The Washington herald., 1914-06-14
Fearing for Their Own lnde-
pendence, Countries South
Of Mexico Are Uniting to
Avert Annexation. 2
BY sfEGFRIED DUNBAR woYER.

By sfEGFRIEO DUNBAR wOYER.
Mediation-the corner stone of a gigantic
structure among history's architectural
achievements.
The Mexican embroglio-the invisible.
yet indestructible foundation of mighty
| twentieth century Accomplishment:
THE UNITED STATES OF SOUTH
AMERICA.
Let not the bugie sound Of destiny be
drowned in silly laughter Of ignorance.
conceit or prejudice.
Let not the trace Of history's unhalting
step be waved aside with childish hand
nor ridicufed with sneering lips!
For history DOES repeat itself.
And the Inevitable is to come.
The moving finger writer; and having
writ, moves on
Handwriting. On Wall.
The handwriting on the wall-well has
diplomacy understood to apply to It the
magic touch that makes 1t vanish-vanish
TO the eyes of more than o.0oo, 900 hu-
mans-but perhaps we will find the ground
for that in diplomacy's desire to have
1t stay invisible-yet stay!
Where then, win some day the histo-
rian's learned pen begin to trace the lines
that spell the alpha OF this formidable
union which now Is but q loosely jointed
project in the master minds of history
makers?
Mexico-Washington, d. c.
Madrid
Observation-Disclosures.
Tokyo
Rio de Janeiro-Buenos Ayre.-Santiaso.
Just where to begin and where TO end
is hard telling.
It may. in fact. be hard telling decades
hence.
But note. IL you will. the lineup as
speculatively figured now when-well
when even the lineup Is still in the max
ing!
The beginnings details matter little.
The end will change the map of the
world.
The mediation conferences at Niagara
Falls. no matter what their results be as
viewed from the American standpoint,
will finally develop into forming the first
great step toward q closer cooperation.
a drawing together. OF the three great
South American republics. Argentina,
They will serve toward establishing for
these three republics a great prestige
among the concert Of powers"-a pres
tige which to deny would be folly: which
to underestimate would be a grave MIS-
take.
Having established such prestige with
the outside world, the A. B. c. powers
will. as q matter of logical sequence. rise
considerably in the esteem and respect
Of the seventeen smaller republics in the
South American continent. .
Feeling Is Hostile.
At this phase Of our study 1t is neces-
sary to state the indisputable fact that
for years past the feeling in South Ameri-
ca toward its great neighbor in the north
has not only been not a friendly one, but
that. as the years passed by, II has grown
in unfriendliness and gradually developed
into q sentiment which to describe ami
mostly" would be too mild a name: Bit
terness and even hatred more to the
point.
1t is not to be our task to treat here
with the cause or causes that led to this
state OF affairs. Be 1t sufficient to say
that its existence IL undeniable.
While the United States gradually fell
into bad repute with its South American
neighbors, Europe-and particularly Great
Britain. that ever watchful Argus among
the European nations, and Germany
slowly. steadily. industriously and clev-
erly stole itself into the confidence and