The Washington herald., 1914-03-05
BRYAN TO VISIT
SOUTH AMERICA
Secretary of State Accepts
Invitation of Chileans
This FIJI.
LiISSION Is IMPORTANT
Will Attend Fifth Pan-American Con-
ference. Where Big Negotia-
lions Are Scheduled.

Secretary of State Bryan will visit the
countries OF South America this fall.
provided the state OF public business will
permit.
This announcement was made last
night by John Barrett. director general
of the Pan-American Union, and followed
the extension to and acceptance by Mr..
Bryan of an invitation OF the Chilean
government to attend the fifth Pam
American conference which Is TO be held
in the capital of that country next Sep
tember.
Mr.. Bryan probably will leave WASH
ington about the middle Of August going
through the Panama Canal and down the
West Coast of South America, with stops
in Peru and Bolivia, and thence to Santi-
ago de Chile. The conference VIII PROB
ably continue for nearly month, ana
Mr.. Bryan will visit at its conclusion
Argentina. Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bra
zil He will be back in Washington about
the time of the convening OF Congress
on December /.
The Invitation to Mr. Bryan was ex-
tended through Eduardo Suarez, Minister
OF Chile, at the meeting OF the Fan
American Union directorate, OF which the
Secretary of State is ex-officio presiding
officer. After consultation with President
Wilso Secretary Bryan accepted. He
said that since his last trip abroad, when
he experienced a shipwreck, he had prac-
tically made up his mind never to under
take another extended journey by sea,
but that he conside: d the conference
of such Importance. and so anxious again
to visit the countries of South America,
tina. he would make exception.
Visit Is Welcome.
Mr.. Bryan will be the third Secretary
of State to visit officially the countries
of Latin-America while holding that Of
flee. Mr.. Root made a memorable tour
of South America in 1906, the lasting and
benefcent results of which are still ap-
parent in the attitude of the peoples Of
those countries Mr.. knox two years ago
made a tour of the countries OF the
Caribbean, Venezuela being the only
South merican country visited by him.
Mr.. Bryan's tour to South America will
be welcomed by the governments and
people of those countries. His appoint
luent as Secretary of State was regarded
by them as a realization of all that they
had hoped for from the Democratic ad-
Ininistration Mr.. Bryan is known per-
sonally by a very large number Of the
public men of South America, and prob
ably more than any other American
with the exception of Theodore Roose-
welt, he commands their attention.
The forthcoming Pan-American confer
ence Is generally regarded as nkely tol
prove an epoch-marking occasion in the
annals of Pan-Americanism- 1t will, OF
course, be the first Treeting of the Amer
lean republics since the opening of the
Panama Canal, and the changes effected
by that waterway undoubtedly Will oc-
cup a large share Of the attention of
the conference. While II is true that
the chief effort of the larger American
powers, and particularly OF the United |
St tes at these conferences is to limit |
the discussions to innOcuous subjects, it'll
is believed that the developments in |
Latin-America have been so numerous
since the conference in 1910 that this
years meeting will take on more thanI
ordinary importance and interest
Subjects of Importance. |
The United States has but one vote in |
these gatherings, the same as that of
Haiti. The result has been that often |
time noct careful maneuvering has been
required of the American delegates at |
the conferences in order to offset possible |
combinations of enough of the smaller
countries to Outvote the United States
This task will undoubtedly fall upon Sec
Il