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-or, to be exact, in 1880 Pan.
American Congress, called by Presi,
dent Cleveland, was held in Washing,
ton. The development of closer re.
lations between the United States
and Central and South America in.
kukurated by that conference now
lads a larger fulfllment in the con-
ference in session in Washington.
The present conference is not only
of vast Importance in it's possibilities
FOR North and South America, but
for the world. The people of this
country as a whole have compare
tivcIy little understanding of South
America Business men who have
mad trade relations with the coun-
tries of South America know some
Thing of their vast u and of
the high development of their civili-
7ation, but our country at large has
too little conception of their great
ress. This greatness consists not
ST. much in the immensely in the area
and of the of South Ameri-
can countries, but in the greatness
of their work for civilization and for
world peace.
At the Pan-American Congress in
1889. when it was thought that the
slogan america for Americans"
might be the order Of the day, the
Argentine commissioners proposed a
broader platform, viz: "America for
Humanity" This was on a par
with the remarkable work which was
done by Argentina and Chile in the
settlement some years ago of their
disputed boundary line. When war
\ seemed imminent, the wiser men of
those countries succeeded in bringing
about an agreement to settle by ar
litration a question which had arous-
ed bitter antagonism and for the set
Element of which armies were being
raised and equipped, and having
settled this dispute by arbitration,
Argentina and Chile bound themsel-
YES forever to settle all other dis
Putes in the same way.
Indicative of the civilization and
Christianity of these countries is the
monument erected on one of the
highest passes of the Andes on the
dividing line over which it had been
expected that c%ontending armies
would march and fight. At an ele-
walton of some $4,000 or $4,000 feet,
in a mountain pass constantly used
10y the travellers between these coun-
tries, there was erected a heroic f.
cure entitled "The Christ of the An
des," with one arm bearing the cross
and the other stretched out as in
benediction. This great figure typi-
fes the spirit which had brought
reace to Argentina and Chile and
which had bound these countries into
perpetual peace. Cut in the foun-
Gation stone of this monument are
the words:
"Sooner shall these mountains
crumble into dust than Chileans and
Argentinos shall break the peace,
which, at the feet of Christ the Re-
deemer, they have sworn to main
tain"
The settlement of this boundary
dispute by arbitration and the erec-
ton of this great figure of "The
Christ Of the Andes" were in keeping
with that suggestion made by Argen-
tina in 1889, that the motto of the
pan-American Congress should be
America for Humanity"
We are accustomed to read about
the immensely of the area of South
American countries, and yet prob
ably not one man out of one hum
Gred, on the average, knows that
q. Brazil is 10 per cent. larger than the
United States, excluding Alaska and
our island possessions. The total
area of continental United States is
about 100000 square miles; that
of Brazil over 100000 square miles
As against the 5000 miles of the
United States from Atlantic to the
Pacific, Brazil's territory stretches IN
breadth 1000 miles and in le,lgtn
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