Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-21
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4 It may be- crystal LIKED In the & state.
menta that these South American coun-i
tries are pleased with Colonel Roose-s
! ve1t and Colonel Roosevelt is3 pleased
with til EN-. N t5 NJ ,SS
While he has been preaching ideal,
slsm and while the main theme Of his
addresses has been on Ideals Of de-
\ mocracy, South America sneverthe less.
insists on looking on Colonel Roosei
seltS as q man OF action and as q prac--
tical politician raj her than as an
N ldeaIist Il &:
The predominant and Overwhelming
interest IS IN his personality His
characte ter and his public career have.
been analysed. has been described
4 as an author, I 8 traveller. journalist,
explorer, soldier, sportsman, spublicist
and idealist, but the analysis always
ends with a tribute to him as the man
of action. 3 IN 5$S. III #
Aside from his personality, sorg rath-
ssers his individuality Colonel Roosevelt
also has been received as the typical
Representative of the United \ States,
Or, as they put 1t here, the incarnation
4 OF North sAmericanism. Honors are
4 paid to- him as the former president.
sSSs5 Some of the governments s have
\ made him formally their guests. He
) has been given the same consid era.
ton. substantially, that was shown
Mr. Root when the latter was secre-
/ taryB Of state and made a trip through
South America. # I'm VI, "a;
4 w hatever views may be entertained
of Colonel Roosevelt in regard to pos
5liticaI issues at home, 1t must be said
that in South America he Is speak.
/ Ing for the people Of the United States
asS - whole and without a suggestion,
sof craftsmanship. The influence Of the
United States and Its prestige In
7 South America have been waning.
during the last Six months, and Col
sonel Roosevelt's exposition OF Ameri-
can policies and motives is doing
something to restore the vanishing
prestige. i$Ss i; s:
The incidents OF the colonels trav-
els have been varied and vivid. Some
Il Of them have been strenuous enough
to suit even his temp There
also have been, some delicate ques-
lions to be answered and some inter
II pati onal fcompli cations to be, avoided.
sss2s There was in the first place,the mis-
understanding n over the colonels
speech when he first touched South
American soil at Bahia, Brazil. .Natur-
d ally he had good things to say about
Brazil cooperating with the United
States. They misund erstood that In
! Argantina and interpreted 1t as put
ting Brazil ahead Of Argentina The
protest that up gave the colonel
pointed hint Of the feeling between
4 The two countries as to their relative
4 Importance Il. NJ d.
s.'4 Mr. Root had a similar experience.
These misund ndings occur on
tccount$ OF geography Brazil being
4 The first country where distinguish
/. Americans who come down the east
coast land, it therefore gets their
trst Impressions, which are always
favorable, and which possibly are
u given exaggerated attention by the
Brazilian newspapers. \ This is not
atked BY Argentina. "A \; IS Il
The only solution for this difficulty
I b the future will be for distinguished
Americans to begin their South Amer
Il lean journeys at Panama and come
down the west coast. That is what
4 Mr.. Bryan did, and when he reached
Buenos Aires he had had nothing to
explain. h,
The Brazilian incident in itself was
not of grave consequence, but IL Col
one1 Roosevelt had not learned
through his long experience as poll
tician that comparisons between coun-
{. tries as between individuals, are
odious, it would have impressed this
fact on him. He announced. however,
q firm purpose not to make comparf-
sons and is adhering to it.
Relative to the different countries,
Colonel Roosevelt's Impressions as
given publicity may be summed up in
I This way: Uruguay is fine country.
Brazil is a fine country. Chile is