Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-12-14
GE ERMAN PRESS IS
DISTRUSTFUL OF
UNITED STATES
Believes Opening of Panama
Canal VIII See Era of Eco
nomic and Political Guard
ianShip 0vefSOuth America

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pers are deeply distrustful of the att
ttude Of the United states toward the
republics Of South America Articles
are published regularly in which
America is accused Of cherishing the
idea Of eventually establishing a pro-
tcctoratc over am south America. and
with the approach of the opening OF
the Panama canal their appearance
Is becoming more frequent A char
Gcteristic article is published by the
Tageblatt from its correspondent at
Buonos Ayres. This correspondent
says
South Americans are beginning to
perceive that with the opening of the
Panama canal an era Of economic and
political guardianship by the United
states, coupled with the forcing out
Of Europe, will be lnaugurated in all
the twenty LHtin-American republics
This realization gained such ground
lately that it seemed necessary to the
farsighted Yankees to send their lead
ing statesmen on speaking tours, i'm orr
der to dispel the suspicious Of their
sister republics As result the polit-
ical opponents. Roosevelt and Wilson
have united to defend the interests Of
the union and divert South American
suspicion upon Europe. Theodore
Roosevelt interrupted his triumphal
Rio de Janero and sang there an in-
gpired song of praise of the Monroe
doctrine. 'the strict upholding Of
which, he said, was a vital question
Tor all South American states True
to his soothing purpose, he quietly
abandoned the aggressive imperialis-
tic form of the doctrine as formulated
by himself and said the union had no
thought of territorial conquests, but
had in mind only a policy of mutual
trust. i'm the sense Of a Pan-American
community of interest directed against
the cid world In spite Of this, he
claimed for the union the right to
exercise the international police pow
en- against the South American repub-
lies. In other words, annexation, IN
case the South Americans should show
themselves incapable of upholding
civilizations Speaking further on his
policy of leaving Europe in the cold
Roosevelt declared that the nine
teenth century was the century Of
North American development, and
that the twentieth belongs to South
America
where Roosevelt confined himself
to defending the union against sus-
picions of lmperialistic purposes, Pres
ident Wilson proceeded directly to the
attack 10y picturing Europe us the
real enemy of South America. His
address before the commercial con-
aress at Mobile was really directed at
South America. The aims of the
union he said, had naught to do with
Ipecuniary considerations but were de-
cided solely by the demand OF
morals. The principal enemy Of
these common American morals, how
ever, was foreign or European capital
from which the South American
states must emancipate themselves.
The Panama canal, he declared. was
the chief bulwark of Pan-Amerca's s
common interests against this de-
structive outside influence and would
facilitate the emancipation of the
South Americans from the foreign
Imammon In this they could depend
Iupon the aid of the union.
I'm Brazil and Argentina the peo-
pie are just now somewhat under the
spell Of Roosevelt. There is no lack
however, OF important South Ameri-
can personages, who see Panama canal
and the Yankee friendship in their
true light