Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05

convention, signed IN 1SlV al
Buenos Aires by the United
States and the majority of
Latin American republics of the
northern and southern groups. will
be in full operation very soon with
the opening of the central bureau for
the southern group at Rio de Janeiro.
This will be one OF the developments
of number of conferences recently
between DR.. c. Z. Mcclure. assistant
secretary general of the Inter-Ameri-
can High Commission. and Sebastiao
Sampaio. Brazilian commercial at
tache, representing the Brazilian en-
bassy.
BY the Buenos Aires convention. to
reciprocate protection for trade marks
between the Pan American countries.
the republics which signed il agreed
to establish two central bureaus to
facilitate the service of exchange and
registration of American trade
marks. One of these is located at
Havana, Cuba. and the other will be
maintained at Rio de Janeiro.
AS the convention had been signed
by nearly all the republics of the
northern group. the United States in
opened and has been in operation
since 1919. AS only five of the re-
publics of the southern group-Bo-
livia, Brazil. Paraguay, Ecuador and
Cruguay-signed the convention. the
opening of the bureau for the south
ern group has been delayed. this de-
lay being caused by the fact that a
majority of the ten republics in the
southern group must join the pact.
Recently. however. Peru made the
sixth to sign, and Venezuela very
soon. it is understood, will make the
seventh.
Despite the fact that registration
and records are being sent to repub-
lies of the southern group by the
bureau at Havana, the lack of "A
sc uthern bureau has prevented real
exchange of trade marks between the
two Americas. The opening of bu-
reau at Rio de Janeiro will be of
great value to American exporters. 1t
is stated, for they will then have in
South America the full guarantee of
protection for their trade marks.
Dr. Mario Diaz IriZar, director OF the
Havana Bureau, was in Washington re-
Gently and took a prominent part in the
discussion of the matter with Mr.. Sa-
maio and DR. Mcclure. In compliance
with orders from the Ambassador, DR..
Augusta Cochrane de Alencar. Mr..
Sampaio has sent to his government a
full report of the progress accomp-
lished. 1t is expected President Pes
soa of Brazil, who has shown great
interest in closer commercial rela-
tions between the two Americas, will
order steps taken in Brazil for the
opening of the bureau as soon as Nene-
zuela enters the convention.
Though Sumner weues of New
York has been appointed newly acting
chief of the division of Latin Ameri-
can Affairs OF the State Department
to succeed DIR. Leo S. Rowe, who mas
become director general OF the Fan
American Union, he will. in reality,
be the bureau chief and have full di-
rection of the organization Mr.
Welles is in the diplomatic service
and a technical provision precludes his
holding the title of chief of the bu-
reau He is only twenty-eight years
old, vet his record in the diplomatic
service is said to have been a bril-
liant one. He is graduate OF Har-
ward and among the posts he has held
was that of secretary and charge DAT
flares of the embassy in Brazil.
Col. Juan Esteban Vaccareza. mill
tary attache to the Argentine embas-
sy, who has just arrived in Washing
ton, was presented at the war
Department Thursday by the Ambas-
sador, Thomas A. LIE Breton. He was
received by the Secretary of War and
introduced to a number Of officers OF the
War Department
Carlos Aromayo. confidential agent
of the provisional government in Boh-
via, is now in Washington on official
business for his country. 1t is be-
lieyed here that should the United
States recognize the provisional gov
eminent in Bolivia. Mr.. Aromayo Will
be officially designated as it's minister
rv,;t nI tot
or rather his "aim,' as he states, is to
obtain recognition of his country. Mr.
Aromayo is graduate OF oAford
University and has never been IN the
diplomatic service, although ne mas
executed various special missions for
his country His father is the pres
ent minister to France
F. E. Libby, assistant commissioner
of education for Porto Rico from
1900 to 1914, and at present general
superintendent of schools for Pam
ANA, has come to this country to
study latest developments in agricui-
tural instruction and vocational edu-
cation. He has been in washington
for a few days comforting with gov
eminent officials and surveying the
local school situation, which. In re-
gard to lack of space. is similar TO
the conditions with which he has to
contend in Panama
The future OF Panama depends III
large measure upon the cultivation
of the soil. and much stress has been
placed on the development of school
gardening. Mature has been exceed
ingly bountiful to Panama. and her
wonderfully rich soil and great hid
den treasures are clamoring for CAPT
tai and modern methods" he says.
MIR. Libby is having fight with
the reactionary element in Panama
he states, to maintain there what he
started a year ago-co- education in
the schools. Panama, he points out.
is passing through the same stage
experienced by this country nifty
wears ago. when the movement to ad-