Hispanic-American Relations with the United States. By W. S. Robertson.
(Oxford University Press.) Professor Robertson, of Illinois University, has written a valuable book, tracing the growth of intercourse, political, economic and social, between the United States and the Republics of Central and South America. He states the facts clearly and dispassionately, and does no more than refer in passing to the controversial aspects of the question in recent times. It is well known that Spanish America has no great liking for the Monroe Doctrine, and is uncommonly suspicious of the type of Pan-Americanism that was preached by Blaine - the powerful " A.B.C." Republics—Argentina, Brazil and G'hile—are in no mood to be guided by Washington, and show a disposition to substitute Latin-Americanism for Pan-Americanism. Nevertheless, as the author shows, the indirect influence of the North American Republic is slowly increasing in South America, and the history of its growth throws light on the present situation.
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