The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-03

gates and saying that the Americans are
not mere Tor place or Preferment, but to
increase the general feeling of amity and
good Will among the American nations;
that his country wanted no more terri
tory but stood as firm as the Medes and
the Persians were for the Monroe doe
trine, which declared for territorial IN
tegrlty of all the American republics and
for the preservation of their commercial
Ex-senator Davis having declined the
presidency of the conference. Provisional
President Gennro Raigosa, chairman OF the
Mexican delegation, was elected president
Duarte Pereyra of Brazil was elected
first vice president and Baltazar Estupinian
of Salvador second vice president
Senior Carlo of Ecuador proposed naming
Secretary Hay as an additional honorary
president, Senior Calvo of Costa Rlca sec
onded the motion and Senior Cprrea OF
Nicaragua asked that the appoin tment be
made by reclamation, and after another
speech by General Reyes, the conference
accepted CARLOS proposal unanimously by
acc lmation.
At the opening session of the Pan-AmerI-
can congress this morning Delegate GIL
Fortoul of Venezuela said that he had re-
ceved word that President Castro of Vene-
zuela had replied to the resolution OF the
conference with respect to avoidance of
war between his country and Colombia and
he asked the president OF the conference
if a reply had been received from Colon
hia. President Rallgosa replied that the
reply of the president of Venezuela had
been received by the foreign office OF
Mexico, but up to the present moment
neither the foreign Office nor himself ms
president of the conference had received
any reply from Colombia. GIL Fortoul said
he thought diplomatic usage demanded that
no official report OF the reply of Nenezuela
be made until the, reply OF Colombia Is
withhold the reply Of Venezuela until Co
lombia Is heard from.
Referring, to the publication OF dis
patches which did not emanate from him,
General Reyes OF colombia said he be-
neved the reason for the delay in the re-
ceipt OF message from the government
of Colombia was because of the interrup.
ton of the telegraph lines which passed
through rough country He was quite
certain no discourtesy was Intended
President Raigosa said he would act In
accordance with the representation Of GIL
Fortoul MS being in conformity with diplo,
matte usage, but II the conference wishe
otherwise he would have to bow 70 its
wishes. The conference declared IL did not
wish to run counter to the request of Ga
Fortoul.
u is reliably ruu,ored that venezuela's
reply to the peace message Of the confer
ence is rather embarrassing. being aggres-
sive!y self-assertve
The following are the members of the ar
bitratlon and court of arbitration commit
tee appointed by the several delegations Ia
the Pan-American conference, one member
for each delegation.
Senior Beranio. for Argentine; Senior
Guachata for Bolivia; Duarte Perelra. for
Brazil; Martinez Silva, FOR Colombia: Sc
nor Calvo. for Costa Rlca: Blest Cana,
for Chile; Senior Carlo for S2ntO Domingo
(and also for Eculdorl; Senior EstupinIan
FOR salvador Mr.. Buchanan, FOR the United
| Stntcs; LnzN ArriAga. for Guatemala; Mr.
Leger, for Hayti; Senior Davila, for Hon
duras Senior Pardo for Mexico; Sen0l
| Corea for Nicaragua; Senior BaeZ, fol
| Paraguay; Senior ALEXANDRA, for Peru; Sc
nor Cuestas. for Nicaragua, and Gil For
| foul for Venezuela.
other committees win be appointed Mon