The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-01-01
LANSING lvlkENs EUROPE.
SPEECH ON UNITY or AMERICAS
BY SECRETARY OF STATE AT.
TRACTS ATTENTION
ACROSS THE SEA.
Institute Of Law Formed to Develop
Principles Which Can be Applied to
Relation OF the Americas.

Itcl0tAOu Ox tIl6 AmclICHS,
Washington, Dec. 29.--At practi-
cally every session of the many groups
into which the Pan-American Scien-
tific Congress is divided, scientific dis
cussion for which the delegates osten-
sibly assembled was subordinated to-
day to broad general consideration OF
means for binding all the Americas
into a Pan-Americanism. as Secretary
Lansing characterized in his address
Eof welcome made as zone for all; all
for one.'
The Pan-American delegates dis
cussed among themselves the prob
able deeper significance of their gath
ering when they heard Informally OF
the attention attracted among the
European diplomats by Secretary Lam
sings declaration that eff the sover-
eighty of a sister Republic Is menac-,
ed from over seas the power of the
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power Of the American republics win
constitute bulwark which win pro-
tect the independence and integrity OF
their neighbor from unjust invasion
or aggression" .
None of the delegates comes to the
congress with any plenary powers
and 1t is realized that the most i'm
portaAt result Of the gatheeing will
be the impression they carry home.
The extent to which the Iatin-Ameri-
cans have been taken into the inner
circles Of official and private society In
the capital probably never has been
equaiied in any other Official gather
ling.
It has been 80 marked that today
In a formal statement Director GEM
eral John Barrett, OF the Pan-Ameri-
can Union. declared the spirit of fra
ternity and unity was the dominant
note of the gathering. s.@.
i At the principal meetings today the
keynote OF addresses were upon the
lneed Of binding the Americas to ar
hitration of all disputes between them.
Some Of the speakers went 90 far a.
to advocate a compulsory arbitration
and Pan-American court Of Justice
to make and enforce awards. Other
delegates spoke Of the necessity for,
uniforfnity Of the private and public
law codes in all the American States.
All the ielesates agreed that through
out All Pan-America there was grow
ing sentiment in favor Of the arbitral
settlement Of disputes.
1 One concrete development of the
congress today was formation of the
American Institution of Internatiopaf
Law, composed Of 105 leading men,
five members being chosen from each
Of the twenty-one American countries.
Through this institute it's founders
hope ultimately to1infiuence the world
TO bring about rehabilitation OF the In
ternational legal fabric.
Today's meeting, at which Secretary
Lansing welcomed the visitors on be-
half of the United States government
|resulted in the adoption Of constitu-
itlon and bylaws and the election Of
the following officers:
] Honorary president. Elihu Root.
former Secretary Of State. and Senator
from New York. j..
President, James Brown Scott. Sec
retary Of the Carnegie endowment for
international peace, and former So
licitor of the State department. 80
Secretary general Alexander Alvar-
ez. former counsel OF foreign affairs
of Chile.
Treasurer. Lewis Anderson, former
minister Of foreign affairs of Costs
Rica.
The members representing the Unit.
ed States are Secretary Lansing, Rob-
ert Bacon, former Secretary of State:
John Rassett Moore, former council
lor of the State department; Prof. Leo
S. Rowe. Of the University of Pitts
burg. and Prescott.
In his address Secretary Lansing
said that the breaking down Of inter-
national relations between the coun-
tries Of the Old World had made the
American countries the guardians of
the rights Of international law. He
emphasized the necessity for q system
Of international relations for system
the rights of justice for all. s.,
Mr.. Scott outlined the object Of the
institute as follows:
1. To study problems Of interna-
tional law in an endeayor to define
and develop principles Of justice
which can be applied to relations be-