Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-07-21

Rio Janeiro, July 21.-The Amert
can delegates TO the international
American conference, with the excep-
ton of Van Leer Polk. have arrived
here. Secretary Root is at Pernam
buco on board the United States cruis-
er Charleston. and will reach Rio de
Janeiro July &c.
Besides the United States all the
South and Central American re-
publics represented at the second
Pan American congress are repre-
sented at the present congress,
excepting Venezuela, which has sent
no delegate. Various reasons are Civ
en- for the failure of Venezuela to send
delegates. According to one state
ment President Castro refused to ap-
point delegates, because he suspected
the United States of designs upon the
independence of the other American
republics and feared that the congress
had been arranged merely in the lin
terest of the plans of the United
States. Another version is that the
real reason for President Castro's at
titude is merely his disappointment
that Rio de Janeiro and not Caracas
was selected as the place for holding
the congress
The delegation of the United States
consists of william |. Buchanan, OF
New York formerly minister to Ar
gentina and first American minister
to Panama. who was also one of the
American delegates to the second
Pan American congress, held in MeXi-
co in 1902: Edmund j. James. presi-
dent of the University of Illinois
| Leo S. Rowe. professor of political
economy, University of Pennsylvania
Tulio Larrinaga, civil engineer of POr-
to Rico; James S. Harlan. OF Illinois
son OF Associate Justice John NJ. Har-
Ian of the United States supreme
court: Charles Ray Dean, of Illinois
now chief of the bureau of appoint
ments of the department of state, /;
| secretary OF the delegation anC
| Frank L. Joannini. official translator
of the bureau of insular affairs, wal
department, is official interpreter
Among the delegates of the othel
! American republics are Senor Wal
ker Martinez. the Chilean minister t
the United States, representing ChilC
at the congress; Soldero Baborano
and f. Davila, representing Hon
duras; Manuel Delgauo and Francis
co Antonio Reyes, representing Sal
yador; DR. Casasus, representing Mex
leo Secretary of State Root will ar
rive here next Wednesday and will
remain here twelve days before hi
will proceed on his way south HI
will attend some of the sessions o
1 the congress. but not as a regular del
egate of the United States.
The program Of the congress, whicl
vas practically agreed upon a
the preliminary meeting in Washing
ton in March, will include sanitar!
land quarantine regulations. uniformi
ty of patent laws, international recog
milton of diplomas and of practitioner
iof the learned professions. questions
affecting commercial intercourse
and an international railroad. 1t is al
so expected that the sO-called Drag,
doctrine, which is opposed to forci
BILE collection of private debts by on
nation from another will come up 10
consideration in some form.
The Third International American
conference, which will be called to or
der in the Brizilian capital at Rio d
der in the Brazilian capital az Rio d
JaneirO Monday is one OF the grea
ltrilogy of American family gathering
during the close of the past and th
beginning of the present century des
tined, in the opinion of publiCists. Il
have a most important bearing on tn,
future Of the nations Of the Westerl
hemisphere. Conceived in the min
OF the late Secretary Blaine. the idej
OF bringing into close relations tn
different governments of North Cen
trail and South America has not Onl.
a sentimental and political. but ais
a business like side that at once at
tracted the attention of Europe. FO
up TO the early '90's. owing in larg
part to difficulties of communication
TO lack of cables; to the mutual alb
sence of knowledge of the resources
Of the two continents of the Western
hemisphere, the commerce betWeel
North and South America had beel
insignificant in volume and the com
mercial nations of Europe were mo
lnOpOljzing the trade OF Latin Ameri
ca.
So to meet this condition and 10 ef
feet an exchange of natural and man
ufaCtured commodities TO the mutua
trail and South America after man,
mont hs of negotiation necessarr Il
allay the iealousies of the lesse
states. in October 1889, representa-
tives of all the republics of the thre,
Americas gathered in Washington
and, after a brief tour of the princi
pal Industrial cities Of the country
were called 10 order by Secretar,
Blaine TO consider measures for tn
common veal. Many important sub
iects were discussed during that con
ference in fact it has been though
that the program was too pretentious
but substantial results were achieved
The survey for the intercontinanta
railway, now making rapid strides -
ward completion. was inaumrateC
Provision vas made for securing uni
fOrmity Of customs regulations 50 ia
as the different business methods O
the various countries would admit