The Washington times., 1916-01-07
WILSON PROPOSALS
WILL Be |NDORSED
by PAN-AMER|CANS
Recommendation That Latin
Government Accept Them
Likely to Be Made in Report


Congress which a committee is work
ing into form today. -
The final act will likewise recon-
mend to the governments of the
twenty one American republics the
consideration of the Presidents pro-
posals with the idea Of immediate ac-
ceptanCe.
Members of the committee will no.
discuss the probable contents of their
report or the attitude they will take
toward the Presidents address, but
the members individually, as well as
the Latin american delegates gen
orally. are enthusiastic in their sup
port of the proposals and OF their
admiration of the Presidents frank
ness in his presentation Of them.
Final Session Tomorrow.
The attitude of the President, they
state. is more sympathetic than any
of them had expected, and his appar
ent understanding of n-American
conclusions and proposals are SO sane
and 80 practical and yet in harmony
with the highest ideals of peace for
all the Americas" as one delegate eA-
pressed it, that his address will have
an immediate effect in bringing about
the unanimous acceptance of the pro-
posals.
Today was spent by the delegates
in section meetings in preparing for
the final session OF the congress to-
morrow.
All resolutions and recommends
tions will be placed in concrete form
this afternoon and presented to thr.
committee on final act, which will
meet at IL o'clock tonight for the
draft of the final act of the congress
The program for the meeting tomor-
row provides for the introduction OF
the final act. the introduction OF
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Government OF the United States. the
president of the congress, various Of
ncials, etc, for their work. The roll
Of countries will be called, and chair
mon of the delegations cast the vote
OF each country.
Ends In Hall of the Americas.
The final act may not be finished in
time for presentation. in which casc
a resolution will be introduced en-
powering the executive committee,
composed of delegation chairmen ana
officers of the congress. to cast the
vote of the congress. There will be
no speeches except the farewell ad
dress of it's president. The meeting
! ~ obably Will be held in the Hall OF
the Americas at the Pan American
building.
IF America is to come into her own,
into her lesitimate own, in world Of
peace and order. she must establish
foundations of amity so that no on
will hereafter doubt them"
President Wilson thus concluded a
modern construction of the Monroe doc
trine. and his presentation cf the pro
posals the United states most earnestly
wishes to have the states oe South and
central America agree upon. before the
| members OF the Pan-Americans Ia gen
eral session at Continental Memorial
| Han last night
The audience that listened to the
address of the PRESIDENT included ff-
teen hundred OF the most distinguish
ed scientists, statesmen, jurists. edu
Gators. and women of the Western
! h hemisphere.
Because of the smallness of the
meeting place admission had been
| limited strictly to the members Of the
congress and the members Of tn"
| Latin American diplomatic corps in
Washington.
Mrs. Wilson In Box.
In box to the left OF the stage, on
which the chairmen Of the various o.
fetal delegations and officers of the
congress were seated, was Mrs. Will
son. making her first public appear
ance since becoming the wife of the
| President. With her wore Miss Mar
garet Wilson. Mrs william Boiling.
and DIR. Cary Grayson.
The auditorium was decorated with
American beauty roses. palms, ever
greens: and trailing vines. On the
Marine Corps in full dress uniform
holding aloft the Stars aud Stripes
and the personal flag of the President
of the United States. while the flag =
| OF all the American republics in a
single cluster hung overhead. Army
and navy officers in full dress uni
| form and the entire assemblage OF
men and women in full evening re-
gala with the flashing lights OF the
auditorium made the scene one OF un-
| usual hrillianCC.
President Wilson and the members OF
his party arrived in the hall at aboIt
q O'Clock. and were received by the GU
tire assCmblage standing, the Marin"
Band playing The Star-Spangled Bar-
! nCr.'
Suarez Presents President.
Ambassador Suarez, OF Chile. presi-
dent of the congress, immediately call
ed the session to order and introduced
President Wilson in a brief address
| which was afterward translated into
| Spanish by Ambassador ia CANA OF
| Brazil. Ambassador Suarez said II was
q peculiar pleasure. as the head OF II
congress OF. men devoted 70 learning
to introduce to its members a man OF
the type of President Wilson. He was
not only statcman, but a scholar and
a student OF science who had spent
yeCrS i'm the study of the very things
congress. AS President of the United
States he had radically changed the lIa.
ture of the relations of the peoples nt
this continent and built up an Amcri.
can international policy of mutual uu-
derstanding. Not only Lad he worked
for this and spoken of this in his pub
lie addresses, said the ambassador. bu,
when the time came for practical dem.
onstration Of his sincerity, as was tho
case in the unfortunate circumstance Nt
the Niagara Falls conference. he had
without hesitation placed his authority
on the side of peace and love among
the sister nations.