Evening star., 1915-06-13
Colombian PubIiCist Advocates
Alliance to Preserve lnteg-
rity of Hemisphere.
SUGGESTS BROADENING
OF MONROE DOCTRINE
Speaks on Behalf of Latin Republics
at Boston Chamber of Com
merce Banquet.

BOSTON, June ia covenant dHlohs
all American nations to supplement the
Monroe doctrine and preserve the IN
tcgrity of the western hemisphere was
proposed tonight by Senior Santiago
Ferez Triana, delegate from the Repuo-
lie of Colombia to the recent pam
American financial conference. at
banquet given in honor of those dele
gates by the Boston Chamber of Com
merce.
I'm order to secure the whole-souied
support of the Monroe doctrine through
out the length and breadth of the con
tinent.' said Senior Perez. that doc
trine must be carried to the extreme
length of it's logical development. The
Monroe doctrine has closed effectively
the continent to European conquest. but
IT has not prevented the exercise OF
conquest i'll both sections of the con-
tinent. l am formulating no indict-
ment my contention is purely analyti-
cal. 1t should be enacted and. covenant
ed among all the nations of the con-
Inent that the territory of the Amer
lean nations is no longer a subject
for conquest, either from within or from
without the hemisphere.
such a declaration, so far as the
I
ready been made by the President; it
IS not TO be supposed that any other
American republic should be less ex-
plcit Internal inviolability is the es-
sential foundation of inviolability from
the outside. The proposition that vio-
lence and pillage-that is to say, con-
quest-are iniquities in the stranger
and virtues in the neighbor is un-
worthy to be maintained or accepted
by any self-respecting peoples"
Conclusion of Trip.
Senior Perez's speech marked the con-
clusion of the trip which the delegates
TO the financial conference have been
taking about the country for two
weeks. They spent today in Boston.
The Colombian delegate was chosen
by those in charge of the trip to make
the final speech in this city
AT the close of a dinner tonight AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury
Peters was presented with a handsome
gold clock set in a leather case. The
gift came from the Central and South
American delegates, who have made
the twenty-five vehundred-miie tour of
the eastern part of the United States
with Mr.. Peters as the official repre-
sentative of the administration. The
clock bore the inscription. Andrew j.
Peters, from his Latin American COM
rades
The presentation came as a distinct
Surprise to the assistant secretary.
Senior Triana's Speech.
Senior Triana said: After few
days session in Washington and an
excursion through several states and
cities of the Union, the panAmerican
financial conference comes to an end
here tonight. 1t is not. perhaps. out of
summarily the principal facts in con-
nection with that conference and to
seek some inference as to its purport
and significance.
The conference was convened by the
government of the United States; the
invitation was readily accepted by all
the nations of the continent. Other pam
American conferences have been held.
Their scope was not, as in the present
case, limited to specific subjects. We
were convened exclusively for the i'm
provement of financial relations. 1t
might be thus presumed that the pres
ent conference should have been of
lesser Importance than it's predecessors.
Such, however, has not been the case
circumstances of history in the
making both within and without the
continent have contributed to give to
this conference a transcendant and his
toric character. The conditions of in
terna tional life and national life
throughout the countries of America
fundamental transforma ton
The European war by suddenly up-
setting or totally destroying the long
established harmonies of industrial
and economic intercourse, had created
an imperative necessity for readilIs,-
nents that should not only replace the
former ada aptations. but that should
SUPPLY new forms and new methods
Tree from the recurrence of the pres
trt cslamities.
I'm Latin America with one soitar rv
eNceptlon-the nations had ALREADY AT
tanned their majority. meaning there
by that condition of stability in
dispensab1e for any permanent and
fruitful participation in internati tional
Affairs. ON the other hand. the United
States had reached p0int where they
could extend their activities. both eco
1louilc and Industrial. beyond their
own borders Had the period Of un-
settledness stii1 prevailed in Latin
america. partially or wholly, or had
within their own borders BY their own
requirements. no amount Of good in
ientions would have suffced to esta b.
lIsh any practical and fruitful coop
tration-
Difference in Countries
The two essential features In the
two sections may be respectively sum-
med up as follows: The United States
have n surplus of capital and a surplus
OF production. and what IL more. an
equipment for the indefinite i1Icreas
uf that production. the Latin section
OF the continent. taken as - whole
possesses incaiCulable sources nf na,
Jral wealth as vet untouched IL i.
Fparseiy populated. IL t. essential,
non manufacturing. and requires cap.
jfAl and irImiSra ZION for It's ieVelou,
IIrrt This condition Of affairs was
revealed with a defiuitsness that has
TIE character Of a i,erenpIory defna II,
h the present European conflict
1.-The meeting 81 this conference exclu.
sively for peaceful purposes in direc
and Glari1g contrast with the frenzy %
war that dominates the cnnsciences o.
1u"n in all the great nations of the oil,
world is in Itself an event OF the high
est historic significance. The write,
Law and the normal evolution of lyf.
within the law are sim suprer1.
throughout tine independent nations q
America This result has not been ar
rived AT by lucky or fortuitouS cor,
h1uation Of circumstances II is tho re
suit of the foresight Of the Trainers n
tire national Institutions Of this couutry
Theirs was foresight allied 10 ,yis
dom. theirs was iudouniiable seci
Eton that justice as God NAV allow us :.
see justice. is. and in so far .s {, rpa,
lie within our power, shall he the ruIa
the supreme rule of life alike for IN
GlyidUais and collectivitiea
". a this hour OF darkness .pd ,,,
r"si. America is able 10 proceed on no
,nrmal evolutionS toward liberty ~,
toward Justice. II is primarily due Ia IN
fundamental principles laid down nv tn