vse followed respectively by Professor
william r. Shepherd, of Columbia uniVer-
sitv. who attended as a delegate from the
IrpIted States the Pan American Congress
held IN Santiago, Chill, in 1898, and by GOWN
r Brown. a San Francisco commissioner
i,,srested In the Pannma-Pacihc EXPOSE
ton.
Chief among the impressions produced oE
the first two speakers was that of the eX-
istence in this country OF colossal con
c.,, based ON ignorance Of what the "other
Americans" have been accomplishing FRO
fessor sbepberd dubbed this American trait
cerebral elephantiasis. and its quintessence
ho found expressed in the typical remark
Of returning American travellers from
South America. that they were glad to be
hack in Gods country John Barrett
found the national egotism focused in New
yo,h CITY. which he said had showed IT.
than one occasion.
Among the Latin Americans VINO hsteneo
with relish TO all that was said were tne
following consuls general: Francisco t'Soo
bar, of Colombia; NJ. Gonzalez OF oos'"
Rtca; Nutz Green. of Uruguay; SancheH
Cruz, of Chill, and Santa Marina, OF 'he
Argentine Republic Another listener was
l.. p. Corea, former minister to the un''eo
States from Nicaragua. Andrew IS nun"
phrey, who presided, said that htteeh OF
sixteen of the score of republics IN 'he
Western Hemisphere were represeh'eu VI
fcially in the audience.
Mr. Barrett regarded Intervention py '"e
United States in either Mexico or Cuoa- eA.
cent by their invitation, as the srea'eS'
crime in history which the United states
oould commit" With regard to the prep
aratton being made universally 10 u'i"Ne
the Panama Canal he said:
ITO my knowledge dozen OF the steam
,h,p companies of Europe and Japan are
20, onlv nreparing to extend their service
through the Panama Canal, but are ouiIo-
ing vessels especially for that trsde.
I'm contrast to this 1 know of but two
American steamship companies that are
taLtne active steps in this direction"
And of trade with the countries along the
psciAo Coast of South America, he re-
marked
THE Pacific Coast of the twelve countries
NJ Latin America, despite their isolation
without the canal conducted last year a
foreign trade valued at $4ooOoo,oOo This in
turn represented an increase of 100 per cent
in the last ten years. -
II they can conduct foreign trade like
this without The c@nal theH sn1ulu ~ ,,oi
is opened, and of this the United states
should have the major portion.
Professor Shepherd backed Barrett mp III
his nlea for a systematic exploitation or
south American commerce. he enumer,
ated some of the elements when had
INITIATED against a greater volume OF trace
retween the two continents of the Western
Hemisphere, and made a number OF praG-
tical suggestions. not the least OF "nlCb
was the REIMBURSEMENT of ignorance ana
rreiudice on the part Of the Yankee mer-
chant and his representatives..