Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-19
AMERICAN HOUSE
MAY BE- ERECTED
IN URUGUAY NOW
Will Serve as Headquarters
for Commercial Propagan-
da of American Republics

Paris, April misconceptions
of the Associated Press. Ramon
Lopez Lomba, consul general of Uru-
proposes the building in Paris
Of what he calls 1.-The American
House" to serve as headquarters for
commercial propaganda of American
republics in France and develop social
intercourse between subjects Of Amer
lean republics residing in or visiting
the capital.
The project amounts to the estab-
lishment Of a sort Of a Pan-American
association like that at Washington,
that would group twenty-one d%ifferen.
American republics with Canada and
the French and Dutch possessions ON
the new continent.
The excellent work Of the Pan
American Union in Washington which
has never encountered the slightest
objection" says Senior Lonlba, sis
the best indication of the feasibility
of the American House in Paris.
Will be Semi Official.
"This institution should be semi
Official" he added, that is to say.
that it ought to be subsidized by diff
ferent governments represented. 1t
would have for a special object the
development of "a better acquaintance
OF Europe by Americans and Of Amer
lea by Europeans, and to develop 1e-
!ations between the two continents,
A whole collection of institutions
might find place in this institution;
first. a general information bureau in
which each American country would
have it's separate office. while a scner-
al office might centralize information
relating to all of the countries, for
instance, prices of different American
securities, quotations on the different
exchanges, current prices Of principal
products and movements of shipping.
1.-THE museum attached to this in
stitution," said Senior Lomba," might
comprise a commercial section with
a permanent exhibition Of American
products that would put American re-
sources in touch with French buyers:
a fine arts SECTION that would organ
lie an annual exhibition that would
enab.e american artists to become
better acquainted: a section Of natural
history, another of ethnography."
''Family House,"
Senior Lomba proposes as n fea-
ture Of this institution a sort Of COM
bined Family House." to be used as
q home by American students in Paris
and prevent the evil effects Of young
persons being dispersed in Paris. .
The CLOSER relations OF American
republics to each other and to Europe
by tho development Of means Of COM
munication, he suggests. would make
desirable the establishment OF a uni
versity in connection with this institu-
ton in which would be given courses
in the history, geography and legis-
latlon Of American countries, thus
providing knowledge that will be more
necessary in the future with increased
business relations.
Would Include U. g.. =
Certain of the LAttn-AmertcAn re-
publics," says Consul General Lomba,
would like to exclude tho United
States from this project because they
imagine there may be developed in the
great republic OF North America q
desire for absorption or at least d
hnecmony. AZ far as / am concerned
u think It purely imaginary and thai
1t ~ q calumny against the people
OF TIA CnitsA States to attribute "a
them such . state Of mind. 1t would
be profoundly Isgrsttabls IL the South
American and Central American No.
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