Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-09-29

Daughters of the Ameri-
MMHT can Revolution, is what
many judges of the fine in
architecture have declared to be the
most beautiful building in the capital
of the United States. 1t is the home
CT the Pan-AmeTcan union, of which
John Barrett is the director general.
In this building every little while
there is meeting which has no coun-
terpart in any other country of the
world. In a beautiful hall and about
magnificent table made of South
American woods gather the ambassa-
ders and ministers of all the American
republics. TTe secretary of state Of
the United States of America presides
at the meeting.
In foreign countries a few diplo-
mats sometimes meet to discuss mat
tiers of grave moment to their coun-
tres. There is no general meeting
such as that which takes place in the
city of Washington. Only on the rarest
occasions in the European capitals do
the representatives of all the coun-
tries gather for cOnclave. The
threat of war generally brings the
Foreign representatives together in
most Of the capitals of the world.
In the city of Washington, in tls.
Pan-American union building, the
ambassadors and ministers Of rs1e
s0uth American countries meet to con-
| Fer with one another and with the
secretary of state of the United States
| la the 5endeavOr to make stronger the
| UOnds of union which hold together
Ell the republics of the West.
The Pan-American union was or
xanized 26 years ago. In that year
| there was a Pan-American conference
| following a former conference which
was held in Washington in the winter
1T the year previous. James G. Blaine.
| then secretary CT state, presided at
| the first conference. To Blaine per-
haps more than 20 any other American
| is due the credit for the inception Of
the idea Of al organization which
would bind closely together the west
ern republics. For a long time the
organization was known as the "Bu-
reau Of American Republics"
In writing about Pan-Americanism
and the Pan-American union, John
Barrett, the present director, said:
| Beginning on a small scale, it has
now grown into a position of power
and usefulness where 1t can be de-
scribed as the most comprehensive
| and practical international institution
| at least 1t has been so described by
eminent statesmen not only In the
United States, but in Europe. AS evil
| dence of the way it is regarded In Eu-
| rope. 1t can be cited that recently one
| of the most prominent English states
| men remarked that, IF there had been
| PANE European union, fashioned upon
| the Pan-American union at Washing
ton, with it's headquarters IN London,
| or Paris, or Berlin, or Vienna, there
| never would have been a European
war;"
| The present home Of the Pan-Ameri-
| can union was built in the years 1905
| Iu6 COIucI SIOhC was ioiu Al hAC
| spring of 1908 in the presence of 5000
persons, among whom were the men,
bers of the Supreme court, the cabinet,
| the house and senate, the diplomatic
corps and President Roosevelt, Sec
| retary of State Root, Bishop Gran
ston of the Methodist church, Cardinal
Gibbons of the Roman Catholic church
| and Andrew Carnegie, the latter OF
| whom made the Pan-American union
building possible by the gift of large
| sum of money.
One gets from what Elihu Root said
| nn the occasion of the laying of the
| corner stone an idea Of the scope OF
| the work Of the institution and of the
| spirit which keeps it alive.
Mr.. Root said: "This building Is to
be in It's most manifest unitarian serv-
icc a convenient instrument for asso-
| citation and growth of mutual knowl-
| edge among the people Of the different
| republics. The library maintained
here. the books and journals aces
| sible here, the useful and interesting
| notifications of the bureau, the enor-
nous correspondence carried on with
| seekers for knowledge about Ameri-
can countries, the opportunities now