New Britain herald., 1915-12-27

f
 President Wilson. today welcomed the
 delegates of the South and Central l American Republics at the opening I session of the Second Pan-American 1 Scientific congress. In his brief
 address he declared the ideal of Pan-
 Americanism should be to prevent un-
 just interference in the affairs of 1 the American nations and that the l United States would be the first to | resent such interference with any l American country.
 | A Pan-Americanism practically 1 identical with that advocated by Pres | ident Wilson in his message to con- | gress, was supported by the speakers A composite address of the twenty two speeches made would leave inn pression of general endorsement of the idea. Secretary of State Lansing | in his capacity as an officer of the United States, which invited the con- gress to meet him, and as presiding officer of the governing board of the Pan-American union, discussed Pan- Americanism as an International policy of the Americas and the Mon roe Doctrine as national policy"
 
 inharmonious.
 Eduardo Suarez, ambassador of Chile, president of the congress, re- piled expressing in general the 4t- titude of Latin American and, head ing the list of nineteen chairman of delegations, Ernesto Quesada of Buenos Aires. made the first of tho fve-minute replies.
 1,5OO Persons Present. The first general session took place in Memorial Continental hall. Na- tional headquarters of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Men and women from every capital of South and Central America, from scores of other Latin Am erican cities, and from all parts of the United States. about 1,5OO in all, were pres ent Four languages were used though the Portuguese of Brazil and the French of Haiti were almost unheard in the volume of Spanish from the other Latin-American countries and the English that marked the Ameri- cans. Interpreters provided by the state department were used to re- duce the whole to a common tongue. After John Barrett, director Gen. eral of the Pan-American union ca1l- ed the congress to order the first concrete production of the organiza- tion was presented. It was the Pan American Hymn," sung by the Home club of the interior department The words and music are by Eduardo Poi Tier and Enrique Soro of Chile re- spectively. It was announced that this song would hereafter be the off, cia1 hymn Of Pan-America
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 ed president at the first congress in 1908 in Santiago, Chile, took charee of the session and vice president Mar shall welcomed the delegates in be- half of the United States government. The next speakers were Secretary Lansing and Ambassador Suarez. Re- Sponses limited to five minutes were made by chairman of the various delegates.
 The scientific discussions will be- gin Thursday morning with the semi Iormal opening of the main sections or the congress at which arrange ments will be completed for consider at1on of the general subject assigned to each.
 Three Subsiding Unions.
 A plan to bring into closer intellec- tual union the countries represented l at the Pan-American congress was l proposed by Ernesto Quesada, chair l man Of the Argentine delegation. He l suggested in his response to the ad- | dress Of welcome that three subsi- | diary unions be formed, one to con- federate all the universities of the Americas the second to create a ! B1bliothecal union, and the third union
 MT. Quesada said he had the s1,n- port of the Brazilian and Chilean del- egations.
 His plan for confederation of un- iVersities provides for the interchange of professors and students and tho holding of periodical assemblies.
 Secretary Lansing's Address.
 A Pan-Americanism of "One for all: all for one'' was outlined by Secretary 
 Pan-Americanisin," said the secre- tary, is an expression of the idea of America has be- come the guardian of that idea which will in the end rule the world. Since the European war N,gan other factors have strengthened this natural bond and given impulse to the movement, Never before have our people so full ly realized the significance of the words Peace and Fraternity"
 At another point in his address sec. , retary Lansing said: "If the sovereign ty of a sister republic is menaced |, from overseas, the power of the Unit ] , ed States and, I hope and believe. the f United power of the American repub- ] , lies will constitute a bulwark which 1 f will protect the independence and in f tegrity of their neighbor from un- f lust invasion and agression.' r
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