The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-11
JOHN BARRETT TELLS
OF SOUTH AMERICA
In Illuminating Address Director
General of Pan-Amcrican Union
Describes Southern Neigh
bors' Greatness.
VAST IN AREA AND RESOURCES
He Emphasizes Necessity for General
Teaching OF Spanish In schools of
This Country-Foundcd Their Com
stitution on Ours.

The end OF this war should begin
new era for Pan-America and Pan
Americanism. said John Barrett, di-
rector general of the Pan-American
union end one time United States
minister to Argentine, Colon bia,
Panama and Siam, speaking to large
audience at the Woman's club last
night. TN the crucfble OF this
mighty struggle all amin esity and dis
trust will be burned out between
North America and South America
good will. all-American commerce,
travel. trade, intercourse and intimacy
which will have new force In the
world" This uniting Of the ,AIri~ri-
can republics. that will all adopt the
Monroe doctrine, will so give the doc
trtne power, according TO Mr.. Barrett,
that Il will be accepted by all OF the
nations and become a world doctrine
The Hon. John Barrett was intro
duced to the members OF the Wo-
mans club by George Bryan. His
subject was "Pan-America and Pan
Amerioanism' and he spoke from his
experience rs minister II three South
American rep~ lies as we'll as from
the knowledge acquired from his posi-
ton as unanlmo usly elected director
general of a union of twenty-one
American republics. The home OF the
union Is in Washington and the re-
representatives. are ministers from all
the South American republics with
the United States secretary OF state
as chairman and a director general as
administrators. Mr.. Barrett. in explain
ing the Pan-American union, said
that in the next Pan-American con-
gress there would be a perfectly or
ganized woman's section. !
Greater Than Many Think.
Mr. Barrett impressed the fact that
the South American republics were
far greater than North Americans
ina gined them. He gave examples OF
the vast area OF land in each and all
Of the countries. He numbered the
great population and told of the cities
with the exceptions OF New York ana
Chica go. SURPRISING all of our cities
in size and industry and he told or
the greatest newspaper in the world
that supports n free medical bureau.
legal bureau, night school, and dormi-
tory. He also stated that along edu-
cational lines they ranked high
Uruguay having the largest percent
age of literacy in the Western hemi-
sphere and the University of Peru
having been established long before
Harvard and Yale were thought Of
Let lis Compliment South Ameri-
CT on Where She Is Strong" was the
theme of Mr.. Barrett's address. Their
she will have confidence in us and
appreciate us" He said we had Beer
to the l,.s t,tt-ef looking dawn an South
America and herein lay our delay ,ir
appreciating her vast resources We
should look at those twenty repablics.
az our equals and a great good would
come OF 1t, 81
Emphasize Teaching Spanish.
Mr.. Barrett's great desire now and
after the war, he said, was to sec
| Spa ossh emphasized in the schools
| the history of South America taught,
and a line of travel established with
| South America as before the war went
on between Europe and America. Co
! operation With and Good Will To-
/ ward South America" was the slogan
Of the address OF the director general
/ of the unique" union OF twenty -one
| American republics
| In speaking Of the effect the United
! States had had unon South AmerNa,
MIR Barrett pointed out the fact that
every South American republic had
! founded its constitution upon ours
and that no South American liherator
/ had looked up to Caesar. Napoleon.
Chariemagne and others OF that type
| but they had all looked up TO the
! great Virgihian arsi F~nerican-
George Washington. We should ap
preciate this fact about our sister re
publics
| That the development OF this PAN
American union is a great step Mr.
| Barrett proved by stating that It has
| saved American republics from six
wars with one another and both Gen
eral Joffre and Mr.. BalfoT had said