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b - \ Solidarity of Western Hemisphere to Be Determined. OFFICIAL CALLIS EXPECTED SOON Parley May Lead On Agenda. BY JOHN BARRETT, t the r'an—muem--ni Conclusions of Arms l i t Former Director Genera Union. In the very near future there wi!l‘ announcement that the} ot be official fifth international American republics will meet soon at There | unanimous agreement among puth American diplomats} J =TT : p i he mostithe United States for the armament gathering will be r Pan.lconference. they did not realize that in the history of e L R L L relations from the time of leffective total eclipse of Latin America \lonroe and Secretary of and pan-American relations! From the - to President Hard-|day the armament conterence held its ; § first session. on November until ing and Secretary Hughes. now there hus loomed up so broadly Tt Wil determine. above all other(and continually, beiween the flerce (hings, whether the twenty-one Amer-.light of public interest and Latin jcan republics are to work together Amer: the gigantic figure of naval re. ta & limitation and the far east. in a future solidarity that Wwill be} "kor nearly two months hardly conference Haress- EwiNg o capi £ Chile. Santiago, the capital o JOHN BARRETT. is North and that this important American a beneflcial to them and all the world |word of ‘the Spanish language has S Dolitical and eco-|been heard in this beautiful pan- orito conduct thelr b American structure. Japanese and nomic policies separately or apart in a way that will be ever harmful to them and the worid. The first Pan-American conference, or international congress of American states, as it was originally described, met at Washington in the winter of 1889-1890, in response to the call of President Harrison. Every American was represented, and its ses- Chinese have predominated, with a certain amount of French, Dutch, Italian and Portuguese, including al- ways, of course, English. So com- pletely have problems of the Pacific and Asia supplanted those of pan- America that one Latin American ambassador recently suggested that the great name plate on the front of the Pan American Union building should be changed from “Pan-Ameri- attracted world attention. Tt|d At ) Union” to read “Pan-Pacific presided over by James G. Blaine | {iton =" Vllie “aniher ambascador then Secretary of State. His speech|ohiof.’ Bhile another ambassador at it opening meeting W repro-| il turther Todifiel, to, read <P duced in all countries and in many | 3 18 Gnion T o e o Largad s an- Janguag. As a result. it was the unanimous opinion of Europe that a new era of western hemisphere power joen diplomat facetiously remarked at {a banquet held not long ago that the 1CUGIC SutlUes NUW gracing the facade had dawned. and that forever afterAl“, e 3 L ward The world must take Into con- | . \{f_{pniAmerican bullding and Sideration the immense potentialitie : s rih America o the united Americas and their soli ahould e arity of co-operati any inter- ' Qarity of co-operation on any inte A e national question. All this comment th - 2 2 ent on cvelop- Pan-American Union Formed. ments of the armament conference The one great tangible result oflin its relation to Latin America finds this conference was the organizationjits inspiration in the fact that, al- | of what was then described as the|though Latin & America teadercd “International Bureau of American|wholeheartedly its house and home Republics.” It later became known.|for the conference, not one Ot twemie after its reorganization in 1906-1907.| Latin American republics, hxv:‘x:'g- as the “Pan-American Union.” and is|either a vast Pacific seaboard or o | Tow recognized the world over as a|vital interest in ar: \ons. | most practical international office for, was invited to pi"{'l'i'é?.!';l?"?i“'fi'q’é! the promotion of peace, friendship gnd)armament conference. commerce in the American group of ul\llhough it is pointed out that nation atin America has seve ‘The second Pan-American confer-|ten thousand. miles of Parihe: maars ence was held in Mexico City in the|line, reaching from the northern winter of 1900-1901. Every American |boundary of Mexico to the Straits of republic was represented. The United | Magellan, in Chile a population of | States delegation was headed by ex-|forty millions debouching on this | Tnited States Senator Henry G. Davis|coast line, and a Pacific commerce of West Virginia, and included Wil- lamounting to nearly one billion of liam T. Buchanan, former minister to|dollars per annum, it was not con Argentina: Volney W. Foster of Chi-!sidered as available for the Pacific “ago, Charles M. Pepper of Washing-|and armament conference. Despite ton, and myself. This conference con- | the fuct that Brazil has an area as <idered many phases of Pan-American |large as the connected area of the tion. but accomplished no|United States, and Argentina an area particular step forward. equal to more than half that of the The third conference was held at!United States and more than that of | Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil.