The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-03
DELEGATES SHOW TEMPER
Debate on Arbitration Develops . s. Lack of Harmony.

Mexico City, Dec. 2.-The session Of inc Pan-American conference took an unexpected turn today. The order or the day called for discussion or the projects of a Pan-American bank ana the exchange of official publications, put at the opening of the session MT. baez ol Paraguay, took the floor and made speech advocating comprehensive scheme of arbitration.
 The Chilean delegates showed Nndica- tions of impatience during the speech. At it's conclusion MT. Matte of Chile, arose and said that he thought it would be better for the conference to confine itself to the order of the day instead Of listen ing to mere. academical discussions.
 MT. Marejo of Argentine, when he arose to report on the project for the Pan American bank, took exception to MT. Matte's remarks, saying that the subject of arbitration was not academicai, Dut one that vitally concerned the future peace of the American continent He then went in to show the expediency of the Pan-American bank.
 The Chilean delegation offered an amendment to the effect that interested governments give the proposed bank subsidy of $10O,0OO gold per annum for five years to start with. The project was referred back to the committee with this amendment. The project for the exchange of publications was also refer red back with an unimportant amend ment.
 The session was about to adjourn when Walker Martinez of Chile. sprang to his feet and made a fierce speech denouncing what he called the premature introduce ton of the subject of arbitration. He said that as the subject was still in committee 1t was manifestly improper to precipitate a discussion thereof by the conference before the committee reported.
 It happened that Walker Martinez oc- cupies a desk directly opposite that of Mir. Baez and most of his speech seemed personally directed at him. Mir. Baez. however. sat unconcerned while MT. Martinez thumped his desk.
 The Peruvians took no part in the de- bate. The people here are asking them selves what Is going to happen next in view of the fact that last night Senor Bello Codicio, Minister and Delegate of Chile to the conference, gave dinner at the Chilean delegation at which Alberto Fillmore, one of the Peruvian delegates, and his daughter were among the guests and MT. Codicio made a speech in which he drank to the pros , perity of Peru and was answered in cor dial terms by Senor Elmor. who proposed the prosperity of Chile.
 Delegate Baez, of Paraguay. in his speech said that the Monore doctrine only protected the American nations from European aggression. What was needed was another doctrine to protect then from aggression on the part of each ofter This desideratum had been sup piled by the Diaz doctrine recently enunciated by Senator ChaverO at the banquet given by the Mexican delega- tion in honor of their colleagues. The basis of the Diaz doctrine. he said. is peace, but peace can only be assured through justice. and justice can only be assured through arbitration. Therefore, said MT. Baez. 1t is necessary to pro- claim compulsory and universal arbitra- tion as the basis of the International low of Americans.