The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22
WESTERN NATIONS
To FRAME LAWS.
Send Delegates to Pan
American Congress at
the Capital of Brazil
WILLOPEN MONDAY


RIO DE JANEIRo, July 21-The
American delegates to the third Inter
national American Conference, with
exception of Van Leer Polk, have ar
rived here.
Secretary Root is at Pernambuco Oh
board the United States cruiser
Charleston and will reach Rio de ia
Metro July 26.
The congress will be called to order
next Monday by the Brazilian Score
! tary of State of Foreign Affairs-the
/ temporary President. Organization
will be effected by the election by
majority vote of a permanent presi
dent and necessary subordinate officers,
! the Government of Brazil reserving the
right to name the secretary general.
| The delegations representing the vari-
Gus republics will draw lots to deter
mine the order in which one of their
number may serve as vice president in
! the absence of the president. Commit
! tees will be appointed; in the case of
those dealing with the subjects of
| most vital Importance on the pro-
gramme these committees will include
one member from each delegation,
while on subjects of lesser interest
seven members will suffice to consti-
/ tute a committee.
The coming conference will open un-
]
/ the purpose of considering a pro-
gramme fully equal in Importance to
! that which was laid before any of the
two preceding gatherings.
INTERESTING DRAGo DOCTRINE.
Injected into this programme after
it had been practically completed at
preliminary meeting of an international
committee held in Washington last
winter was one little article that is
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controversy and excite more feeling
and be generally of greater Importance
! than any other article.
This concerns the interesting Drago
| doctrine, itself an outgrowth of DIR.
Calves famous dictum, involving the
right of nation to use force in the
collection from other nations of public
debts. In the programme this takes
| the form of the proposition to allow
| The Hag conference to determine this
| important question, and as many of the
South American debtor nations are bit
| terly opposed to allowing the creditor
nations of Europe to pass upon this
vital doctrine strenuous discussion is
expected when the subject comes before
the conference.
Reorganization of the Bureau of
| American Republics so as to greatly
enlarge the usefulness of that institu
ton will be discussed. 1t is proposed
Washington for it's accommodation and
to open a commercial museum in con-
nection Herewith.
ARBITRATION Is FAVORED.
A strong effort will be made to bring
about unanimous action OF the Ameri-
can republics to agree to settle by ar
bitration, all future disputes arising be-
tween them and to endeavor to have
the approaching Hague conference APP
ply this principle generally to the ma
tions of the world.
The United States and several other
American republics were signatories to
a treaty providing for the arbitration
of pecuniary claims alone. This was an
outgrowth of the Mexican conference
and promises well, so the Rio confer
ence is to be asked to extend its oper-
ations for another fve-year period.
The conference also will endeavor to
limit the period-it is suggested to
two years-within which a naturalized
citizen may remain in the country of
his nativity without forfeiting his nat
uralization.
NEW COMMERCIAL TREATIES.
Development of commercial inter-
course between the American republics
will engage the attention of the dele
gates. They will endeavor to increase
rapid communication by additional ca
lines; new commercial treaties are to
be proposed and commercial and indus
trial statistics are to be freely eX-
changed. Another effort will be made
to bring into uniformity the customs
and consular laws relative to the entry
and clearances of shipments of mer-
chandise; an effort will be made to Sc
cure uniform patent and trademark
and copyright laws, and the Pan-Amer-
lean project is to be pushed forward.
Present regulations and laws make it
impossible in many instances for ply
sicians, lawyers and dentists to prac-
tico their professions outside of their
native country, and some uniformity
of practice in this respect will be
sought. Finally, consideration will be
given to the sanitary convention
signed ad referendum in Washington a.
few years ago, a subject of growing
Importance in view of the necessity of
protecting the projected Panama canal
from yellow fever carried on shipping
from the tropical regions of Central
and South America.
ROOT TO BE FETED.