The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-15

She has been for the greatest publicity
Of tho proceedings throughout, and Mr..
Alzamora discussed the whole subject
In a masterful way at that time. She
carried the point, and since then has had
very little to say in the sessions. Arbi-
tration she has hardly mentioned.
ARGENTINE ISTRIoUEs.
Now comes in tho singular part Of the
performances. While Peru and Bolivia,
which are so directly and vitality Interested
have kept their seats and their tongues,
Argentina, whose interest In the contro-
versy with Chile is largely altruistic,
although she has a serious disagreement
with that warlike nation on another mat
ter. has lost nc opportunity to force for
ward the subject Of arbitration, and to
exalt its glories and its beauties in. sea
son and out, at public functions or In the
sessions of the conference.
or course this is very annoying TO the
Chileans. II Is their desire and effort to
keep hat subject as far in the background
as possible, and to minimize in the oom-
mittee the declaration which shall be sub
mitted to the conference for its action.
On public occasions she is willing to
discuss the broad generality freely, and
has repeatedly declared the fact that Chile
has resorted to arbitration many more
times than any Of the other nations repre-
sented here. especially those Of South
America which are now making the loudest
demand for the adoption Of the principle,
and the establishment Of obligatory ar
bitration.
In the speech which Mr.. Walker-Mar-
tinez delivered at the banquet at Puebla.
he emphasized with fowery rhetoric the
adherence Of his country 70 the great idea
of fraternity But in the sessions and
In the committees the Chileans have not
had much to say about arbitration. and
what they have said has not been In advo-
cacy of an advanced position.
They nave stood for the correct par
liamentary usage. Tn work is in the
committee; let it stay there until the COM
mittee is ready TO report. Then let it
come before the conference. Meanwhile
the conference has nothing to do with 1t.
and the effort to drag it before the con-
ference Is an insult to the committee.
With this foundation it will be easily
understood that the Chileans were not
pleased the other day when the Argentine
delegation presented a long report to the
conference. 1t purported 70 be an exposition
Of what the Argentine States had accom-
plished since the Washington conference
Of eleven years ago upon the lines sug-
gested by that conference.
II was suggested by the similar report
presented by the Mexican delegation at
the beginning Of the sessions. But unlike
the Mexican report. this one discussed
the subject OF arbitration at length, and
in further departure from the Mexican
precedent, only that part relating to arbi-
tration was read To the delegates.
They we're informed that IL would all
be printed In a few days and they could
then get copies TO see what the rest OF 1t
was about. Merely the subjects treated
were announced
PARAGUAY YIREs A BOMB
Not only was the fact OF the presenta-
ton Of this report at the time when It was
| read a violation Of what the Chileans hold
10 be the proper procedure. but the handling
OF the subject Of arbitration was extremely
distasteful to them. They are very good
parliamentarians, and do not reveal much
by their manner Of what may be their feel
ings on any matter which In before the
conference. But IL was evident during
lne rtdullR % u lnh hINiNis, W NhhSh bhtN
paid the closest attention, that 1t was not
at all to their liking.
When the session was over some OF
them did not hesitate to say plainly
they thought. both of the procedure and
the project. II was a very singular con-
tradiction in Argentine policy, said one OF
them, that whenever there had arisen
IN occasion for arbitration between Argen-
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always oontended for a very limited appli-
cation Of the principle. But now, when the
talk was before all the world, their desire
was for the bnoadest and most unrestricted
declaration
The echoes awakened by the presentation
~ this Argentine project had not died
away when. ~ soon as the minutes 81 the
last meeting had been approved this morn
nag. DR. Cecilio Baez. the delegate from
Paraguay. took the floor. The order Of the
day provided for the discussion ~ the ~
port Of the Committee on Pan-American
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establishments ~ a bank IN New York nat
should look out Tor this International bust
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ne Practios - the learned Professions,
which was 20 recommend the erchange
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