Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-30
GOOD Will PLEDGED.
Mexican Delegates Assure Pam Ameri-
can Congress of Friendship for United

can Congress of Friendship for United
States.
Mexico City. Nov. 30--At a banquet
given by the United States delegation
DO the Pan-American conference in hon
or of the Mexicans. Senor Genaro Raj
gosa OF Mexico, president of the interna-
tional American conference, made 9
noteworthy speech.
Speaking OF. the independence of the
conference, Raigosa said that the eyes
of Europe and the world are fixed or
) the conference, and that the msnieni
has arrived when its members must rec
ord in the book of human evolution o
new victory in the cause of right, OIL
press another crown OF thorns pH the
: broYs Of Justice. Addressing himself
especially to the American delegates
Raigosa said:
II, take pleasure In stating here, in
the name Of every men of enlighten-
ment in my country, that If in former
times war plowed q chasm" between
the two countries and engendered Bit
kefness and rancor. on the other hand
IN more recent times, the noble, gener-
ous, and disinterested assistance. none
the less energetic and cfficacious be-
cause only moral. afforded by the peo-
pie and government OF the Cnited
States to ward the achievement of our
eeccnd independence in 1866. by obigine
the French Caesar to Withdraw his
hosts from our territory, has healed ey-
cry wound and has transformed the
sentiments OF the Mexican people to-
ward the people Of the United States
into those Of cordial and sincere friend
ship"
The Mexican, Guatemaian, and Chill
tan projects for the court OF claims are
likely to be compromised, and to give
birth to a composite measure which will
be satisfactory to all. In consequence
the committee OF the Pan-American
conferent:e having charge of this sub
5ect will soon make Its recommends
lions to the Pan-Amerlcan conference.
It is understood that an international
court of claims will be given a trial. but
with restrictions limiting its use to
cases where the claimant car Clearly
show that he has exhausted every legal
resource in the country against which
the claim is brought.
The session OF the Pan-American con-
gress yesterday morning was largely
taken up with the reading of the reports
of the committees on international
banking and monetary exchange and
on literary relations, the latter favoring
an exchange of official publications, and
a lengthy report Of the committee. of
which Senator Davis is the head, with
respect to the Pan-American railroad.
A project was submitted by William Y
Buchanan Of the United States delega-
tioB on commercial nomenclature. Bu-
chanan says:
.'The Importance of this subject to the
commerce OF the republics represented
here has been frequently and forcibly
brought to my attention. and have
reached rhe firm conviction, as the re-
suit of my observations with regard
thereto. that If uniformity of name and
description can be secured for the COM
mon articles of Pan-American COM
merce. and such nomenclature officially
adopted and made the basis of the Gus
toms schedules and laws of the repub-
lies Of this hemisphere, distinct and
valuable step. followed in all that ap-
pertains to the general betterment of
commerce, will be gained"
Buchanan proposes that the govern
ments represented in the bureau of
American republics contribute among
themselves the sum OF forty thousand
gold dollars, with a view to careful
revision and compilation, In English,
Spanish and Portuguese. and under the
direction Of the customs division of each
~ the said governments, OF the CONNER