Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-07-09
IMPORTANT
GATHERING
UNITED STATES WELL REPRE-
SENTED AT THE PAN-AMERI-
CAN CONFERENCE BEING HELD
IN BUENOS AYRES.
CHerald Specially

Buenos Ayres, July 9.-Results Of
great Importance and lasting benefit
to the United States as well as to the
Latin-American republics are expect
ed from the fourth Pan-American Con
ference which met here today in an
informal manner for the preliminary
work of receiving the credentials of
the delegates and receiving them in
behalf of the Argentine government.
Delegates from the United States,
Mexico and practicas1B all the other
Central and South American republics
are in attendance and the list con-
tains the names of some of the most
distinguished statesmen, diplomatists
and experts in international law of
the countries represented.
The delegation representing the
United States, which arrived here in
the U. S. army transport Sumner a
few days ago, consists of Henry T.
White, former ambassador to France;
Lewis Nixon, the ship builder; John
Bassett Moore, professor of interna-
tional law at Columbia University;
David Kinley, dean of the University
OF Illinois; Bernard Moses, professor
Of political science of the University
Of California; Col. Enoch Crowder,
assistant to the judge advocate gen.
eral, U. S. A; Paul S. Reinsch of the
University of Wisconsin and Lamar c.
Quintero, an editor at New Orleans
Prof. Shepherd of Columbia Univer-
sity accompanies the delegation as Of
fetal secretary. Among the special
representatives of the government is
Edward B. Moore, commissioner of
patents, who will act as expert at
taehe.
The program of the conference,
which has been previously prepared
and agreed upon by the representa-
tives of the various governments in
terested, includes practically COM
plete survey and consideration of the
international relations, political, COM
mereial and otherwise. between the
Immediately after the permanent or
ganization Of the conference exercises
will be held in commemoration of the |
Argentine national centenary and of
the independence of the Latin-Ameri-
can republics.
The actual work of the conference
will begin when the various delega-
tons submit their reports concerning
the action of their respective govern
ments upon the resolutions and con-
ventions of the third Pan-American
conference held at Rio de Janeiro in
July, 1906. The reports will be dis
cussed and the extension of the func-
tons of the committees considered. |!
The report of the director of the In
ternational Bureau of the American
Republics will also be given careful at
tention and it is expected that a reso-
az. ~ssiho W NIL
Carnegie of his generous gift
for the construction of the new build
ing of the American Republics in :
will unanimously be
passed.
Report will be made on the progress
which has been made in bringing
about the completion Of the Pan
American railway since the conference 6
It Rio de Janeiro and the question
will be considered how best to bring
atout cooperation with that end in
view. The program also contemplates
he discussion of various other impor-
ant matters, among them the estab-
lshment of more rapid mail, passen-
ger and express steamship service be-
ween the American republics; the d
bringing about of uniformity among g