Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-10
UNITED STATES
FIRM FRIEND
Of LAT|NS
INSTRUCTIONS TO PAN
AMERICAN DELEGATES
Secretary Knox Emphasizes
Importance of Promoting
Mutual Confidence Among
Nations Represented at
BuenoS AyreS Congress.
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Washington, July 9.-Declarinl
that the relations of the United State'
with the other twenty republics o.
half world were never upon 9
firmer foundation and stamping tho
Pan-American policy as taking firs
place in the diplomacy of the United
states, the state department today
made public its instructions TO the
United states delegates to the fourth
international conference of American
states. The conference opened al
Buenos Ayres today.
The instructions dwelt upon the inn
portance of the gathering in the pro-
motion of the mutual confidence and
cooperation among the several gov
ornments. mutual understandings by
which are built soliu international
friendships foun6ed in justice, re-
spect, good will and tolerance.
THE American peoples" Secretary
Encx instructs the delegates. differ
in race and language and in literary
ard aesthetic inheritance. They have
common ground in republican form
OF government, love of liberty, ac-
ouis,tion OF independence and history
OF their progress. and lin their emerg-
ing through civil strife and their peo-
pling and developing OF huge and wild
lands into orderly modern states.
They are bound together also by a
community of interest and by the ties
OF mutual heipfulness, both moral and
material and OF common destiny
The delegates are instructed to OPP
pose propositions looking to the as
sertlon of competence to impose upon
any state the arbitral settlement OF
one or another particular dispute of
long standing, such as still exist
afc.,ng a few American republics. he
Hague conventions and the various
bilntcral arbitration treaties seem to
express the most advanced position
yet taken by the nations in cases
where they do not spontaneously re-
sort TO arbitration simply as the SEN
sible and enlightened alternative to
force, says Secretary Knox
The same considerations are de-
clared to apply to any formal demand
by the conference for conventions OF
general compulsory arbitation or even
to declaration as to the proper meth
DDS of enforcing acceptance of boun-
dary awards, since those might at
this juncture be regarded by some
states as efforts to put them at an
unfair disadvantage in the adjust
ment of pending disputes
This government, Secretary
Knox points out, NOW, as always,
earnestly advocates the general prin-
ciple of pacific settlement of interna-
tional disputes ana it believes that
this is also the policy of all the coun-
tries participating in this conference,
but this conference would not seem an
opportune occasion for offering or en-
tertaining definite propositions on
che 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 cases"
The United States delegation is
cautioned against taking a position OF
undue prominence in the selection of
Officers and committees and each dell I
egate is to specialize for committee
service.
The instructions direct sympathetic /
support for the eennaemoration of I
the Independence of the American re- 1
publics in this and following years I
The delegates are TO advocate the /
adoption of a system of deposit of 4
ratifications so as to enable prompt 4
nroelamations. and they are to favor .
= mode of adherence by non-signa-
tory governments. They are to CO.
operate also toward obtaining the
adoption OF convention clearly de-
termining the organization. status and
working of the information union, Of
the American republics and the
bureau which is it's office. the idea be-
ing thus 10 provide for the perma-
nency of that institution.
Several governments have failed TO
ratify the four conventions recon-
mended By the Rio de Janeiro con-
ference or to name the Pan-American
then recommended. The
United states delegates are directd to
urge prompt action on these as wei
as for the enlargement of the func-
tions of the Pan-AmeTican commit
tees to include cooperation with their
governments IN preparing any reports
called for by the Pdn-American con-
ference and in preparing plans for
future conferences.
The instructions direct the dele
gates to favor "A resolution expressing
appreciation Of Andrew Carnegie's
gift for the construction of new
at Washington for the bureau
u American republics: a further Wig
Drous impulse toward the ultimate
'ealization OF the Pan-American raii-
way, interest in the improvement OF
nail and steamship facilities between
he American republics and especially
between the United States and the
--atin-American states. but the pres
'ntation Of any definite proposals Is
declared .sss5visab bic in view of uncer-
ainty % legislation before the United