Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-21

pro rata assessments for the maintenance
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 arising beween them
and to endeaver to have the approaching
Hague conference apply this principle gem
orally to the nations of the world
The United States and several other
American republics were stgnatories to q
treaty providing for the arbitration OF pc
cuniary claims alone. This was an out
growth of the Mexican conference and
promises well. so the Rio conference is to
be asked to extend its operations for an
other five-year period.
An almost impossible task Is to be set
for a committee of jurists of high repute,
who ftre charged with the duty or drafting
"a code OF public international law and pri-
vate International law, for this is by no
means an exact science at the present mo-
ment, and the greatest variance exists be-
tween the different schools of international
lawyers. StiIl. it is to be 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-withiu
which naturalfzed citizen may remain in
the country of his nativity without forfeit
Ing his naturalization. Latin-America has
always been jealous of these returned cti-
zens and they have given the United States
much trouble, so that the subject is even
now being considered by 81 special BOARD
meeting at the State Department in WASH
ington.
Development of commercial intercourse
betw cen the American republics engaged
the attention OF the first and second con-
ferences and was lett as q legacy to this
meeting. 1t will endeavor to increase rapid
communication by additional cable and teie-
graph lines and fast mail lines; new COM
mercial treaties are to be proposed and
commercial and Industrial statistics are to
be freely exchanged. Another effort is to
be made to bring into uniformity the Gus
toms and consular laws relative to tho
entry and clearances of shipments of mer-
chandise: an effort is to be made to Sc
cure uniform patent and trademark and
copyright laws. and the pan-American pro-
ject is to be pushed forward. Present regu-
lations and laws make it impossible IN
many instances for physicians, lawyers AMI
dentists to practice their professions outside
of their native country. and some uniform
ity of practice in this respect will be sought
Finally, consideration will be given to the
sanitary convention signed ad referendum
in Washington few years ago. subject OF
growing Importance in view of the neces-
sity of protecting the projected Panama
canal from yellow fever, carried on ship
ping from the tropical regions of Central
and South America.
1t has been arranged that this third con-
ference shall be held In the building origin
ally erected by the Brazilian government
at the St Louis exposition, which
moved and regretted in the Brazilian capt.
tai.
The congress will be called to order by
| the Brazilian secretary of foreign affairs
| the temporary president. Organization will
| be effected by the election by majority
| vote of a permanent president and neces-
sary subordinate officers, the government
| of Brazil reserving the right to name the
| secretary general The delegations repre-
senting the various republics will draw lots
| to determine the order in which of
| their number may serve as vice president in
| the absence of the president. Committees
will be appointed; in the case of those deal
| ing with the subjects of most vital import
ance on the program, these committees will
| include one member from each delega ton
| while in subjects of lesser interest seven
members will suffice to make a committee.
Only by a two-thirds vote can any new
subject be brought before the conference:
| the nations were very jealous of this Imi-
| tation. the United States no less than 9TH
ers, having strong indisposition for the
! discussion of customs tariffs and such sub
jects.
| With only six weeks life before It, for It
| the conference must terminate not later
| than September l next, 1t Is limited to
| thirty meetings and it is probable that not
even This number will be held, because the
delegations must have time to deliberate
privately over projects that are of special
interest to them
The List of Delegates.
The list of delegates to the conference is
as follows:
Costa Rica-Don Ascension Esquivel, for
mer president.
Uruguay-Dr. Juan Gorilla San Martin.
Prof. Gonzales Ramirez Rufino L. Domin-
guez.
Brazl-Senator Joaquin Martinho. Sen
ator Gastao Cunga, DR.. Joaquin Nabuco.
Peru-Antonio Miro Quesada, Mareano H.
Cornejo, Eugenio Larrabure y Unanue.
Honduras-Gen. Sotero Barahona, Fausto
Dalia
Salvador-Dr Manuel DeIgado and DR..
first secretary, and DR.. Enrique Borja, sec
ond secretary.
Ecuador-Emilio Arevalo. minister to Rio,
and Lieut.. Col. Olrnedo Alfaro, son of Pres
ident Alfaro.
'Mexico-Francisco de la Barra, minister
to Belgium; Ricardo Garcia Gradados, a
member of congress; Ricardo Molina
Hubble. a lawyer.
Argentina Rogue Saenz Pena.
Chile-Don Joaquin Walker Martinez
minister to the United States: Emilio Belo
Codcido and Dr. Anselmo Hevia Rqueme
present Chilean minister to Brazil; Marcial
Martinez, secretary.
Paraguay-Dr. Decour, a member of the
first Pan-American congress. is one Of the
delegation
Cuba-Don Gonzalo de Quesada, minister
to the United States, will head the Cuban
party.
Panama-Don Jose Domingo de Obaldia
minister to the United States.
Nicara gue-Don Luis F. Corsea, minister
to the United States.
Contamination forge Munoz minister
to the United States. designated to repre-
sent Guatemala al Brazil.
Colombia-Miguel Antonio Caro-. former
president of Colombia: Joaquin Velez and
Gen. Rafael Uribe-Uribe, minister TO Bra
I'll.
United States-William /. Buchanan of
Buffalo, chairman; Tulio Larrinaga, COM
missioner from Porto Rico to the United
States Congress- Prof. l.. s. Rowe of the
University of Pennsylvania: Van Leer Polk
of Tennessee. Prof. Paul S. Reinsch, Uni
versity of Wisconsin; Andrew j. Montague,
former governor of Virginia; Charles r.
Dean, secretary.
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