The Washington herald., 1916-01-04

questions affecting the Americas. No
possible advantage, he said, could accrue
to the United States from the forcible
settlement Of European troubles.
Mr.. Bryan said that to Latin America
belongs the honor OF first accepting the
proposal to settle disputes by arbitration
and of all the countries composing Latin
America there Is only one not bound to
the United States by treaty.
The hrst real business meeting of the
congress since Its organization was held
at the New Willard yesterday morning
The meeting, which was presided over by
Ambassador Eduardo Suarez- Mujica. of
Chile, president of the congress, was an
executive session for the purpose Of con-
| sidertng resolutions and other matters
Oncially the committee appointed at the
meeting was formed to coordinate all
the business of the various sections and
put 1t in shape for final action by the
congress in general session on Saturday
The committee will be known as the
steering committee" and consists Of the
heads Of each delegation attending the
congress, with the addition of James
Browne Scott. of the Carnegie Founda-
ton for Peace. Mr.. Scott will vote Joint
| ly with Judge Gray, OF Delaware, as rep
resentatives of the United States Am
bassador Suarez, president of the con-
gress, will be ex officio chairman of the
committee, and Harry Ralph Ringe, sec
retary of the United States delegation,
will be recording secretary
plea for a monetary uniformity in the
Western Hemisphere was made by the
bankers at the New Willard yesterday
morning. The most striking recommen-
dation, that of the establishment of a
| monetary union in America similar to the
Latin monetary union OF Europe, was
made by Prof. GuilIermo Subercaseaux,
professor Of political economy in the
University of Chile.
Other experts taking part in the dis
| cussion were Prof. E. W. Kemmerer, of
Princeton, and George F. Roberts, of the
| National City Bank of New York.
Exchange of students.
THE Organization and DEVELOPMENT of
Plan for the Systematic Exchange
| Of University Students and Professors
Between, the Several American Re-
puolics" was the subject of an address
| by Prof. John Bassett Moore, of Column
oia University. before delegates who are
| interested primarily in educational prob
| lens Certain difficulties, which have
not heretofore been considered in the
discussions Of the problems, We're pointed
| out by Prof. Moore.
The fact must be admitted, he said.
that little or no account has ever been
taken either of experience or of the in
| herent difficulties of the subject of ex-
| change. Instead OF making vague as
sumptions, Prof Moore said the time
| has come when the problem should be
| examined at close quarters and an en-
! deavor made to understand It.
The establishment of an educational in
stitution in Panama to serve as an in.
| tellectual link to all the American re-
publics was suggested by Prof. Narciso
Garay, director of the National Conserya-
| tory OF Music and Defamation of Pan.
| anna, during a speech entitled "On the
Road Toward the Pan-American Uniyer-
sity" before a session of the subsections
| on university education and exchange of
professors and students of the section on
education.
Another speaker. Senoruta sGracelia
Mandujano, spoke Of the status of mod.
ern language in Chile, and how the diff
cnlties connected with this study were
overcome by the application of modern
| methods.
For Friendly Relations.
| Declaring that his country was wait
'ng and anxious to resume the century,
! ioaG friendship which has been broken,
] Don Ganzalo Majia, of Colombia, made
! stirring appeal for the resumption of
| friendly relations between Colombia and
| the United States. Don Malta stated
that in making this utterance he was
! doing SO in his personal capacity, and
not in any sense as a representative of
his government. The interests of North
/ and South America. he said, are Identical
and should never clash.
| Don Maija preceded Santos Dumont in
\ his address on aircraft. He said the ad-
vancement of civilization depends on
transportation and his efforts in trying
to find a means for overcoming the
transportation difficulties of Colombia
J were purely patriotic and not from sell
fish motives of any sort.
| demonstration of the gyroscope, the
device which made possible the use of
the aeroplane as a passenger and freight
| carrying machine and of which he Is the
inventor, was given by Elmer A. Sperry.
of New York. The inventor explained
! the application of the device TO aero
planes and ships. A model machine was
used in the demonstration.
! At the same meeting solar power was
| discussed by Prof. A. z. Douglas, of
the University of Arizona, and Prof. H.
i II. Kimball, of the Weather Bureau. Eight
hours of sunlight at Tuscon, Ariz.. ac-
cording to the instruments of Prof. Doug
| lass, develops sufficient energy to pro-
duce 100000 worth of electric power.