The Cairo bulletin., 1910-07-10
twenty REPUBLICS
REPRESENTED AT FOURTH CON.
FERENCE TO DISCUSS FAN.
AMERICAN POLICY.
United States Delegates Instructed
That This Government Be-
| iieves in Pacific
Settlement.

Washington, July 9.-Declaring
tnat the relations of the united
States with the other twenty rapub-
, lies of half world were never upon
firmer foundation and stamping the
Pan-American policy as taking FIRST
place in the DIPLOMACY of the United
States, the state department today
made public its instructions to the
United States delegates to the fourtn
international conference OF American
states, The conference opened at
Buenos Ayrcs today.
The instructions dwelt upon the
Importance Of the gathering In the
promotion of the mutual confidence
AMI cooperation among the several
governments, mutual understandings
BY which are built solid international
friendships founded in justice, re-
spect, good will and tolerance.
The American people," Secretary
Knox instructs the delegates, differ
IN race and language and In literary
aesthetic inheritances. They have a
common ground in republican form
OF government, love of liberty, ac-
QUESTION Of independence and history
Of their progress, and in their emerg-
ing through civil strife and their peo-
ping ana developing OF huge and
wild lands into orderly modern states.
They are bound together also by a
community interest and by the ties
of mutual helptllness, both moral
and material, and of common des-
tiny"
The delegates are instructed to op-
pose propositions looking to the as
sertion of competence to impose upon
any state arbitral settlement OF one
or another particular dispute OF long
standing, such So still exist among a.
few American republics. The Hague
conventions and the various hilateral
arbitration treaties seem to express
the most advanced position yet TAX
en- by nations in cases where they
do not spontaneously resort to arbi-
tration simply as the sensible and en-
I'ghtenei alternative to force, says
Secretary Knox. a
The same considerations are dr.
olaEyd to- apply to any formal demand
by the conference fortconventions of
general compulsory arbitration or
even declarations as to- the proper
methods OF enforcing acceptance of
boundary awards. since these migAt
at this juncture be regarded by %Ge
states as efforts to put them at an
unfair disadvantage in the tdjust-
ment Of pending disputes.
This government Secretary Knox
points out, now as always, earnest
ly advocates the general principle of
pacific settlement of international
disputes and it believes that this is
also the policy OF all the countries
participating in this conference but
this conference woultfe not seem an
epportune occasion for offering or
entertaining definite propositions on
the subject Delegates are advised to
maintain such an attitude as will give
rise to no suspicion of Partially or
of desire to use the present confer
ence to affect concrete cvases,"
TAe instructions characterize the
Nicaraguan dictator as a scourge of
his own people and say the United
States well knew that it's drastic ac-
ton in that case would not be mis-
construed by progressive republics.
For such Governments the in
structions conclude, know that to
ask justice for our citizens and to
refuse to tolerate and deal with me
diaeval despots is only to be true to
!. the civilizations and institutions
which they share If this were not
tple, then Pan Americanism would
be a sham instead of community Of
free and equal governments, each
worthy and demanding the respect
of the Others"