Evening star., 1901-04-23
Coming Organization of the Pan
American Commission.
SUBJECTS LIKELY 10 Be CONSIDERED
A Permanent Court of Arbitra-
ton Suggested.
MUCH PRELIMINARY WORK

The commission recently appointed by the
| President to represent this country at the
| congress Of American republics to be held
at Mexico City next October, will meet In
| Washington shol tly for the purpose of or
| ganizat1on. 1t is expected that a chairman
| will be chosen, and there is some talk that
that honor may go to ex-senator Davis Of
| West Virginia. There are a number of ap-
picants for the position of secretary. but
| the choice of that official will be deferred
| until the organization Is we'll along. The
| instructions to the American delegates will
be given to them early in the fall. but In
the meantime they will do much prelim-
mary work In the way Of subdividing the
various subjects likely to come before the
congress.
One branch Of this work relates to COM
mercial affairs. Although there has not
been much practical advance in bringing
about commercial reciprocity between this
country and the southern republics, there
| appears to be strong impression on the
part of some of the delegates that the COM
| ing congress Will pave the way to a better
understanding on that subject The inter-
national railway project will also come un-
der that head, and as Mr.. Davis was a
member of the commission which projected
| the line linking North, Central and South
America, there is a prospect that that plan
| will be revived and given a tangible aspect
Permanent Court of Arbitration.
| A subcommittee Of the American dele
gates will probably be formed to consider
the political subjects which may come be-
| fore the congress, most important Of which
| is that of international arbitration for the
! republics Of the western hemisphere
Among the South American representatives
| in Washington the idea seems to be accept
| ed that some plan of establishing a perma-
| q will ha o6n tod
| and that view also meets with the
approval of some Of the American
delegates del eia,1 =, as well as with leading
however, involves some delicate con-
| siderations In connection with pending con-
troVerSfeS between some of the South
American republics, although it is felt that
these should not be allowed to interfere
with the realization Of such an import ant
general result.
Mr.. ROckhflrs Return.
There is some prospect that Mr.. Rockhill,
at present the United States commissioner
| at Pekin, will return in time to attend the
congress as the official representative of
the bureau of American republics, of which
he is the director. He was instrumental in
organizing the present congress, and has
been greatly interested in the work it
there has been no intimation that the
State Department can spare his services
from Pekin, as the negotiations there will
continue through the summer, while his
presence in Mexico would require his de-
parture from Pekin not later than August
Mr. Buchanan, one of the American dele
gates, Is director general of the pan-Amer-
ican exposition at Buffalo, but it is ex-
pected that his duties there will permit him
to leave for Mexico about the middle Of
September. Both he and Mr.. Pepper, an
other of the delegates, have a familiarity
with Spanish, Mr.. Buchanan having spent
some time in Argentine as United States
minister there, while Mr.. Pepper has trav-
eled extensively in Spanish American coun-
tries during recent years. Owing to the
number of Spanish delegates to the con-
gress, the official proceedings will be in
Spanish, with a reprint in English.