Evening star., 1920-12-19
TIDE Z
MAY TURN TO SOUTH.
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Overflow From Europe if United z
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sent to the Argentine department of.
justice at Buenos Aires
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As a result of a conference last
week between Senators Fall and
Hitchcock of the foreign relations
committee. 1t has been learned that
while there will be no effort to put
through the Senate the Colombian
treaty with the United States before
the Christmas holidays. an attempt,
Will be made to have the treaty adopts
ed in the present session of Congress
Senator Fall was chairman of the
subcommittee Of the foreign rela-
tions committee which favorably re-
ported the treaty before the adjourn
ment OF Congress last June. 1t was<
too late Tor action at that time.
The treaty had been withdrawn FROM
the foreign relations committee and re-&
ferred back to the Senate in August,
1913, because of an objection on the
part OF Americans who held certain oiS
interests in Colombia TO decree issued >
by President Suarez. which. IL was
cl-imed. nationalized certain subsou
rights. The decree was later declaredo
unconstitutional by the supreme court
OF Colombia. and a new mining law
ADOPTED by the Colombian congress-
winch, upon examination by the FAIL
committee, was found 10 amply safe
suaro the interests OF owners OF pri-+
Eate property and yet is liberal in it's
terms as inviting American and other
capital to develop the petroleum indus
Try upon the national lands OF Colom--f
1t is anticipated every effort will be
made to have the Senate ratify the
treaty. 1t will prove of material aid to-
Coiombia-the treaty provides $25. .0oo. 900 .
10 that country-and will do much to-
improve existing relations between the
two republics.
In his annual report made public last
week the Postmaster General announces
the convention of the Pan-American :
fostai Congress in Buenos Aiers next
aususc ne forecasts the congress will
provide for uniform reduced rates foxS
ietters exchanged between the countries q
composing the Pan-American Union ..if
tnis result, much desired. is not sooner -
secured The congress Is expected toSy
be an important one, the Postmastsr
General states. 'fn SO far as the inter-
ests OF the United States are concerned"
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When Secretary of State Colby en- =
ters the senate chamber of Uruguay
within the next week or two, il wiire
be the first time in the history off,
that country that the honor has beer
conferred upon any one outside the
membership of the senate itself andss
few high officials of the governments .
of Uruguay &
Under an old rule. never broken un-
a
was passed making the present in.p
stance an exception, no visitor Is per- y
mitted on the senate floor in Uruguay.
Even members of the house of dele
gates, the lower body of congress. areS
denied the privilege. e
Secretary Colby will be entertained
in Uruguay by number of govern
ment officials. He will deliver his ,
principal address there on the floor &
of the senate. II
Dr. Henry E. Bard of New York, re-
Gently appointed consulting expert to
the minister of public instruction ofe
Peru. sailed Wednesday from New {
York with twenty-four educators
from the United States. who will ass
sist the Peruvian government in im- =
proving the system of public educa- =
ton in that country. DIR. Bard spent :,
some time in Washington not long
ago, where he enlisted the aid of the
War Department in securing the =
service of the American educators.
Other Americans. who will soon be
engaged by the Peruvian government.
will be an engineer to supervise CON-
struction of terminal and port con- =
struction; customs expert, with two :
assistants. to assist In the revision of
existing customs collections. and an 81
other expert to supervise the forma- -
ton OF port and harbor police sys-
TENS. Announcement of those select
ed for the work is expected within
a short time.
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Figures taken from the annual re-
port OF the minister OF finance of :,
Ecuador for 1890 indicate that the
volume of business transacted with 9
the United States during the FIRST ;
three months of this year-amount- Z,
ing to approximately $3.50. .3s7-far
exceeded that of any other country =
mentioned in the report During the 6
same three months Germany's trade q,
with Ecuador amounted to 2,s71,476
marks.