|all the European countries, except ! in 1906, it attracted world attention|the British empire, invited to the | hecause of the presence at its open-|conference, and_that Brazil, Argen- | ng of Elihu Root. then Secretary of|tina, Peru and Chile have vital ques- | State. who continued his trip around;tions of naval and land armament at | South America and later to Mexico in|stake, none of these powerful re-| the advancement of Pan-American|publics was asked to send a delegate solidarity as desired and advocated by|to the armament and Pacific con- President Roosevelt. ference, "The fourth conference met at Bue-! These facts, as one eminent Latin nos Aires, the capital of Argentina, in| American diplomat remarked today, the summer of 1910. Henry White,[are not intended as a criticism of former ambassador to Paris and later | President Harding or Secretary a member of President Wilson's dele- [ Hughes, but rather as expressing the Zation to the Paris peace conference, | profound interest of Latin America, < head of the United States dele-!Wwith her twenty independent govern- ments and nearly one hundred million of people, in this world gathering at Washington. There is profound con- fidence throughout all Latin America in the wisdom of President Harding and Secretary Hughes, and Latin America is too proud to express any Reorganize at Rio. The chief result of the Rio confer- ence was to effect a reorganization of the Pan-American bureau and to take steps resulting in the erection of its magnificent building in Wash- ington. which has now become a “world capital” as the meeting place of the armament conference. The -THE : SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 1, 1922—PART 1. VITAL PROBLEMS AWAIT MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN REPUBLICS AT SANTIAGO PresidentHarrison the First to Issue Call For Meeting. GATHERING HELD AT WASHINGTON Blaine’s Speech” Was Hailed as Dawn Of New Era. the conference. On the other hand. it stands ready to co-operate with the United States to the limit in”promul- gating the conclusions of the arma- ment and Pacific conference, but notable way and means must be found to accomplish this purpose. It can be found in the calling of the long-delayed fifth pan-American con- ference at Santiago, Chile. verning Board to Declde. While it remains for Chile, whose as designated by the fourth pan-American conterence to be the | scat of the fifth conference, to initiate the suggestion of its meeting. the ac- tual determination of date and agenda ‘depends upon the governing board of the Pan-American Union in Wash- ington. composed of the Secretary of State, representing the United States, and the diplomatic representatives of the twenty Latin-American republics. In accordance with the constitution and regulations of the union, this governing board has the responsi- bility of framing the program and agenda. Recently the word came from Santiago tnat Senor Jarpa, min- ister_of foreign affairs of Chile, and Mr. William Miller Collier, United States ambassador in Santlago, had discussed the calling of the confer- ence and had communicated to that effect with Senor Don Beltran Ma- thieu, Chilean_ambassador at Wash- ington, and Secretary Hughes, for their views and co-operation in the matter. President Harding has already formally * expressed his approval the _pan-American conference, and Secrbtary Hughes has likewise inti- mated that it was under considera- tion. Ambassador Mathieu is dis- ~ussing the plan with Secretary Hughes and his colleagues of the Latin American diplomatic corps. The final conclusion is dependent upon the action of the entire governing board of the Pan-American Union, which meets regularly on the first Wednesday of every month in the Pan-American building. The next formal session should-be on Wednes- day. January 4. provided continued meetings of the armament conference in the same building do not inter- fere. On that date. therefore, or at another meeting which will soon fol- low, there should be action which all pan-America awaits. Probably first there will be named different com- | mittees, one to determine the place and’ date, of the conference and a other the progtam and agenda. Not later than the middle of January next pan-America and the world should know when this great American in- ternational conference will meet and what will be the problems for it to among high officials of the United States and Latin America, but among foreign delegates to the armament conference that the leading question will be the consideration by American republics of the conclu- sions of the armament and Pacifi¢ con- terence. In fact, this pan-American conference may be the first gathering of a group of nations having similar and common geographical, economic and political relation to the acts of ti.e armament and Pacific conference, and. therefore, its attitude will be awaited with world interest. Other important questions that may be included in its agenda are the or- ganized solidarity of the western Kemisphere in all