"The Future of the World lies in South America," said Signor Juaa de Buero, the Chief of the Uruguayan Mission, to me the other day, This may be a very sweeping statement but there is much truth and 2 world of wisdom in it. England at this critical time of transition, when trade relations have not only to be re-established but increased, will do well to heed the words of this Minister to Britain, for he is a far-seeing man with a powerful grasp of the world'sstrade conditions, Oesecr or Tae Missi0y.
In 1918 England sent Sir Maurice de Bunsen, formerly British Ambassador to Madrid, on a mission to South America. He had a most enthusiastic reception in Uruguay, for the latter country owes a debt of gratitude to Britain for helping her to establish herself as one of the foremost and most flourishing of South American republics. The members of the Mission, who have been in Paris since March last, took the opportunity whilst in' Europe of returning Sir Maurice de Bunsen's visit.. The King has been pleased to receive Signor Juan Buero's credentials and the Mission had the honour of lunching with their Majesties at Buckingham Palace on November 25.
The Mission, by its very presence in this country, is clearly defining what they hope with Britain's coation will be their future trade icy. The whole trade of the world is at present in the melting pot; every country is on the que vive to know what every other country is going to do. What Uruguay wishes to do is to confine her trade relations to. Britain, France, Italy, and the United States. That is, she wants if possible, to be'one with the Allies and to exclude Germany as far as is practicable.
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In 1914 the Germans were well on the way to making South America their own; everywhere they were undermining British influence and undercutting British—_ markets. 'They had captured a good deal of the passenger service from South America to Europe and were flooding the country with cheap nianufactured articles. German gold was pouring into the. country and commercial houses' were being bought over by Germany, in many cases being run under British names to disguise the true facts.
In Chile, and in the Argentine, Germany had the upper hand, and when war broke out she was in the very act of doing much the same thing in Uruguay, where British influence had always been an important factor and had_ always dominated. To quote the Uruguay
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