Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-07
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 I am happy to believe have never before been upon so high 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 cordiality 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 ly beneficial and intimate relations which I 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 s3 ing for the reguIa ton of trademarks, patents and copyrights, which, when ratified by the different governments, will go far toward furnishing to Amer ican authors, patentees and owners of trademarks the protection needed Iii localities where heretofore it has been either lacking or inadequate. Further. B convention for the arbitration of pecuniary claims was signed and number of important resolutions pass, ed. 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 ifs information The special cordiaIity 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 q broad and use full work for pan-American commerce and comity. It's 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, 1t has improved instrumentalities to serve the twenty-two republics of this hem isphere
 1 am glad to say that the action of the United States in its desire to re- move imminent danger of war between Peru and Ecuador growing out of a boundary dispute, with the co-obera- ton of Brazil and the Argentine Re public as joint mediators with this gov ernment, has already resulted success fully in preventing war. The govern ment of Chile, while not one of the mediators, le0t effective aid in further ance of 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
 
 lead to a 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 ill 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 tlement of international disputes
 There has been signed by the repre- sentatives of the United States and Mexico protocol submitting to the United States-Mexican boundary com mission fwhose membership for the purpose of this case Is to be increased by the addition of 3 citizen of Can ada the ques tion Of sovereignty oyer