Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-15
PAN AMERICA Will STRIkEA
new NOTE IN WORLD UNITY

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American Union Through this or
ganization the accumulated experience
of the entire American Continent is
| placed at the disposal of each and ev-
| cry one of the Republics. Whenever
expert service is required for the So
luton of any pending domestic prob
lem, whether it is in matter of educa-
ton, sanitation, irrigation, or any
other department Of national activity,
the governments of the American Re-
pubiics are aware that they can secure
such expert services from the Pan A
merican Union Through the inter-
mediary of the diplomatic represent
atives at Washington there is a con-
stant exchange of information and ex-
perience. The effectiveness Of this in
terchange is strengthened by the pub
lications of the Pan American Union,
especially the Spanish, Portuguese,
and English editions of the monthly
Bulletin, supplemented by descriptive
handbooks of each of the Republics,
and special publications relating to
their foreign commerce.
The Educational Section of the
Union, under the able direction Of the
Assistant Director, DR.. Francisco J
Yanes, is unremitting in its efforts to
develop closer cultural ties between
the Republics of this Continent Thru
the activities of this section, scholar
ships have been established in the
United States for students from Lat
in American countries and similarly
students from the United States are
given opportunities to pursue special
Investigations in Latin America.
Claims Settled
At stated intervals since the as
sembling of the First Pan American
Conference in 1889, additional confer
ences have been held, each of which
has contributed it's share toward
bringing about closer relations be.
tween the different sections of the
Continent. Through a series of trea-
ties and conventions agreed upon at
these conferences, it has been posi-
BILE to reach an orderly solution of
problems which might otherwise have
become the subject of international
Th5ss stsahA questions as. !
the settlement of pecuniary claims;
the formulation and codification of in
ternational law; the control of in
fectious and contagious diseases and |
many other matters have been COW
cred by conventions through whiel |
an early procedure is established fer |
their solution.
These general Pan American Con
ferences have been supplemented by |
a series of specialized conferences
which have also contributed their due |
share toward developing Pan Ameri- |
can cooperation.
Soon after the outbreak of the |
European War, the Secretary of the |
Treasury called conference of the |
Ministers of Finance of the American |
Republics to consider the financial |
situation which had arisen by reason |
of the war in Europe. This confer
nece met in Washington in 1915 and |
led to the formation of a permanent !
known as the Inter-Amer- |
lean High Commission, designed te
foster closer cooperation between |
the different sections of the Contin- |
ent. This Commission is made up of |
a national section organized in each |
country, presided over by the Minist- |
er of Finance, and composed Of nine |
eminent fnanciers and jurists. At |
the close of the war, the second of |
these international conferences met |
at Washington to consider the finan-
cial situation in which the American
Republics found themselves by reason
of new conditions created by the ter
mination of the war. This second
conference entrusted to this perman-
ent organiation-the Inter American
High Commission-the further duty
of fostering closer financial and COM
mercial ties, and this work is now be-
ing sarried forward with mast graf
flying results.
The first Pan American Scientific
Congress, which was held at Santiago,
Chile, in 1908, was a further factor in
establishing closer cultural ties be
tween the Republics of America.
Prior to 1908, these congresses were
Latin American rather than Pan A
merican in character, and the inclu-
sion of the United States was intend
ed as a demonstration of the commu-
nifty of intellectual and cultural pur-
poses of the nations of America. At
the Santiago Congress of 1908, emin-
ent representatives of science and let
ters of every American country met
for interchange of views and developed
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