Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-10

There were big maps on the wan showing
the distribution OF yellow fever in Mexico,
and graphic charts showing the compare
tive death rate from various tropical dis
eases IN a series OF years.
There were bulletins in Spanish scattered
over the chairs, and there was the sound
of Spanish, English and French in the air.
DR. hceaga OF Mexico thanked the COM
vention in musical Spanish for the honor
that had been done his country in selecting
ii as the next meeting place, and expressed
the hope that the success OF the convention
work would do more than ever to unite the
various countries con ,erned in bonds of
firmer mutual esteem and understanding.
Legal Status of Convention.
DR.. L!ceaga then presented to-the con-
gress his views on the legal status of the
convention. He said that the articles of
agreement between the component govern
ments had not yet been properly signed. and
he urged that this should be done before
the convention dispersed to give it's acts
the official sanction necessary to make them
binding the several governments. He
spoke of the progress that had been made
In national quarantine since the discovery
of the mosquito as the medium of trans
mission in yellow fever, and paid e. high
tribute to the work of the American sur
geons, Reed Carroll and Agramonte, who
made that important discovery in their Gu
ban experiments. DIR. Carroll happened to
be one of the audience, but had left the
room just before the remarks were made
and did not hear this tribute to his work.
DR.. Liceaga said that in view of the
change that had been wrought in the attf
tude of the world toward epidemic sickness
since the epoch-making discoveries of mod
ern times he thought the convention should
formulate plans for uniform and rational
International quarantine that should be
binding on all the countries represented.
DR.. Guiteras said that while he approved
of the plan he thought 1t had better go
for to- 0iU ma m
work out a thoroughly matured plan and
present 1t to the next convention or to their
governments in the interval.
DR.. Wyman said that there was IN exist
ence very good quarantine inspection and
observation agreement prepared by the
Paris conference on bubonic plague. He
suggested that the meeting could save itself
a good deal of work by adopting that plan.
plan.
Dr. Geddings who was the American rep
resentative at the Paris conference, gave
brief outline of the work of the conven-
ton as touching quarantine measures. He
said that the conference took the bold step
of practically abolishing quarantine. This
government had not been able to wholly
subscribe to the Paris convention. 1t was
perfect from a scientific standpoint but
not wholly practical, so the convention was
signed by this government with reserva-
TONS
DR.. Geddings promised to submit the text
of the convention to the advisory board of
the conference for their consideration
No Conclusion Reached.
The discussion of DR.. Liceaga's proposal
was continued at some length, but no con-
cluson was reached, and the matter went
to the advisory council.
1t was then announced that the Cosmos
Club has extended its hospitality to the
convention during its stay in Washing on.
An invitation was also received from the