Evening star., 1921-05-29
EXCHANGING CLERKS
WITH LATIN AMERICA
Suggested Plan for Increasing Trade With
Southern Republics Considered by :
Business Organizations !:

offered other such awards ,or medical
research and kindred sciences.
Two Chilean ministers. on their
way to new diplomatic posts. passed
through Washington last week-Senor
Francisco RirIs. former Chilean min
ister TO Japan and recently appointed
10 venezuela. and Senior Alberto
foa m. former Chilean minister TO
Mexico, now assigned TO Bolivia.
The State Department has sent formal
Invitations TO the representatives hero
OF Latin American countries bordering
on the Pacific TO attend the Pan-tAcific
Educational Conference which is to he
held August IL in Honolulu. The con-
ference will be under the auspices Of
the Pan-Pacific Union. with the CO.
operation of the rni;ed States bureau
of education.
great deal OF interest among the
| Latin American diplomats here was at
tracted by the exhibition Of American
agricultural methods. in moving pie
lures. given at the Department OF AHrt-
culture last week. The Latin American
diplomatic corps attended. with few -x-
ceptions. Although this is the first for
NAL exhibition of the sort given by the
Department Of Agriculture, a number of :
films, similar to those shown here, al
ready have been sent to some OF thsn
| countries Of South America. where they
have been shown at gatherings OF agrl-
cultural men.
The Department Of Agriculture has
! invited the Latin American represent
atives to make use okthe films. the cap
tions to be translated into the desired
| language. Several OF the Sims already
have been requested.
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| A bill has been introduced in the Ar
sentine congress to raise the status OF
the Argentine legation in Chile TO that.
Of an embassy. the State Department
| has been informed.
Mgr. Duprat ecclesiastical governor.
of the archdiocese Of Buenos Aires. has
been appointed TO act as special ambas-
Sador a the celebration of the centenary
| Of Peruvian independence. next July.
| The United States Senate List session
! appropriated approximately $4,000 to-
| d. fray tho expenses Of American repre-
eentativss who will attend this celebra-
4 ton.
| DR.. l.. 6. Rowe. director general OF
the Pan American Union, and DR.,
| Edwin J. Walsh, regent Of the school
of foreign service of the Georgetown
| University, have been appointed to
the administrative council Of .he
J Pan American College OF Commerce,
located at Panama city Other mem
bers of the admin EiStrative council are
J John Barrett, former director general
/ Of the Pan-Amcrican Union; j. f.
, I.efevre, charge d'affaires Of the
| bahama legation: Br. Clarence ].
iOwers. director general OF the South
rrn Commercial congress. and Or. F.
! j. Yanes. assistant director o: the &,
| Pan American Union.
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| Postmaster General Hays has shown
his interest in the Pan-Am.rican
Postal Congress. which meets in
Ruenos Aires in August. by asking,
Congress for an appropriation q
5000 TO d.fray the expenses OF
American delegates. The Postmaster
General said he regarded .he meeting
! as very important, aG il affords an OBJ
pnrtunitv TO obtain favorable parcel
post and letter rates 20 South Amer ca
ana to simplify the exchange OF FUNDS
throurh postal money orders. SUCH
! agreements would be of immense Gd--
vantage to commercial !ntsrests IN
the United States.
In addition 20 .he official delegates
the United States will send 70 the
congress. the Postmaster General has
been urging American chambers or
commerce and other commercial or
| eanizatione to send delegates to
Buenos Aires 70 cooperate with the,
| official delegates invited by the gov
| ernment of Argentina.
| Many advantages resulting from
| lower postal rates between this coun-
| try and South America were gained in
1 conventions agreed TO at the recent
International Postal Congress held in
| Madrid. Spain.
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| Representatives of the State De-
partment and other American dele
gates to the Peruvian centennial ce!e-
| bration probably will make the trip on
| one of the latest American dread
naughts. Great Britain, France.
Italy, Spain. Argentina and other
| countries are expected to send naval,
vessels to take part in the celebra-
| tion. Secretary DENLY was in con-
| ference last week with Ambassador
Pezet Of Peru. at which certain plans
| for the part this country will take in
! the celebration were discussed,