Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-20
Argentine Republic Delegates.

So far as we know here, the Argentine
Republic is the only government thus for
to-appoint it's delegates to the internation-
al conference, and it has set an example
which ought to be followed by other gov
ernments by electing it's most eminent
men. Among them are DR.. Antonio Ber-
mejo. chief justice Of the federal supreme
court: DR.. Eduardo l.. Bidau, professor
of international law in the national uni
versity: DR.. Luis Maria Drago an emf
nent jurist, author of 1.-THE Drago Doc
trine !" in international law. member of
The Hague conference. and at present
sitting as an arbitrator in the north At
lantic Fisheries dispute.
Another eminent scholar is DIR. Estanis-
lao 8. Zeba'los. who has twice been min
lister of foreign affairs. was minister to
the United States. is proprietor of La
Prensa. the leading liberal newspaper of
Buenos Aires, and vOluminous writer
upon International law. DR.. Zeba'los is
an ardent admirer of the United States
and has written book about the coua-
try.
DR.. Saenz-Pena. Argentine minister to
Italy. and formerly minister to Uruguay
and Spain. was a delegate to the first
conference at Washington. in 1880, and
ents made distinct impression here. He
Is the leading candidate for President of
the Argentine Republic.
DR.. Carlos ROdrigues-Larreta was for
merly minister of foreign affairs. is one
of the leaders of the Argentine bar. an
orator of great distinction, and with Drs
Drago. Zebellos and Saenz-Pena, has
been designated by his government as a
member OF the permanent court OF arbi-
trat.on at The Hague
Another delegate is DR.. Monies de Oca
an eminent jurist. formerly minister of
the interior. and now professor of con-
stitutional Law at the National Univer-
sity. He we recently counsel for the
AvnA ffv,o S,.rf
of the bou dary dispute with Chile by
King Edwc ID of England.
Other d egates are DR.. Jose A. Terry.
who has been minister Of. finance, and is
University. and Dr. Ep'fanio Portela. at
present Argentine minister to Washing
ton. whose ability and charming person
ality have made him very influential
| among the diplomatic corps of Washing
ton and popular In society.
There has been no intimation from
either the White House or the Depart
ment of State as to the personnel Of the
delegation to be sent to Buenos Aires by
this government. because no authority
for its appointment has been granted by
Congress. But those who are in the con-
fidence of the President and Secretary
Knox know that they have several dis
tinguished gentlemen in their minds who
will be asked to serve as soon as an APP
preparation is made, and. as Secretary
Knox has suggested in his letter. lit is
extremely important that authority be
granted at once, because of the great
distance to be Travelled and the necessity
OF preparing for the consideration of the
questions that will be raised"
The program was prepared In 1903 by
the governing board OF the bureau of
American republics here, which consists
of the Secretary of State and half a
dozen OF the ministers from Central and
South America. 1t has been approved by
most of the governments which will par
ticipate in the conference. This early
announcement was for the purpose OF
giving the delegates plenty Of time to
prepare for the discussions and the gov