great world prob- lems; arbitration of disputes between American _republics, and between them. in turn, and the countries of Europe and_Asia; joint action in_the recognition by the American republics | of de facto and revolutionary goyv- ernments, such as now exists in Guatemala, not long ago in Costa Rica, and still again, then and now, in Mexico; a great variety of ques- tions involving financial, commercial \ AMUSEMENTS. Ruenos Aires conference decided that this bureau should be known here- after as a Pan-American organiza- tion, belonging alike to all the Ameri- can republics and not merely a subor- dinate bureau of the State Department of the United States, as it had been generally regarded heretofore by all the world. Before the fourth conference at Buenos Aires adjourned it voted unan- jmously that the fifth conference should meet at Santiago. the capital of Chile, at a date to be determined by the governing board of the Pan- American 1'nion, composed of the Sec- Tetary of State of the United States, who is chairman ex officio, and the Tatin American_diplomatic ' represen- tativ The original plan was that this fifth conference should assemble in the autumn of 1914. The world war, however, came on unexpectedly, and the date was indefinitély post- poned. Upon conclusion of the war it was my privilege. as the then director general of the Pan-American Union, to urge its meeting in 1919 or 1920, but my efforts met with so little re. sponse that nothing was accom plished. Notwithstanding this official apathy, T had the support of public sentiment. expressed by the news- papers, of all Latin America. Unfortunately, the United States government was 5o busy with other matters that_it took little or no in- terest in the' possible holding of the pan-American conference, and the zovernment of Chile, under these con- ditions, hesitated to take any active ctep for its mecting. Since then the matter has been in abeyance, and it has remained for the great interna- tional conference on the limitation of armament and far eastern guestions to give the inspiration for the early calling of this much-delayed fifth conference. Overshadowed by Parley. Although the Latin American diplo- matic representatives in Washington oted unanimously to place the beau- ¢iful and palatial home of the Pan- American Union at the disposal of _— __ OTHER SERVICES. NOTICE. Freemasons, Christian Scientists, Philosophers, Truth Seekers and the Intellectually Inclined Generally The Bible Is a Scientific Book IF You Understand It. 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M. and general economic relations, like the laws for tariffs, copvrights, oom- merclal travelers, comsular regula- tions, port dues, shipping charges, recognition of yrofessional qualifica- tions, protection of patents, status of banks and firms controlled by for- elgn capital; the stabilization of ex- change and the value of the Ameri- can dollar backed by a gold reserve throughout all the American repub- lics; the enlargement bf the scope and’ _responsibilities of the Pan- American Union as an international American organization; the co-opera- tion of the interallled’ high tommis- sion, of which Secretary Hoover is the ~American _chairman, with the Pan-American Union, of which Seo- retary Hughes is ex officio chairman; the relationship of all Latin Amer! ca to the league of nations, to which most of the Latin American nations hLave adhered despite the isolation of the United States, and the possible consideration of such acute disputes a» those between Chile and Peru and hetween the United States and Haiti, the Dominican Republic. Nicaragua and Panama, as they bear on the welfare of pan-America: the recogni- tion of Mexico as a pan-American problem, and a score of other issues upon which the permanency and stability of pan-Americanism depend. Many V 1 Issucs Await. In conclusion, it can be stated that no other pan-American conference has had _-before it such vital issues for the welfare of the United States and all Latin America as will have the fifth pan-American conference. It of | { fruition of this magnificent program the ! may determine for ever the question of “the future solidarity and co- operation of the American republics, and whether the United States and its twenty sister republics shall stand united or divided for their common good and the good of the world. Corollary to all this is the con- sideration” of the big new question as to whether Canada, in her mighty uew era of political and commercial velopment and semi-independence. ould become an active member of he | merican Union along Wit the United States and the ofher American republi ‘This is a mat- ter of profound importance for which I always stood strongly during the thirteen ears that I had the honor of being the director general of the Pan-American Union, but my inspira- tion for this attitude came from Elihu Root, who, as far back as 190 when the new Pan-American buildini was being erected, directed me, in his capacity as chairman of the govern- ing board of the Pan-American Union, to