Show 1 Gossip from the Capital Interesting Chatter of Men and Events at Washington Secretary Roots Tour of South American Countries Annual Housecleaning Houseclean-ing at the White House Other Things WASHINGTON The reception accorded Secretary Sec-retary of State Hoot at the Ian Amorican congress con-gress at Ilia Janeiro nnd the cordiality exhibited wherever ho has landed In South America aro regarded as omens of success for his unprecedented unprece-dented tour Never before has the premier of yr tills government undertaken a similar missions mission-s and It Is unusual for such a high official of one government personally to visit the capitals of I other governments and by plain frank Intercourse Inter-course endeavor to establish firmer relations between e tween great powers Mr Hoot has as the object lv of his South American tour the correction of an + ° erroneous Idea and prejudice that exists there C 4 I tr against the United States t I The peoplo of this country are virtually unknown k test r un-known In South America The United States hat no steamship connection with that section to speak of and our trade cannot compare with thai of Europe Unfortunately the typo of Americans with which the Latin Americans have become acquainted Is largely that of the adventurer A dls like has grown up because of this nnd also because our language customs and Ideas aro all different from theirs It Is to correct this Idea that Mr Root Is visiting the Latin Amorlcan republics and also with the Idea of strengthening the timehonored Monroe doctrine and perhaps to lay the foundation for a Btlll stronger bond between the nations of the Western Hemisphere Hem-isphere as against the encroachment commercially and politically of foreign r powers Mr Root will call to the attention of these South American countries the fact that from the time of their great wars for Independence the United States has protected tho southern continent from political aggression Ho will endeavor to show that It Is to tho advantage of those people to form closer commercial union with the United States and that when an understanding under-standing Is effected they will find American goods superior to those Imported from Europe |