The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-26
DIssENsIoNs ARISE.
No Venezuelan Given Chairman
 ship of a Committee.

ship of Committee.
 Mexico City Nov. 25.-This morning s session of the Pan-American Congress was chiefly taken up with the report of the work done by the several commit tees.
 MT. Macedo, one of the secretaries. made up a list of the chai-men of the several committees. who lave been ap- pointed thus far. Thereupon Joseph G. Fourtoul, delegate of Venezuela, arose and said that he considered it a slight
 upon his country that neither of its dele gates had been appointed to the chair manship of committee. President Raj gosa said that this was a matter with which the officers of the conference had nothing to do; that the members of the committees chose their chairmen. He re- marked, however, that some of the com- mittees had not yet organized. and there might yet be time to remedy the over sight alluded to by MT. Fortoul
 MT. Sanchez Margof, one of the Mexi- can delegates, said he was fprepared to resign his chairmanship of the Commit tee on Agriculture and Industries in fa- vor of either of the delegates of vene- zuela. President Raigosa said that he was not empowered to accept the resig- nation, as the chairmanship rested with the members of the committees them selves. MT. Fourtoul said that he did not know whether at present he would be pre- pared to accept the chairmanship of committee.
 Among the projects which have been presented to the Pan-American confer enc since the return of the delegates from their excursion is one presented by the Guatemalan delegate, Lazoa Arriaga, looking to the reorganization of the Bu- reau of American Republics. The project states that the objects of the bureau are: First, to carry into effect decisions and resolutions of this and future Pan-Amer- fcan conferences; second, to prepare studies, reports. projects, statistical data and in general all the work that may be calculated to facilitate the next confer ence in the realization of its program; third, to form, keep and care for its own archives and those of the conference: fourth. to continue and extend the prompt compilation of data on commerce and agriculture which may be made of in- teiest of countries composing the bureal. The administration of the bureau is to be in the hands of board of managers composed of diplomatic representatives of the contracting countries accredited at Washington and the Secretary of State of the United States who shall be its presi- dent.
 It is thought that something definite will come out of the work of the Com mittee on the International Court of Equity and Claims. The aims of Hon. John Barrett. the American member of the committee, Is to get his colleagues to agree on some simple and practicable formula. The Chilean project submitted to this committee is purely restrictive and merely cites certain precepts of in- ternational law which are against inter- national courts of claims altogether, lay ing down that all claims of a foreigner against a State should be settled by regu- lar tribunals of that State It Is the hope of Mir. Barrett that a compromise meas ure embodying some features of the pro- jects so far presented by Mexico, Guate- mala and Chile may be agreed upon. The United States delegation will dine all the other delegations at the Chalpepetuc res- taurant on Wednesday night.
 Fernandino Guachalla, a delegate from Bolivia, received today from his gov- ernment telegram announcing that Bo- livia had concluded general arbitration treaty with Peru and accepting before hand as a court of arbitration that which may be established by the present Pan- American conference.