Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-01
The Patriotic Work of the Two Com
pared by W. E. Curtis, of
Pan-American Note.
GREAT GOOD WAS ACCOMPLISHED,
In His Opinion, bY the Late international
Congress, in Preparing the Way
for Closer Relations
WITH SOUTH AMERICAN NEIGHBORS.
Lecture on Music. and Breezy Notes From the CeOl
Lakeside Resort
srrcrAL TELEGRAM TO THE prsrAroH.,

'tSit down here for moment; happy t
meet YOU and The DISPATCH, the bes
paper between New York City and Chi
cagO," wss the hearty invitation of Mr.. W
E. Curtis, Secretary of the Pan-Americal
Congress, rs we took convenient seat q
the pier while he was waiting for tn
steamer. "Mr. Curtis, what do you thinl
of the probable success of Mr.. Blaine
great international scheme?"
q ~ told you nv views principally, in thi
mornings lecture, but 1 would like to sa,
aword concerning Mr.. Blaine, whom 1 con
slider the master mind of to-day. 1t was ht
who was instrumental In making it sue
cess. / we'll remember the time when
squabble occurred among the delegates
which was due to misinterpretation o
several of the delegates who did not under
stand the language. Mr.. Blaine sat in the
chair as restless and impatient as a caged
lion.
CALLING CARNEGIE TO AID HIM.
Although the presiding officer, he had
no right to the floor. But he could speak
through others, and calling Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie to the platform, whispered a few
words in his ear. The latter returned to his
place, and at the first luE in the excited de-
bate demanded recognition.
Mr.. President, said he, L believe that
this confusion and the differences among
the honorable delegates is largely due to
improper translstions and misconstruc-
tion of the meaning of somc of the words
of the text, and in order to give an oppor-
tunity to correct the Misunderstanding
move that the conference take a recess of
twenty minutes
The motion was carried, Mr.. Blaine left
the chair and called the angry disputants
into an adjoining room. In half an hour
he returned, his face glowing with sstisfac.
tlon and paper in his hand. He sent the
Vice President to the chair and taking the
floor, by the unanimous consent of the dele
gates, he exclaimed In ringing, trium-
phant voice:
THE DIFFICULTY ADJUSTED.
Mr.. President, am very happy to an
nounce that any vital difference upon any
question connected with the scheme of arbi-
tration which an hour ago might have been
feared is, hope, entirely removed, and the
resolutions of the honorable gentleman have
been simply changed from being in per-
petuity to running at even dates with the
treaty Of arbitration, so that they stand and
fall together. They are born together aud
will die together. But we shall hope that
the lives of both will be perpetual.
"It was then that the first applause
during the entire session was heard
Mr.. Blaine read the articles in succession,
and they were translated one by one BY DIR.
Zegarra, the delegate from Peru. Thea
came the vote, and it was unanimous, the
delegates from Chilli having withdrawn.
1Nhnu Ell 6i3 ~ If &c
pledge themselves that wars upon the Amer.
lean continent should be no more, and that
the angel of pesce shall preside at the court
of arbitration, to which all differences shall
be appealed.
GREAT HOPES ARE RESTING
on the results of the conference, and its con-
clusions will be accepted and enforced, for
to-day the sentiments of all the sister
nations are none other than these expressed
by Simon Bolivar in his sublime toast
uttered more than 60 years ago: To the lib
erty, fraternity and prosperity of the Ameri-
can Republics. May they endure as long as
the North Star stands, as the axis of the uni
verse, and the Cross, for 1900 years the SYM
Dol OF peace on earth and good will to men,
hangs star-lit in the Southern sky"
Your correspondent found the gentleman,
VINO, as executive officer, managed the great
Pan-American excursion, which travelled |
5000 miles at cost OF S67, 900, as pleasant
talker as he was an able lecturer. In the |
morning he spoke in substance as follows: |
Fronting the Plaza Bolivar, in the city of |
Caracas, stands an old building with walls /!
four ieet thick and grated windows like |
prison. To the right, across the plaza, is |
the ancient cathedral; to the lie It the Cosa |
Aniaullo, or yellow house, in which the |
President nj Venezuela resides
THE FIRST OF THE REPUBLICS.
In the center, mounted on a rearing horse.
Is a bronze efigy of Simon Bolivar, the |
liberator of South America and the founder |
of five Republics, one of which still bears
his name. Across the street. in the other
direction, is the Palacio Federal, the Capitol
OF the Republic, where the Congress sits
and official cereu1onials of which our Span
ish-American neighbors are so fond, are
held. Here, on July 5, 1911, 319 years after
the discovery of the New World, the first of
the Standardization colonies declared its
Independence, and the leader in the move
ment a few years before had been the lover
o. an Empress, the famous Catherine the
Great OF Russia.
The original Declaration of Independence,
faded and frayed until its lines are almost
hangs upon the walls, and at the
OppoSite end OF the apartment is large
intended to commemorate the
scene. During the administration of John
Quincy Adams, Bolivar, the founder of five
proposed to hold a conference of
American republics at Panama, to the op-
position of the slave holders, who saw in
such a conference detriment to their in
terest. The delegation from the United
States did not arrive until after the confer
eHce mac adjourned.
COMPLETING BoLIvAR's WORK.
What the immortal Bolivar had proposed
IT was Lett Tor Blaine to accomplish, and last
October there assembled at Washington
delegates from Is nations in America. After
q delIberation over the mutual interests of
The nations, committees were appointed to
provide measures for the benefit of these
nations. The great object discussed was
means OF supplying satisfactory steamship
system between the countries. Manv OF the
measures OF the committee met with oppo-
sition, but not with SO much az miphI be ex. {
pected. Some of these measures have al
ready received the approval of CONGRESS of 7
the United States. Commerce between !
North and South America has yisiblv in '
creased owing to the work of The Pan.Amer- !
ican Congress:
After the work of the congress was com. r
pieted the visiting delegates were ipyited In d
view the Inc oustrles and social ADVANTAGES Of .
the United States, and in train arrsnged {
10y that purpose they made their i.mons
eour OF our country. Railroads for tha -
crease OF traffic between North and sorth
America are In process of constructiob IT,
building Of road between the two COM
tries has been proposed, and Congress ha,
already appointed commissioners and annro-