Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-06
LATIN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS!

During the past year several of our
southern sister republics celebrated the
one hundredth anniversary Of their i'm
dependence. In honor, of these events.
special embassies were sent from this
country to Argentina, Chile and Mexico.
where the gracious reception and spien-
did hospitality extended them manifested
the cordial relations and friendship ex-
isting between those countries and the
United States. relations which I am hap
py to believe have never before been upon
so high a plane and so solid a basis as at
present.
The congressional commission appointed
under a concurrent resolution to attend
the festivities celebrating the centennial
anniversary Of Mexican independence, to-
gether with special ambassador, were
received with the highest honors and with
the greatest cordially, and returned with
the report of the bounteous hospitality
and warm reception of President Diaz and
the Mexican people, which left no doubt
of the desire Of the Immediately neighbor-
ing republic to continue the mutually ben
ef1cial and intimate relations which 1 feel
sure the two governments will ever cher
ish
Pan-American Conference.
At the fourth pan-American conference,
which met in Buenos Aires during July
and August last, after seven weeks Of
harmonious elaboration. three conven-
tons were signed providing for the regu-
1ation Of trademarks, patents and copy
rights, which when ratified by the diff
ferent governments. will go far toward
furnishing to American authors. pat
entees. and owners of trademarks the
protection needed in localities where here
tofore it has been either lacking or inade-
quate. Further. convention for the ar
bitration of pecuniary claims was signed
and a number of important resolutions
passed. The conventions will in due
course be transmitted to the Senate. and
the report of the delegation Of the United
States will be communicated to the Con-
gress for it's information. The special
cordiality between representative men
from all parts of America which was
shown at this conference can not fail to
react upon and draw still closer the re-
lations between the countries which took
part in it.
Bureau Doing Useful Work.
The International Bureau Of American
Republics is doing a broad and useful
work for pan-American commerce and
comfy. It's duties were much enlarged
by the international conference Of Amer
lean states at Buenos Aires and its name
was shortened to the more practical and
expressive term Of Pan-American Union.
Located now in it's new building, which
was specially dedicated April 20 of this
year to the development of friendship.
trade and peace among the American
nations, 1t has improved instrumentalities
to serve the twenty-five republics of this
hemisphere.
am glad to say that the action Of the
United States In it's desire to remove
imminent danger OF war between Peru
and Ecuador growing out of q boundary
dispute, with the cooperation Of Brazil
and the Argentine Republic as joint me-
diators with this government, has al
ready resulted successfully in preventing
war. The government OF Chile, while not
one of the mediators, lent effective aid
in furtherance OF preliminary agreement,
and it is not doubted that the good offices
of the mediating powers and the concilia-
tory cooperation Of the governments d.
rectIy interested will finally lead to a
removal of this perennial cause of fric-
ton between Ecuador and Peru. The in
between the sister republics of America
for the maintenance Of peace in this
hemisphere has never been more clearly
shown than In this mediation, by which
to this hemisphere the honor of first
invoking the most far-reaching provisions
Of The Hague convention for the pacific
settlement Of international disputes.
Mexican Boundary Commission.
There has been signed by the repre-
sentatives of the United States and Mexico
q protocol submitting to the United
States-Mexican boundary commission
Whose membership for the purpose Of
this case is to be increased by the addf-
ton Of q citizen OF Canada) the question
Of sovereignty over the Chamizal tract.
which lies within the present physical
boundaries of the city of Ell Paso Tex.
The determination Of this question will
remove source OF no little annoyance
to the two governments.
The republic Of Honduraa has for uaux