The Washington herald., 1913-12-07
PEACE APOSTLES
BACK Up wilson
Latin-American Policy Com
mended at Judicial So
ciety Banquet.
LAUD MONROE DOCTRINE
Representatives of Many Nations Say
that Attitude of This Government
Is Supported in Europe.

President Wilson's Latin-American pol
icy was almost universally commended
by speakers at the banquet OF the fourth
national conference of the American So
ciety for Judicial Settlement of Inter
national Disputes at the Shoreham last
night. The banquet marked the close OF
the conference.
The Monroe doctrine, President VII
sons recent extension of II to the In
ternal affairs Of Latin-American coun-
tries, and its implication in the Mexican
problem were referred to in one way or
another, and the remarks Of speakers
who represented Great Britain, the SEN
timent OF Germany and Mexico's present
government, were such as to imply at
least Endorsement.
David Jayne Hill, formerly Ambassador
to Germany, said there is a strong re-
spect for the Monroe doctrine in Euro
pean nations.
John Barrett director general Of the
Pan-American Union, sounded a note OF
protest against what he characterized as
the patronizing attitude toward Latin
American countries and their affairs as
sumed by many writer's and public speak
ers on this topic. He advocated an
amendment Of the name. but not the
spirit of the Monroe doctrine Mr.. Bar
rett would have writers and speakers in
the future refer to IL as the Pan-Ameri-
can policy OF this government
Cnnadn l. Interested.
AvowedIy speaking for Canada and
Great Britain. Justice William Renwick
Riddell. of the high court of Ontario,
declared that there never had been any
possibility of or desire for interference
on the part of England in President Will
sons Mexico policy.
Not one OF the FIVE speakers advocated
disarmament as a means Of procuring
international arbitration. Several were
at pains 10 anticipate, in their speeches,
conditions which would make a general
disarmament impracticabIe. The settle
ment Of international disputes through
than compromise was held up as the goal
to be aimed at
Senor Don Jose GOdoy. Mexican minis
ter to Cuba, paid high compliment to
the feeling of amity between the better
classes of Mexico and the United States,
and urged patience of thought toward his
troubled country. Among those present
were:
Gen. E. F. Andrews, Mrs. Fannie Fern
Andrews, Jesse X. Adkins, Mrs Jesse E.
Adkins. J. Dewitt Andrews, Mrs. J. D.
Andrews, John S. Blair and wife, Hon.
Richard Bartholdt. Hon. John Barrett, ].
d. Carmody. Melville Church and wife.
Mrs. II. II. Harvey. ]. B. Calyo. Admiral
c. II. Chester. W. J. Dawkins, William D.
Foulke and wife. Miss FOulke. Horace K.
Mr.. James Macdonald, Senior J. F.
Godoy and wife, c. n. Gregory. David
Jayne Hill and wife, Thomas Hyde, Ed
ward A. Hartman and wife. Henry d.
Mrs. p. S. Hambleton. Francis B.
James, Hon. Martin 4. Knapp and wife,
Robert C. Lansing, John B. Larner. John
h. Lord. William B. Levy. d. P. Myers,
Henry b. F. Macfarland. Soterios Nichol-
son. George T. Porter. Walter S. Penfield.
F. Z. Partington and wife, Senor and
Sonora Francisco ]. Peynado. envoy ex-
and minister plenipotentiary
Of the Dominican republic; W. Renwich
Riddel and wife, Jackson II. Ralston,
Hon. James B. Scott and wife, A. H.
Snow, Tunstall Smith and wife. Hon. J.
L. Slayden and wife. Mrs. Claude A
Swanson, Hannis Taylor. and Joseph
Wheless.