New Britain herald., 1920-01-19
PAN.AMERICAN
 CONFERENCE MEETS
Secretary Glass Presides at Ses-
 sion Of FinaDCierS

Washington. Jan. 1?.-The leauins f1nancier1 and business men of tjle twenty -one republics of the western hemisphere Mero present hen tlIe second Pan- American financial coll ference opened here today for ;llc consideration of international prob .enl7 al Isng from tIle return of peace.
 President Wilson sent a greeting to the ministers Of finanep and other prominent visitors declaring Pan .Americst sought no selfish purpose in assisting world reconstruction ana would regard il as d privilege to ful- fill the obligations imposed by the great atiVanta ses enjoyed by the peo- plo of these republics. Secretary Lansing brought out the same idea i'll addressing the delegates, when he said the Americas accepted the bur dens thrust upon the new world by tue War and would press forward con1i- dently to. the better days of the fu- ture. sH 6
 Secretary Glass Presides.
 Secretary Glass. president general of the conference occupied the chair al the opching session.
 Guided by purpose to serve one another and the world to the utmost, the president said in his messa SC read at the opening session, real Americans will regard as d privilege the fulfiil- .ment of those obligations imposed by the great adva ntages enjoyed by Pan American nations which have given to the word mo small. achievement" in elinlina ting the idea of conquest from their national thought. The presidents meSSa se follows:
 Gentlemen Of tho Americas:
 t1 I well express that the condition of my health depriNes me of the pleasure and privilege of meeting with you and personally expressing the qualification which every officer of this govern ncnt feels because of Nou~~ Hrcselrcc at the national capital and pHrticular- ly because of the friendlN~ and siGni- ficant mission which brings you to us.
 Seek to Serve.
 T rejoice with you that in these troubled times of world reconstruc- ton the republics of the American continent should seek no selfish pur- pose. but should bc guided by d de- sire to serve one another and to serve the world to the utmost of their capacity. The great privileges that have been showered upon Us both by reason of our scogra plical position
 
 social ideals that have determined the national development of every coun- try of the American continent carrE with h eIrl obligations. the fulf1ili17En. of which must be regarded as a rca! privilege by eaer2: true American. l. is no small achievement that thu Americas today are able to say to tn" world:
 No Hope of Conquest.
 = Here is an important section Cf the globe which has today eliminattt he idea of conquest from it's nation al thought and from it's internatiUna! policy
 The spirit of mutual hclpfulness which anima tes the conference sup plenents and strengthens this import ant achievement of international pol icy rejoice with you that we are privileged to assemble with the sole purposes of ascertaining how we can serve one another for in so doing Wc best serve the world.
 tSisasd) WOODROW WILSON" "
 Bryan Present At Meeting.
 Secretary Glass, after reading Pres ideut Wilson's message welcomed the delegates to the conference which he said was destined to be fruitful of inl portant results in the interchange ot inform alton between the officials and fnanciers of the two contin He declared it was more and more neGes~ sary that those in high places should know one another. since the policies of one nation vitsllv bear on those of another.
 The world is suffering from 2 Ersater uncertainty now than in cell turies'' he said. Ma nhind is show ing signs of neuIosis which may pre- sage the breakdown of governn1 ent unless all sink their differences for the common cause"
 Secretary Lansing then welcomes the delegates on behalf of the Amer icap governrn ent
 HNna. T, Bryan was one of the early arrivals at the conference. receiving cordial welcome from diplomats whom he met during negotiations of arbitration treaties with their coun- tries when he was secretary of stata, He said he would not make speech,