The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-12
PAN-AMERICAN
LEAGUE URGED
JOHN BARRETT MAKES KNOWN
PLANS FOR LEAGUE OF AMER
IcAN COUNTRIES AND PEo.
PIES,

Washington, D. c., Sept. 11-Fol-
lowing his retirement from the Pan
American Union, in accordance with
his decision of a year ago, after four
teen continuous years as its executive
officers and twenty-five years of Off
cial international service, John Bar
rett. in making known his future
plans. announced the early organiza-
ton of a great new popular and I'M
official League of American Countries
and Peoples. He said:
Supported by the favorable attitude
of a remarkable group OF representa-
tive men in every country of North
Central and South America, I shall
contribute my spare time during the
next few months to forwarding great
civic international project which
should appeal to the general public
interest. 1t involves the carrying to
early completion of the organization
already initiated by me, but here an
nounced for the first time, of great
popular and practical league of Amer
lean countries and people, which will
probably be known as either the
League of the Americas or the Pan
American League It's notable pur-
pose will be to unite effectively for
Pan American and Inter American
progress and peace that large and
rapidly growing number of men and
women in the Americas who realize
the immense possibilities for the good
of the. Western Hemisphere which can
result from their organized and CO.
ordinated economic, social and intel
mental, political, or official control.
TT will in no sense be a special
agency of the United States for advan-
tage over other American countries or
antagonistic to Europe or Asia, but u
natural and logical cooperation of
Western Hemisphere peoples; from
Canada to Chile, for Western Hem
isphere good. A new and most i'm
portant feature in Pan American I'M
dertakings will be the active partici
patton of Canada and Canadians, who
heretofore have been treated as out
side the Pan American family. 1t will
in no sense rival or clash with the
work and prerogatives of the Pan
American Union, which is strictly Of !
fetal and hence limited in it's popu-
lar activities and influences. 1t will |
cooperate with and enlarge upon the |
work of the powerful Pan American
Society of the United States, whose |
headquarters are in New York, and of
which / had the honor to be the foun- !
der several years ago.
THE initial membership will be
composed of men and women from the
countries of North, Central and South |
America Interested in practical Pan
Americanism. In each country a ma
tional charter of uniform wording will |
be sought, making a federation both
national and international in charac- !
ter while CO. operative in both spirit |
and fact Already members of the |
Congresses of the United States. Ar |
gentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Mexico |
apd Cuba have assured me of their |
helpful attitude towards this league |
idea and the granting of a national |
charter for each national organization.
l have already received so many as
surances of approval of the objects OF |
the League from representative men |
and women, from Canada to Chile, that |
have no doubt as to it's ultimate |
success.
"At the conclusion of this gratui-
tous work 1 shall, by invitation of sew
eral American governments and unof- |
ficial interests engaged in the Pan |
American field, establish connections |
in Washington, New York, Chicago, |
San Francisco. New Orleans, and pos
sibly in Mexico and Buenos Aires, as |