Evening star., 1916-01-07

Cheered by the Delegates.
The Latin American delegates by
their vigorous applause freely sub
scribed to this sentiment. when Am
bassador Suarez spoke in English, and
again when Domicio da Cana, ambas-
sador of Brazil, rendered into Spanish
the words of his colleague. These three
were the only speakers.
In his address, President Wilson dis
closed for the first time the details OF
the proposals which it is admitted were
submitted last week by Mr.. Lansing,
the Secretary of State, to South and
Central American diplomats, to be used
as basis for an agreement between
the republics of the western hemi-
sphere.
The United States proposes. the Pres
ident said, that all the American ma
tions shall agree to settle all pending
boundary disputes as soon as possible
by amicable process. and to dispose of
all disputes in future by arbitration.
All countries, under this plan, he SAID,
would agree that no revolutionary ex-
pedition shall be QUILTED against or
supplies for revolutionists shipped to
neighboring states.
Americas to En1ighten the World.
He was applauded heartily when he
said that the Monroe doctrine would al
ways be maintained by the United
States on it's own authority. He re-
marked that the doctrine when laid
down had not disclosed what attituoe
the United States might eventually as
sumo toward it's neighbors to the south,
and that as a result the other NATIONS
had been distrustful of the United
states With this the delegates evil
IDENTIFY agreed. An understanding, how
ever. had come, he said, and he de-
clared he spoke for the solid and eter-
nal foundations of justice and hu-
manity."
ed. that it may be given to the Ameri-
cas- to lift this light on high for the IL
Elimination of the world!
President Wilson's Address.
After expressing regret at his inabil-
ity to be present to greet congress at
its opening session, the President said:
IT have been told SO much about the
proceedings of this congress that
feel that 1 can congratulate you upon
the increasing sense Of comradeship
and intimate intercourse which has
marked its sessions from day to day;
and 1t Is a very happy circumstance in
our view that this. perhaps the most
vital and successful of the meetings of
this congress, should have occurred
in the capital of our own country. be-
cause we should wish to regard this
as the universal place where ideas
worth while are exchanged ana shared.
The drawing together of the Amerf-
cas-, ladies' and gentlemen, has long
been dreamed Of and desired. 1t Is
matter of peculiar qualification, there
fore, to see this great thing happen;
to see the Americas drawing together,
and not drawing together upon any in
tia1 lot l..
ment.
After all, even friendship must be
based upon a perception of common
sympathies. of common interests, OF
common ideals and of common pur-
poses Men cannot be friends unless
they intend the same things. and the
Americas have more and more realized
that in all essential particulars they
their thought and their life and their
activities. To be privileged, therefore.
to see this drawing together in friend
ship and communion based upon these
solid foundations affords every one who
looks on with open eyes peculiar salts
faction and joy; and 1t has seemed to
me that the language OF science, the
language of impersonal thought. the
Ianguaee of those who think, not along
the lines of individual interest, but
along what are intended to be the df-
rect and searching lines OF truth itself.
was very fortunate language IN which
to express this community OF interest
and Of sympathy.
Cannot Pause at Commerce.
"But. ladies and gentlemen. our
thought cannot pause at the artificial
boundaries of the fields of science and
of commerce All boundaries that d.
vide life into sections and interests
are artificial, because life Is all Of a
| niece. You cannot treat part Of it
Without by Implication and indirection
treating all of it. and the field of SCI
ence is not to be distinguished from
| the field of life any more than the
| feid of commerce is to be distinguished
| from the general field of life. No one