include in the decorations and arrangements of the Pan- American_building proper considera- tion of Canada as a pan-American country, which might some day. by a mutual understanding between the American republics, Canada and Great Britain, become a member of the Pan-American Union, thus mak- ing and accomplishing a complete pan-American_solidarity of the entire Western hemisphere from the Arctic to the Antartic. The details of the 1 shall take up in another article. It suffices now to say that the fifth international conference of American republics. now under consideration and probably soon to be called, will be the most important international American gathering that has ever as- sembled in the history of the western hemisphere. GREETINGS TQ LEGION. INew Year Message Fru’m Gen. Diaz and Lieut. Gen. Jacques. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., December 31. —Hanford MacNider, national com- mander of the American Legion, yes- terday received New Year grectings {from Gen. Armando Diaz of Italy and |Licut. Gen. Baron Jacques of Bel- gium. Both toured the United States recently as guests of the legion. The egram from Gen. Diaz follows: Exchanging heartiest wishes for a happy New Year and affirming the highest comradeship and sympathy between the veterans of America and of Italy.” Jacques cabled: <t thanks and most sincere New { Year wishes for the legion and its commander on behalf of the Belgian army.” —_— STANDS AGAINST DRAFT. Australian Labor Party Demands | Referendum on Overseas War. SYDNEY, December 31.—The Aus- tralian labor party, in its new federal I constitution, takes the stand that compulsory .naval and military serv- ice shall be abolished, that no forces shall be raised to serve outside Aus- tralia and that the commonwealth shall take no part in overseas wars except by decision of the people. The party includes in its aims pas- isage of legislation to protect Aus- tralian shipping against unfair com- petition. AMUSEMENTS. TION [ h il i KEEN STUDY OF CONFERENCE TO RESUME IN'SCHOOL-DAYS Principals Map Out Programs to Aid Pupils Working for Star’s $1.000 Essay Prize. ; Intensive study of the proceedings|ing $1,000, are in store for the win- of the conference on the limitation of | ners of the contest. The ptizes will be armament will be resumed by the|distributed widely over two separate Washington school children when they | classes into which the contest probably return to their classyooms Tuesday |will be divided. after an eleven-day Christmas holiday. | four prizes, amounting in all to $500, Principals of the various senior and|for each of the two probable classes. Junior high schools, In addition to teachers of the upper grades of the|r) nONG SAID TO IMPRESS NEED OF REFORESTATION elementary schools, have mapped out | a program of study for their pupils| which is designed to prepare them furi writing compositions for The Star's $1.000 prize- school essay contest on | American the subject. “The Arms Conference wdeIts Significance.” Many contestants during the holi- days have devoted some of their leisure time at home to studying the conference developments in prepara- tion for the contest. The daily ques- tions relating to the parley published last week in The Star, it is believed, Forestry Association Points to Danger Which Is Threateinng This Country. Sweeping fioods in the valley and the new f1oods reported i Lue Ahnwei province of hina again bring with crushing force 1o the peo- Dle of this country the need of refor- estation, according 1o a statement from the American Forestry Associa- have materially aided the contestants | {ioh vesterday. = The mEssaps trom : . 2 le e Lpiscopal department of | in their home study of the €POCh- ,uissions in New York city says: “The Rakinglevent flovded area comprises about 10,000 | square mil Tie s The fifth set of the series of fiv iation” statement Jaily questions follo S will ot be ¢ 3 What is Weihaiwel and where is it? [ sane TR e oty What nations are expected to sign Latihes aboul this country if some- a five-power naval treaty? Sheas and replan : 'l""ulwa water- | What is the interest of the Nether-|acres that should be grow iands in the far east? d‘~““r‘(‘l'\"’:"’ ot dollars in proy What are the Root proposals for nw'sfm;.‘.':u:.l";...,,',"f"”'y e curbing the use of submarines against spring tioods. b o it son wi ike this as a spring habit of na and give little or 1o thought e recting this “habit.” The Ohio and the Mississippi rivers are particularly regular in this habit. The govern- ment spends thousands charting new channels and warning of changes in river courses, but, the association as Wilen are we going to do some- thing merchant vessels? 1s Japan's homeland included in the application of the four-power treaty relating to the Pacific? It is emphasized that answers to these questions should not be sub- mitted to The Star. Contestants, how- oo fowita e e 5 ever, are advised to secure all in-j (oT r-;:x‘;‘ir:;ooa‘;” ting conditions formation which will enable them to! 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