Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-06
TROUBLES OF LATIN AMERICA.
We Are at Peace, but War Bothers
Southern Republics.

During the past year several of our
southern sister republics celebrated
the one hundredth anniversary of their
independence. In honor OF these
events special embassies were sent
from this country TO Argentina. Chile
and Mexico. where the gracious re-
ception and splendid hospitality ex-
tended them manifested the cordial
relations and friendship existing be
tween those countries and the United
States, relations which l am happy to
believe have never before been upon
so high a plane and so solid basis as
AT present.
The congressional commission ap-
pointed under a concurrent resolution
to attend the festivities celebrating the
centennial anniversary of Mexican
independence. together with a 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 neigh
boring republic to continue the mutual
~ beneficial and intimate relations
which feel sure the two governments
Will ever cherish.
At the fourth pan-American confer
ence, which met in Buenos Aires dur
ing July and August last after seven
weeks of harmonious deliberatiOn
three conventions were signed provid-
ing for the regulation of trademarks,
patents and copyrights. which. when
ratified by the different governments.
Will go far toward furnishing to Amer
lean authors. patentees and owners of
trademarks the protection needed In
localities where heretofore it has been
either lacking or inadequate. Further,
Il convention for the arbitration of
pecuniary claims was signed and
number of important resolutions pass,
cd. 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 congress for it's information. The
special cordially between representa-
tive men from all parts Of America
which was shown at this conference
cannot fail to react upon and draw
still closer the relations between the
countries which took part in it.
The international bureau of Ameri-
can republics is doing broad and use
full work for pan-American commerce
and comfy. Its duties were much en-
larged by the international conference
of American states at BuenoS Aires,
and its name was shortened to the
more practical and expressive term of
pan-American union. Located now in
its new building. which was specially
dedicated April 26 of this year to the
development of friendship. trade and
peace among the American nations. it
has improved instrumentalities TO serve
the twenty-five republics of this hem
isphere
I am glad to say that the action OF
the United States in it's desire TO re-
move imminent danger of war between
Peru and Ecuador growing out of a
boundary dispute, with the co-opera-
ton of Brazil and the Argentine Re-
public as joint mediators with this gov
eminent. has already resulted success
fully in preventing war. The govern
ment of Chile. while not one Of the
mediators. lent effective aid in further
ance of a preliminary agreement likely
to lead on to an amicable settlement.
and it is not doubted that the good
Offices of the mediating powers and the
conciliatOry cooperation of the govern
ments directly interested will finally
lead to Il removal of this perennial
cause Of friction between Ecuador and
Peru. The inestimable value of cordial
cooperation between the sister repub-
lies of America for the maintenance
Of peace in this hemisphere has never
been more clearly shown than in this
mediation. by which three American
governments have given to this hemis-
phere the honor of first invoking the
most farreaching provisions of The
Hague convention for the pacific set
Element of international disputes.
There has been signed by the repre-
sentatives of the United States and
Mexico Il protocol submitting to the
United StsteS-Nexican boundary COM
mission (whoS9 membership for the
purpose of this case is 70 be increased
by the addition of a citizen Of Gag
ada the question of sovereignty over
the ChamiZal tract. which lies within
the present physical boundaries Of the
city Of Ell Paso. Tex. The determine
ton of this question will remove