The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-31
PAN.AMERICAN
NATIONS TO JOIN
IN A PEACE PACT
Arbitration 20 End Boundary
Disputes-No Munitions
for RevOlutiOnists.
10 SHOW UNITED STAND
FOR MONROE DOCTRINE

WARRINGTON DeC.
o~esotiations are In progress between
Secretary Of State Lansing and the
diplomatic representatives Of all Central
and South American republics looking
to the establishment Of a new Pam
American alliance. under which all
boundary disputes will b. settled by ar
bltration and a general agreement
adopted to bar munitions Of war from
these couatriea.
The negotiations which dey eloped In
connection with the Pan-American Sci.
entihc Congress now in session here
have the full support Of President Will
con. who is said to have been In COM
munication with Secretary Lansing from
Hot Springs. Va
One Of the principal features OF the
discussions At this congress has been
On effort to create among the delegates
from Latin America q widespread APP
prevail Of closer union and friendship,
Secretary Lansing himself at the OPEN
ing Of the congress urged closer CO.
operation among the Pan-American re-
publics and sounded the slogan:
One for all and all for one."
Confers with Diplomats.
Since delivering this address the Sec.
SstAry has been having conferences with
The Latin American diplomats In paiSs
and IA outlined to them his policy.
Folinuin0 thopo rnnfaranral thu displn.
mats have communicated the details Of
the plan to their respective Governments
and are awaiting Instructions For their
convenience II u understood that Secre-
tary Lansing furnished each Ambassador
and Minister with q written memoran-
dunn Of his proposals..
Mr.. Lansing has assured the diplomats
that the chief aim Of the United States
VA to preserve peace In the Western
Hemisphere and that realizing that the
greatest difficulties In the past have
arisen from boundary disputes and revo-
luttons 1t Is desired now to propose a
means Of settling h n by amicable
arbitration n preventing revolutions
by cutting of the supplies OF war NUM-.
tons.
While there Is nothing to show that
the proposals have gone beyond this
stage. officials Of h State Department
declare that II the United States can
succeed In bringing about a closer union
between the American republics one Of
the important results will be notice to
the rest Of the world that these republics
stand united against foreign aggression
and for the Monroe Doctrine.
Peace Would BE Assured.
II is pointed out that II all the Pan.
American countries. including the United
States Of course, would consent to resort
only to arbitration as a means OF set
Ting boundary disputes n would bin
themselves not to ship arms to revolu-
tonists In neighboring countries peace
among these countries would be to a
large extent insured and the nation left
free to work out their destinies.
From the rapid decline OF the villa
revolution In Mexico following the shut
ting or OF arms and ammunition from
his forces, the United States has been
given practical opportunity to test out
the effectiveness Of such a method Of
discouraging internal troubles In a
neighboring country.
The Significance Of the negotiations in
their possible bearing on the future of
the Monroe Doctrine is warranted, Of
ncials declare, by the reference which
Secretary Lansing made to this doc
trine in his speech last Monday before
The Scientific Congress. In this ccnnec.
ton he said:
within recent years the United States
has found no ccasi with the excep-
ton Of the Venezuelan boundary Incl
den TO remind Europe that the Monroe
Doctrine continues unaltered as a ma
tional policy In this republic. The re.
publics Of America are no longer chill.
dren in the great family of nations.
They have attained maturity"
Paa.Aaerican Qualities.
At another point Mr.. Lansing said:
when We attempt to analyse Pan
Americanism We md the essential
qualities are those OF the family-sym.
pathy, helpfulness and sincere desire to
zee another growth In prosperity. alb
sence Of oovetousness Of another's pos.
sessions. absence Of Jealousy Of another's
prominence and. above all. absence Of
that spirit OF intrigue which menace
the democratic peace Of a neighborhood.
with all ~earnestness, therefore. I
commend to you the thought Of the
American republics. twenty-one sovereign
and independent nations bound together
by faith and Justice and firmly cemented
by a sympathy which knows no superior
and no inferior but which recognizes
only all equality and fraternity"
Boundry disputes have been the cause
Of much trouble and many uprisings In
the South and central American States
and an agreement to arbitrate these
differences would be a long step toward
assuring peace.