New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
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A DIPLOMATIC MOVE. secretary
Knox announced to-day that the United
States had formally accepted the invitation
of Chilli TO participate in the Chillal centen-
NAL celebration which opens on September
Is and that the first division of the Paciflc
feet consisting of the California, the South
Dakota. the Pennsylvania and the Colorado
and the supply ship Glacier, will attend
1t is also hoped that the delegates to the
Pan-American conference TO DC held at
Buenos Ayres will be able to ATTEND the
Chiliau celebration on their way home. John
e D. Trask, head of the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts. has been appointed
commissioner general to the Gillian exhibit
tion of Fine Arts. and will be assisted bv
Charles Francis Browne, of Chicago. Mexico
will hold an exposition following that in
Chill and il is probable that the delegates
to the Pan-American conference wiz attend
that also. Cordial participation III these
exhibitions is regarded with the utmost IA
vor by members of the committees on For
eign Relations and Foreign Affairs, and I.
is believed that the good will shown py the
United States will &c far to offset any I'M
toward results of the ultiniatun to Chill,
the demands made on Panama AMI the Mica
raguan difficulties 1t is the earnest desire
Cf members of Congress interested iE the
foreign affairs of this country that the most
cordial relations exist between the United
States and the republics of Central and
South America, and they welcome every
step III that direction which may b. taken
by Secretary Kncx. They are hopeful that
Mr. knoxs plans in regard to these exposi-
tions and the Pan-American conference will
serve 10 perpetuate and confirm The good
work done by Secretary Root in that direc-
ton.
PROBLEM OF THE FAR EAsT-It
would he the cause of the greatest gratifi-
cation TO many students of the foreign af
fairs of this country il Secretary Knox
could discover some effective method OF al
laying any distrust which may have been
caused by the nisinterpretation of his prop
osition to neutraiiZe the Manchurian rail-
roads. proposition which was made in
perfect good faith. but which, it is felt, re-
gardless of the polite protestations of Rus
sia and Japan, has been so Ear miscon-
strued as to arouse a wholly unWarranted
misconception of American desires with re-
gard to the Far East and the open door
The United States has. in the long incum-
hency of John Hay and Elihu Root as
heads of the Department of State. occupied
the highly enviahle position of best friend
of both Russia and Japan, and to this coun-
try both nations have been inclined to look
for sympathy and advice when occasion
demanded either both Such a position
could not, of course, be maintained without
exciting the envy of other powers, and
there is reason to believe that, following
the Manchurian proposition, the opportu-
nitv to wreSt that position from this coun-
try has not been neglected While Score
tary Knox breathes no word of diSsatisfac-
ton Will. the representation Of this country
at Toxic it is generally believed in diplo-
matte circles that the Secretary has not
hecr as accurately informed regarding SEN
timent in the Japanese capital as he would
have wished. and that this fact has played
its part in producing a situation which has
brought Russia and Japan into closer COM
1nunitv of sentiment and purpose than is
entirely promotive of the desire of Secre-
tarv Knox to maintain the open door pol
icy.
PAN AMERICAN SENS1TIV ENtESS.-
Highly commendable as Is the desire Oh
the United States to promote international
arbitration there are close students OF IN
ternational affairs who question the ad-
visibility of pressing at this time the
utilization Of the international prize court
as an arbitral tribunal. Those who take
this view contend that the proposition TOT
q permanent peace court, made at Inc