The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-07
wilson PROPOSALS
WILL BE ENDORSED
by PAN-AMERICANS
Recommendation That Latin
Government Accept Them
Likely to Be Made in Report

Unqualified approval of the propos-
ais OF President Wilson Is expected
| to be incorporated in tho hnai act
i OF the second Pan-American Scientific
| Congress which 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-
/ Members of the committee will not
i discuss the probable contents of their
/ report or the attitude they will take
/ toward the Presidents address, but
1 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 Eatin-American
| conditions is so intimate, while his
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 ex
4.
| an immediate effect i'm 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 the.
committee on final act, which wilt
meet at IL o'clock tonight for the
draft of the final act of the congress.
The program for the meeting tomor.
the final act. the introduction OF
courtesy resolutions, thanking the
Government OF the United States. the
Iicisis ETC. o for ore tSeiE work F Tbe roll
Of countries will be called, and chair
men 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 case
a resolution will be introduced en-
powering the executive committee,
composed of delegation chairmen and
OFFICERS OF the congress, to cast the
vote of the congress. There will be
no speeches except the farewell ad-
dress of its president. The meeting
probably will be held in the Hall OF
the Americas at the Pan-Americam
building.
"If America is to come into her own,
into her legitimate own, in a world OF
peace and order, she must establish
foundations of amity so that no on
will hereafter doubt them"
President Wilson thus concluded n
modern construction of the Monroe doc
1rine, and his presentation Of the pro-
possls the United States most earnestly
wishes to have the states OF South and
IHentrRt America agree upon. before the
members OF the Pan-Americans Ia gen
1 ~ oil
Hall last night.
rho 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
J hemisphere.
Because Of the smalluess of the
meeting place admission had been
limited strictly to the members Of the
congress and the members OF the
Latin-American diplomatic corps in
| Washington.
Mrs. Wilson In Box.
In q box to the left OF the stage, on
which the chairmen Of the various Of
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
J, stage stood two color-Searers OF the
holding aIoft the Stars aud Stripes
: and the personal flag of the President
J. of the United States. while the flag =
=. of all the American republics in a
D single cluster hung overhead. Army
( and navy officers in full dress uni
s form and the entire aSsemblaRe of
3 men and women in full evening re-
a gala with the flashing lights OF the
n auditorium made the scene one OF un-
e usual brilliancc.
r President Wilson and the members Of
. his party arrived in the hall at about
tire assemblage standing, the Marine
Band playing THE Star-Spangled Ban
, ner."
Suarez Presents President.
1, Ambassador Suarez, OF Chile. presi-
! dent of the congress, Immediately call
: ed the session to order and Introduces
President Wilson in brief address
: which was afterward translated into
Spanish by Ambassador ia Cana OF
Brazil Ambassador Suarez Eaid II was
, a peculiar pleasure. as the head OF a
/ congress Of men devoted TO learning,
: to Introduce to it's members a man OF
the type OF President Wilson. He was
not only a stateman, but a scholar and
, years in the study of the very things
which had caused the formation OF the
= congress. AS President OF the United
States he had radically changed the na =
: ture of the relations Of the peoples nf
I this continent and built up an Amcri-
g can international policy of mutual nm
= Outstanding. Not only had he worked
!. for this and spoken of this in his pub
\ lie addresses, said the ambassador. but
8 when the time came for practical dem
= OnstratiOn Of his sincerity, as was the
r case in the unfortunate circumstance NJ
t the Niagara Falls conference. he had
s without hesitation placed his authority
1 on the side OF peace and love among
2 the sister nations.