The Washington times., 1916-01-06
NEXT PAN-AMER|CAN
CONGRESS IN LIMA
No Official Announcement Made
Yet, But Recommendation Is
To Be Presented.

Luna Seru. as the place. ana l5zl. the
Tooth anniversary Of the independence Of
Peru. as the time. for the third Pam
American Scientific Congress. have prac-
tichlIy been decided upon. thus suggest
! Ing the disposal Of one OF the importsnt
questions that will be finally determined
at the last general session OF the con-
gress here next Saturday.
No official announcement has been
made or can be made OF the time and
place for the next congress. but II Is
nnoffciallv learned that the committee
In charge. of which DR.. Julio Phiippi.
OF Chile. Is chairman will make this
recommendation as a result OF delibera-
tons last night and this morning. The
suggestion OF the selection OF Peru as
the meeting place Of the next con-
gress has been very we'll received by
the delegates
Chileans Favorable.
It is especially notable that the dele
gates from Chile are heartily in favor Of
the selection. And the attitude Of the
delegates from Chile Is said to be the
best reflection of the Pan-American
spirit that has pervaded the sessions OF
the present congress. for the reason
'hdl SHllS IeTu nave DeSH enSdSeO
In more disputes and in one or two
DISASTROUS wars with each other over
questions Of national character
The interest OF the delegates 10 the
congress today Is iargc,y centered on
the meeting of the congre ss tonight at
Continental Memorial Tall. when Pres .
tdent Wilson will addresS the deleestes
he r1ace OF meeting was changed from
the Hall OF the Americas. In the Pan
American Union bullipg, 70 the Con-
tinental Memorial Hall because the
seating capacity ot the Hall Of the
Americas would not Accommodate the
delegates.
Big Questions Discussed.
lnternationn, law and the effect OF
home environment on tho work Of
women in the world were the big top
iCs before the various meetings or the
sections today the preparatory meet
inss 70: tn" final consideration o. pa-
pers presented ard the Dreparation o..
resolutions and rcconrme ndat ions 10 tie
general session cf the congress Satur-
international lawyer of Chile. made an
extended address before the section on
law ard iurisprudence N which h..
called attention TO tho fact that the
law today are out of date and that
some now form must be found
Mrs. Louis Y. Post addressed the
Woman's Conference at tho Pan-Amer-
modern luxuries ard modern hone en-
Vironnent on the work ~ " omen in the
world AMI gave II as her opinior that
modern c"nNenicnces should make for
!nism.
Subcommittees Meet.
with the end Of the conEres. in sight
members OF the subcommittees or inc
executive committee met again toGay
10 go through the mass OF material tnat
has been presented to them for prey
srstion for the congress. None or the
members OF these committees can as
cuss the matters that have been pre-
sented to them for consde ra ton nut
II is authoritatively stated that the
matter OF arbitration and the afrlrma-
ton OF the belief OF NIL the American
countries that the Monroe doctrines
principles are as binding today as tney
ever were. will be among the important
things considered.
The sessions OF the various sections
today concerned themselves with Pan
American questions entirely. and more
particularly with those questions - be
made the basis OF resolutions to be pre-
senfed to the final session.
Explanation IS made that while the
delegates to the congress are reprc&ct:-
tatives OF their various governments
and are officially accredited to the CON
grcss. thev have no power to bind their
Nernments to action. The action
taken at the congress will be placed In
the form of recommendations to the
governments.
Meetings All Day.
The meetings OF the three subcom-
mittees OF the executive committee OF
the congress whicn began This morn
ing probably will continue all dav. as
papers are flowing in TO them from
all sections. The committees include:
Resolutions--Dr. Ernesto Quesada
chairman, Argentina; DR.. Manuel Ga
mio. Mexico; Or. Santos Dominici,
Venezuela. DR.. Alajandro o. Deustus
Peru Judge George Gray, United
States.
Propositions - Dr. Julio Phiiirpi,
Chile, chairman; Dr. Carlos NJ dc
Pcn8, Uruguay: DR.. RohrrLo Ancizar
Colombia; DR.. Charles Nation, Haiti
DIR. Carlos Manuel dc Cespedes, Cuba.
Preparation OF rinal act-Dr. James
Brown Scott, chairman, United States;
Dr. Alberto Gutierrez, Bolivia: Dr.
Eusebio Ayala. Paraguay Dr. Ernesto
Quesada, ex officio. from nrst com
mittee: DR.. Julio Fhilippi, ex officio,
from second committee.
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