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DELEGATES ARRIVE.
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the most promising auspices with the
purpose of considering program
fully equal in Importance to that which
was laid before any of the preceding
gatherings. Injected into this program.
after it had been practically completed
at preliminary meeting of an Inter
national committee held in Washington
last winter, was one little article. ",
that is perhaps likely to give rise to
more controversy and excite more feel
ing and be generally of greater import
ance than any other article
This concerns the interesting Drago
doctrine, itself an -outgrowth of DR..
Calvo's famous dictum, involving the
right of a nation to use force in the
collection from other nations of pub
lie debts. In the program this takes
the form of proposition to allow the
Hague conference to determine this i'm
portant 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, bitter discussion is ex-
pected when the subject comes before
the third conference.
Proposes Reorganization.
Reorganization of the bureau of
American republics so as to greatly en-
large the usefulness of that institution
is the very first article of the program
1t is proposed to erect a magnificent
tuilLing in Washington for it's accomo-
dation; to open a commercial museum
in connection Herewith and, sugges-
ton based largely upon Latin-American
suspicion. to limit the life of the bu-
reau to a ten year period Some of
the r9tions have failed to supply their
pro rata assessments for the mainte-
nance of the bureau with regularity
this is to Re 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 endeaS,r 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 were signatories to
a treaty providing for the arbitration
of pecuniary claims alone. This was
an outgrowth of the Mexican confer
ence and promises well, so the Rio con-
ference is to be asked to extend its
operations for another five year pc
Rod.
Almost Impossible.
An almost impossible task is to be
set for q committee OF jurists of high
repute who are charged with the duty
of drafting "a code of public inter
national 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 IL the COM
plete code cannot be secured at least
agreement may be had upon some use
full principles of International law.
The conference is to endeavor to linn
1T the period-it is suggested to two
years-within which a naturalized cit
izen may remain in the country of his
nativity without FORGETTING his naturali-
zation Latin-America has always
been Jealuos of these returned citizens
and they have given the United States
much trouble, SO that the subject is
even now being considered by special
board. meeting at the state department
in Washington.
Development of commercial inter-
course between the American repub-
and second conferences and was left
as a legacy to this meeting. 1t will en-