The sun., 1919-08-18
ny 8. osGooD HARDY, M. A.

ny 9! osGOOD HARDY, NJ. A.
Written especially for the Edtsn Amer
toan Section Of THE Sum.
livery one has watched with interest
the effect Of the war on the two great
International rapprochements, the Triple
Alliance and the Triple Entente. but thus
far little attention has been given TO
its influence upon the erstwhile entente
cordiale among the A. b. C. Powers
Of South America ....t..t
Before the war there was n very
marked trend in Argentine, Brasil and
chile toward mutual understanding
IN regard to foreign policy. especially
on the part of Argentina and Chile
After the settlement of their boundary
troubles these two countries became very
friendly and by many who feared the
dominating influence Of the Colossus
OF the North" as the United States was
OFTEN called, It was felt that IL they
could combine with Brazil q powerful
offset could be secured. ...,,,@
In spite of its frankly anti-United
States motif this movement was well
coined by many in this country, who felt
thst thereby the enforcement of the Mon
roe Doctrine would be made easier and
when the diplomatic representatives Of
the A. B. c. Powers were asked to assist
US In our attempt to settle our troubles
with Mexico It was felt that a decided
step had been taken toward bringing
1t about .
AT present, however, It seems that the
A b. G. movement is further from &C.
complshment than ever. due largely to
The position Brazil now holds By ITS
active entrance into the war Brazil has
acquired an international position which
Is recognized with envy by the other
two large Powers and In addition a new
friendship has grown up between It and
the United States which makes Il Inn
probable that Brazil will Join with Ar
gentina and Chile In any Understanding
whose main raison d'etre Is hostility
toward and fear Of US.
A. p. @. an Unnatural Alliance.
Furthermore the A. B. C. was in actual
fact an unnatural alliance. Since colo
NAL times Argentina and Brazil have
been rivals both politically and eco
nomically. and although there is little
danger Of political disputes now that the
boundaries of the different countries
haye been satisfactorily determined the
| economic rivalry Is bound to increase
with the development Of Brazil's cereal
and meat Industries During the last
century relations between Brazil and
Chile were very cordial. A, negative
cause for this. lay In the fact that as
Brazil and Chile were not contiguous
| there was no occasion for any Boundary
dispute to arise between them
A positive impulse came from the
Argentine Chilean boundary DISPUTE
which caused Chile to seek the aid of
Brazil. an aid which the latter, with her
natural rivalry for Argentina, was Quite
willing to grant When Chile and
Argentina settled their differences
Chile's motif no longer existed and az
ter the first Pan-American Scientific
Congress in 1907 BraziTs amity for
Chile was somewhat chilled.
! The occasion for this Is rather IN
terestfng. At one of the most important
sessions of this congress a leading Bra
lillian delegate gave discourse,
scholarly. but unfortunately in .Portu-
guese. Consequently it was understood
by very few of the delegates and as
1t was also somewhat lengthy even
Latin American politeness was unable
to compel careful attention Further
more the reporters did not give 1t
much space In the papers the next day,
with the result that the Brazilian dele