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RESULTS
Of Great Importance And Of
Lasting Benefit
Expected From The Pan.
American Conference
Which Commenced At Buen0S
AyfeS Today
The United States Delegation
In Evidence
An Elaborate Program For
The Conference

Buenos Ayers, July 9-Results of
great importance and lasting benefit
to the United States as well as to the
Latin-American republics are expected
from the fourth Pan-American Confer
ence which met here today in an infor-
NAL manner for the preliminary work
of receiving the credentials of the del
egates and receiving them in behalf
of the Argentine government. Dele
gates from the United States, Mex
leo and practically all the other Gen.
trail and South American republics are
in attendance and the list contains the
names of some of the most distin-
guished statemen, diplomatists and
experts to international law of the
countries represented.
The delegation representing the
United States, which arrived here in
the U. S. army transport Sumner
few days ago, consists of Henry T.
White, former ambassador to France
Lewis Nixon, the ship builder; John
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Bassett Moore, Professor of Inter
national law at Columbia University;
David Kinley, dean of the University
of Illinois; Bernard Moses, professor
of political science at the University
of California; Col. Enoch Crowd, assist
ant to the Judge Advocate General, U.
S. A.; Paul S. Reinsch of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin and Lamar G. Quin-
Shepherd of Columbia University ac-
companies the delegation as official
SECRETARY Among the special repre-
sentatives of the government is Ed
ward B. Moore, commissioner of pat
ents, who will act as expert attache.
The program of the conference,
which has been previously prepared
and agreed upon by the representativ-
es of the various governments inter.
ested, include practically complete
survey and consideration of the in
mercial and otherwise, between the
republics of the American continent.
Immediately after the permanent or
ganization of the conference exercises
will be held in commemoration of the
Argentine national centenary and of
the independence of the Latin-Ameri-
can republic.
The actual work of the conference
will begin when the various delega-
tions submit their reports concerning
the action of their respective govern
ments upon the resolutions and con-
ventions of the third Pan-American
conference held at Rio Janeiro in July,
1906. The reports will be discussed
and the extension of the functions of
the committees considered. The re-
port of the director of the Internation-
al Bureau of the American Republics
will also be given careful attention
and it is expected that a resolution eX-
pressing appreciation to Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie of his generous gift for the
construction of the ne building of the
American Republics in Washington
will unanimously be passed.
Reports will be made on the pro-
gress which has been made in bring
ing about the completion of the Pan
American railway since the confer
ence at Rio de Janeiro and the ques-
tion will be considered how best to
bring about cooperation with that end
in view The program also contem-
plaes the discussion of various other
important matters, among them the
establishment of more rapid mail, pas
senger and express steamship service
between the American republics; the
bringing about of uniformity among
ports and documents, the technical re-
quirements of customs regulations and
also in census and commercial statis-
tics; questions of sanitary police and
quarantine regulations for the elimina-
ton of preventable Diseases the
bringing about of an understanding
between the American republics COW
ering patents, trade marks and copy
rights; continuance of the treaties on
pecuniary claims after their expira-
tion;. promoting the interchange of
professors and students among the un-
iversities and academies of the Ameri-
can republics; united action for the