Evening star., 1916-01-03

of nan-American convention tor 'ne
arbitration of boundary dlspu.s;s' u;S and
made certain concrete sugsessaoHits %
his own for pan-American sohdaril''
Mr. Bryan said in part:
Every possible encouragemehI .,;st, snIE.
be given to the teaching Oh tne ND tn the
language in Latin America ana 10 tnS
teaching of Spanish in the -.
States. There are several ways III
which this encouragement can pc he
An exchange of professors "ouiu
an advantage. If arrangements couiu
be made by which the colleges ana UNI
yersities of Central and South Amer1ca
would accept American instructots ~
return for Latin-speaking lnstruclots
sent to the United states. the ,enpU,I@ IpS,I ~
exchange would not only be helplui III
extending the two LANGUAGES pue .
larger acquaintance would follow, ana
acquaintance is. after all, the moss
sential thing in the improvement 9I IN,
ternational relations, whetner pusihes''
social or political.
Encourage Language Study.
encouragement could also be given
to the study of the two languages oy
colleges, especially by those located IN
the southern part of the United States
and in the northern republics OF Lauh
America, where special inducements
could be offered to foreign students
The United States, for instance, coulo
establish in Porto Rico. Panama and at
accessible points along the gulf coast
schools in which special attention
would be given to the teaching OK the
Spanish language and Spanish history;
and the Latin-speaking nations could
in return offer similar inducements 10
students from the north In these spe-
cial schools young men from the Oniteo
States intending to go south and young
men in the southern countries plan
ming to come north could meet, ana
while preparing themselves for their
work. acquire that personal acquain-
tance which contributes so largely 10
success.
Another suggestion. While a large
vocabulary is. of course. desirable. stu
comparatively few words are absolute.
ly necessary for the carrying on OF
conversation and correspondence. A
few months ago / suggested TO num-
Der of representatives OF Latin America
the advisabflity of attempting 10 IN
troduce into each of the two languages
the more important words of the other
language. The suggestion received SO
much announcement that l venture 70
submit II here. Five hundred English
words introduced into the Spanish die
tionary. as synonyms for Spanish words
having the same meaning. and the in
PRODUCTION of like number OF Spanish
words into the English dictionary
would lead to the gradual absorption
most necessary words OF the two
languages and would make it easier
for representatives OF the dinerent re-
publics to talk to and understand eacn
other without special training. Even
a smaller number of words might be
selected as beginning
IF the suggestion commends itself to
this congress a commission can be ap-
pointed to formulate the pian-
Effect Of Panama Canal.
The opening of the Panama canal
has accentuated the possibility of larger
trade between North and South Amer
lea, and the interruption of existing
lines of transportation has made more
obvious the necessity of cooperation
between the United States and Central
and South America in the establishment
of trade routes.
Secretary McAdoo has taken up the
matter, and is endeavoring to secure
authority to establish a government
controlled merchant marine, for the
double purpose of laying out new trade
routes and providing against interrup. .
tions like those which have occurred
during the past eighteen months
'I an, sure tha< all of our neighbor-
ing republics will give hearty COM
mendation to the plan. and l hope that
the governments of Central and South
America will consider the advisability
d
government represented here will ac,
TO the limit of Its ability a new impetus
will be given TO inter-American trafic
to the benefit of all.
The establishment of the same mon
etary unit throughout the western
hemisphere has long been discussed
and there is no doubt that II would
greatly facilitate exchange between the
the countries
Benefits Of Currency Law.
The currency law now in force in the
United States has. by authorizing the
establishment of branch banks In for.
eixn lands. greatly aided in the i'm.
provement of trade conditions. but as Il
will require some years to realize Il
the full the advantages made possible
by this law, IL Is worth while to con.
slider whether IL would not be wise fol
the American governments to facilitate
exchange by an arrangement under
which they would cable to each othel
deposits made with them to cover for
eign purchases
This congress has already under
consideration the possibility of CO
operation in the defense of the western
hemisphere as embodied in the propo
sition recently submitted by the Presi
dent through Secretary Lansing. whicl
ing for investigation of all diplomats
differences and the arbitration OF boun
Diary disputes among the republics o
America convention which will 9,
far toward removing the possibility o
armed conflict between them.
This evolution OF the Monroe doc
trine, enforced by the United State
alone. into a pan-Americanism, support
ed by all the American republics Jointly
will not only insure solidarity Of senti
ment. but will. by the union of the
strength. lessen the expenditures neces
sary for their protection from possible
attempts at invasion. especially since tn,
danger Of invasion is decreased in pro
portion as the pressure of population ii
Europe has been reduced by the enor
NOUS loss of life occasioned by the war
The proposed convention between tn
American republics will also make it Ger
tain that the republics OF the western
hemisphere will not. by participation IL
the forcible settlement of European quar-
rels, surrender their right to exciud
European nations from armed inter