Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-21
ed when the subject comes before the
third conference.
Reoraanize Bureau.


Reorganization of the Bureau OF AM
crican Republics as to greatly en-
large the usefulness of that institution
is the very first article of the p:o-
gram. 1t is proposed to erect Il m ts-
nificent building in Washington for its
accomm modation. to open a commerc'a.
museum in connection Herewith a1d,
q suggestion based largely upon Latin
American suspicion. to limit the life
of the bureau To a ten-year peri IL.
Some of the nations have failed TO sup
ply their pro ratio assessments for the
maintenance of the bureau with regu-
larity--this is to be corrected.
A strong effort is to be made to
bring about unanimous action of the
American republics to agree to settle
by arbitration all future disputes aris-
ing between them. and to endeaVor to
have the approaching Hague confer
ence apply this principle generally to
the nations of the world.
The United States and several other
American republics We're signatories to
a treaty providing for the arbitration
of pecunary claims alone. This was
AN outgrowth of the Mexican confer
conference is to be asked to extend
it's operations for another tive-year
period.
An almost Impossible task is to be
set for a committee of jurists of high
repute who are charged with the duty
of drafting "a code of public interna-
tional law and private international
law for this is by no means an exact
science at the present moment and the
greatest variance exists between the
different schools of international law
yers. Still it is hoped that If the
complete code cannot be secured at
least agreement may be had upon some
useful principles of international law
The conference Is to endeavor to
limit the period-it is suggested to
two years--withn which a naturalized
citizen may remain in the country of
his nativity without forfeiting his
naturalization Latin-America has
always been jealous of these returned
citizens and they have given the Unit
ed States much trouble, SO that the
subject is even now being considered
by a special board. meeting at the
state department in Washington.
DeNelOpl11eIC III COlIIlHSICidI liitSi
course between the American repub-
lies engaged the attention of the first
and second conferences and was left
as a legacy to this meeting. 1t viii
endeavor to increase rapid communi-
cation by additional cable and tele-
graph lines and fast mail lines; new
commercial treaties are to be propos-
ed and commercial and industrial sta
tistics are to be freely exchanged.
Another effort is to be made to bring
into uniformity the customs and con-
sular laws relative to the entry and
clearance of shipments of merchandise;
an effort is to be made to secure uni
form patent and Trademarks. and copy
right laws and the n-Amerlcan
project is to be pushed forward. Pres
ent regulations and laS make 1T I'M
possible in many instances for ply
sicians. lawyers and dentists to prac-
tice their professions outside of their
native country and some uniformity
of practice in this respect >wlll ne
sought. Finally consideration will be
given to the sanitary convention Sign
ed ad referendum in Washington,
few years ago. a subject of growing
Importance in view of the necessity OF
protecting the projected Panama canal
from yellow fever carried on hipping
from the tropical regions of Central
and South America.