Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-17
TO STRENGTHEN TIES
Purpose of the New Pan
American Committee.
Mr.. ROOT OUTLINES WORK
Provided for by the Rio Janeiro
Conference.
MANY QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
Assistant Secretary Probable Chair
manufacturers Dined by Sew
rotary of State.
Mr.. ROOT OUTLINES WORK
Many QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER

To execute the suggestions of the Rio
Janeiro conference. contained in fourteen
resolutions. all calculated to strengthen
the bond between the governments of the
American continent, there assembled in
the diplomatic room of the State Depart
ment this afternoon thirteen men whom
Secretary Root has selected as the pan
American committee of the United States.
Those who have accepted the invitation
of Secretary Root to become members of
the committee are: Andrew Carnegie Of
New York city: Stephen B. Elkins. sena-
tor from the state of West Virginia:
Charles B. Lands. representative in Con-
gress from the state of Indiana: James L.
Slayden. representative in Congress from
the state of Texas: Robert Bacon, the as
sistant secretary of state: Maj Gen. Al
fred \. Bates. U.SA.. retired; President
Benjamin Ide Wheeler. University of
California: President Edmund J. James,
University of Illinois: Prof. Paul Reinsch,
University of Pennsylvania: L. S. Rowe
University of Pennsylvania; William I.
Buchanan of Buffalo. n. Y: John Bar
rett. director of the international bureau
Of American republics, and William +.
Curtis of this city.
Work of the Committee.
The committee will perfect it's organlza-
ton and review the work for the accom-
plshment of which it was appointed
Secretary Root outlined this work in a
brief address to the committee. The Rio
conference gave expression To the belief
that although its deliberations were
highly beneficial to the countries particl-
pating nevertheless there was an interim
between such conferences when the work
initiated should be moving steadily for
ward For that reason the conference
agreed that each country should appoint
it's own committee, which In each case
will endeavor to make suggestions to It's
government. and. in SO FAR as is possible,
obtain its governments official action on
the suggestions of the conference.
The product of the Rio conference was
four treaties and fourteen resolutions
Of the treaties the United states senate
has ratified three and will doubtless take
no action on the fourth. lhose ratnieu
were for establishing the status OF natu-
rallied citizens who again take up their
residence in the country or their origin
pecuniary claims. and international LAY"
The one not ratified related TO patents,
trade marks and literary and artistic
property rights.
Matters to Be Considered.
OF the resolutions with which the COM
mittee will have to do two have been
disposed of by reference to The Hague
conference: Arbitration and public debts
Those remaining for final consideration
relate to reorganiZing the bureau OF
American republics: carrying out the
plans for new building for that bureau;
the creation of special divisions in the
departments of foreign affairs ana de-
termining their functions: enlarSing the
section in the bureau having to do with
commerce. customs and commercial sta
tistics; urging the ratification of the
treaty regulating the practice OF the lib
eral professions negotiated at the Mexican
pan-American conference in 1902: to en-
courage transportation facilities between
American ports; arrangements and time
for holding the fourth pan American
conference.-the suggestion now being con-
sidered is that ii be held at Buenos
Aires in 1910; development of natural re-
sources: sanitation: intercontinental rail-
way being a project to connect the coun-
tries of North and South America by rail
to consider the feasibility of a confer
ence on coffee culture: to investigate the
causes of the fluctuations of exchange.
Mr.. Bacon Probable Chairman.
The committee will organize by the Sc
lection of a chairman. which will likely
be Assistant Secretary Bacon, the ap-
pointment of an executive committee of
five and the election of secretary. 1t
is believed Mr.. John Barrett. director of
the bureau of American republics. will
be chosen secretary.
Secretary Root entertained at a dinner
last night in honor of Andrew Carnegie.
Invited to meet Mr.. Carnegie were the
members of the pan-American committee.