Evening star., 1914-06-07

coalition which the logic of geography.
past and future. and of race demands
With confederation. from which state
would come the president? In the affairs
of the new nation, which existing nation
would predominate? These are inevitable
questions.
1t is only fair to say. though senor
Calvo in his talk declined to speak on
the subject or to make an lnv,o.oas US
comparison, that Costa Rica. as one OF
the leaders in the movement. has ex-
hibited rare quality of national un-
selishness. Costa Rica is stable, sound
we'll governed, on gold basis. with the
very best of credit abroad, and has the
least to gain by confederation. Still she
is proposing a partnership with states
of lesser credit
Senior Calvo holds. however. that the
greater good of all of Central America a
administration. the substitution of one
national government for hve. with an
their ramifcations, is one distinct ad-
vantage Another is the advantage 10
be secured by the consolidation OF 'he
united credit of the five governments.
Senior Calvo points out that the great
success of the United States, its union OF
states each great commonwealth III
itself is an ever present example 70 zen,
trail America of the benefits OF 1ederal
union.
distinct step toward the realization
of the dream of confederation was taken
in the Central American peace conner
ence This was the establishment oy the
Central American republics, at San Jose'
Costa Rica, of a permanent court OF m
ternational justice, the nrst ever eseap-
lished on this continent. ,
Thus. even without a union, IederaI
judiciary is in being. There remains pu.
IN he created a federal executive ana q
federal legislative branch OF government
and the adoption of constitution TO es-
tablish a new nation
Aside from affairs in Mexico. this pro-
nosed union is the most talked of thing
in Latin American politics today. Ihere
are some who are anxious TO form ehe
confederation at once at any COST real
;zine the benefits that would accrue from
a combination of the states. But Senior
Calvo is not one of these.
..Jt Ia a movement that must proceed
SLOWLY" said he. 'The new nation, II II
is to be established. must be established
in peace> and good will, and by mutual
consent. Any effort to establish IT oy
force of arms, to impose new ieoeral
Government on people who do not want
e is to be opposed. But, when the
time is ripe, the several repuoncs OF Cen
traI America will easily and naturally
form a union that will be OF inmeasur-
able benefit to all. -
"Such a union will be true progress IN
soyarnment. provided it is not accom-
Panied BY o1d No dt%eiss tho TO
be game ga1nea ~ oy effect % of accomplishing the
,,nion in blood and slaughter"
The sort of man this Costa Rican en-.
voy is shines forth in that declaration. !.
should not be imagined that ne Is
dreaming pacifist, with visions of an inn
mediate end to all wars and the mil
iennium just around the corner. Far from
heing that, he is an intensely practica!
statesman who knows the people of all
the American republics from intimate ana
personal study Of them.
Widely travelled. a deep student OF IN
ternational law and politics and Of po-
litical economy as well. his vision is not
of the impossible but Of peaceful
changing Of the Latin American map on
natural, racial and economic lines. and OF
a solidarity Of all the American republics.
MANY interests beside those Of ter
ritorial situation tend to bind together