The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-13
PAN-AMER|CAN
CONGRESS MEETS
IN DuENos AYREs JULY 1920
NET YEAR, GUESTS or Ar
GENTlNE REPUBLIC.
PROGRAMS DISPATCHED
To South American Republics BY Coz.
ernine Boare-l-tSsurs Many
subiects--Urgc Special
Treaties.

i Washington. Nov. H. The fourth
Iof 4 series Of great conferences TINT
/. are steadily Strengthening the bonas
! between the republics of The Weat-
ern hemisphere Is 30 he reid ii
Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic. q
tween the 18th and 2tta OF next JUL.
/ and already the Argentine gsve-a-
! ment, which Is to be the host IN tg.s
lease, has been doing much to epare
Ifor the meeting. The date or,ginaI,s
Ifixed TO. tho Fourth international
Conference OF American States war
May Goth, 1910, hut the fact that
great exposition was to be held Iii
the same capital in that month. which
might overshadow the Importance Of
1.-THE international conference, led to
1.-THE nostponefnent of the latter More
over the month of July, being In the
lmidddle of the Argentine winter Is
Ieertain to make the visit to Bneros
Aires more agreeable to the delegates
from the north
The goytI ming board of the Burenii
OF American Republics already has
dispatch to every South and Central
American capital tentative pro
tgram of the subjects to be considered
| by the conference and the various for
egn offices have been at work upon
this with the purpose of submitting
objections or suggesting amendments.
Much progress has been made and 1t
Is hoped that il soon will be possible
Ito j, omulgate the final programme.
4 which according TO present indlca-
ltions will not vary considerably from
THAT prepared by the Board Of Govern.
sl4Fs.
VI The three preceding conferences
thave moved along the lines oil least
resistance, that is 20 say, theuwssass
tlgates have adopted as basic I.lncfs
lples such objections as have secured
the easy adhesion Of the great major.
lily but no effort was made to co
lerce the minority OF the states into
lacceptanee of rules which, at first
presentation were obnoxious to them
INSTEAD. when these were of real I'M
Iportance, they were tho ongaIy de-
bated and then remandea for further
consideration at the next conference.
In this way the conferences have
been made educational, and expert
fence has shown that a sound proposi-
/. tion is almost certain to secure adj
r heslon. SO ii happens that tie ten
tative prog am includes some sub
Iiects that already have figured in the
debates Of the preceding conferences.
Thus, for instance will again come up
While the Hague conference accepted
this in principle it declined to rec
'' ommend a general treaty of 81 bitra.
r tioD, though strongly urging the
Z special treaties among themselves 10
. carry out the idea. The United
+ States already has done this with
eleven Of the other American repub-
lHCst dhu tHc AhutSNL Will GAHlN UF'
: fourth the fou tn conference and ra-
= lceive further encouragement at the
beginning Of the proceedings, when
: leach delegation will be required "a
report what action has been taken by
y Itheir respective governments to car
ry out the wish OF. the Tht.d Confer
! ienee
= Another project broached at a pr9
2eding meeting which will be again
I ithreshed oct viii be the establish,
I ment Of steam navigation lines con
netting she principal ports OF the
American countries, ON tho basis u
4 uniform system Of contract
\ The Bureau of American Republics
} ts to be ST engtheued and continue
Tor another ten year term OF life at
the least and II is hoped faat the com
u mission of international Jursts viii
be able to report something in the ma
lture of code of international law
THAT viii be adopted for the govern.
r. Iment Of the American Republics in
\ their diplomatic relations. Ii this re-
!, port is satisfactory the Fourth Com
ference viii embody In treaty this
. basic code. which is expected TO have
the happiest results in the settlement
1oH any disturbing questions that may
arise in the future between the re-
!, Ipublics