Evening star., 1921-02-13
LABOR WILL DEFEND
INTERVENTION BYU. S.
Delegates to Mexican Conference Encoun~
tered Much Criticism of America Due
to Misapprehension of Its Aims. 9

7 its beginning was recalled to GeYsH
| many, where he fought in the Ger
man army during the war. -
Sebastiao Sampaio. brazilian Com
Tcrcial attache IN the United States
who went TO Brazil with Secretary Of
! stale Colby on his recent t-ip. viii re- -
turn to this country she middle "
! next month. He left the SecrrtarN'S
party in Brazil and has been engaged
IN delivering a number of addresses
before Brazilian business mon on
trade conditions with the United :
States
| Hoffman Philip United States minis
ter to Colombia. has left Bocota for
the United States and is expected 10
reach here this week. He was recalled
by the Secretary of state TO assist
State Department officials in the CONF
( Sideration Of the Colombian treaty
and other questions pending between
| the two republics.
Plans are under way for the ot-7
ganization of an institute for re-
search in tropical America who's.
purpose il will be to promote bioloeN
ical research on the fauna. fora, pea-s,
pie, geology. soils and climate, with
all fisheries and in general all sciens
! tific objects that will aid the devel-.
opment of the American tropics 1t is
believed that most of the leading in
/ stitutfons of the United States inter-
ested in work of this character will
\ be represented in the membership of
the institute ~ifT
Similar institutions in the countries -
or tropical America will be represent
ed. according to the present tentative
| arrangement. =
Institutions in the United States =
which already have expressed their
| APPROVAL of the idea and their intent
10 participate in its active member
ship are the Smithsonian Institution
OF this city. the American Museum OF
Natural History. American Geograph-
zeal Society and New York Geological r
society Of New York, Academy of
Natural Sciences and the Commercial
museum Of Philadelphia, Carnegie
Museum of Pittsburgh. Field Colum-.-
bia Museum of Chicago, Brooklyn Bo-
tanical Garden, National Geographic .
Society Of this city. Harvard and Yale
sity. University of Pennsylvania, Cni-'
versity Of Michigan. University of Iness
diana. California Academy OF Science,
American Phytopathologicai Society.
| the Geological Society of America. 49,
| The. temporary executive committee,
is composed of DIR. A. S. Hitchcock 6r
the Smithsonian Institution. who is
of the Carnegie Museum: Dr. d. s.
Johnson. professor Of botany at, Johns
] Hopkins; DR.. G. r. Lyman Of the
american Phytopathologica Society
ana Prof. J: w Tourney. director Of"
| the Yale Forestry School -
A committee, of which DR.. Holland i.
OF the Carnegie Museum is chairman
Is making resume of all the re-
| search work already accomplished e.
under way in tropical America. to-.
| serve as basis for the future opera
: tfons of the institute, so that there
may be no duplication. no overlapping
Of effort. 1t is planned to have all
| the institutions interested In the work
undertakes some phase of research.
work it will be unnecessary for any
| OF the others to waste time or money!
in that particular field. although aiirs
will enjoy the benefits derived.
The Cuban minister. DIR. Carlos Man.
uel de Cespedes. will be one OF ther.
| speakers at the celebration Of the
twenty-third anniversary Of the Maine
sinking. at Fort Myer. Tuesday. s
Through the Argentine embassy 2eez.
pecan trees are being shipped. to-.
Yerua. province of ENTREES Rios. Ar
gentina The trees were selected withs
the help of the Department of Agris.s
| culture from a Texas nursery. The
climate Of Texas is said to be similar
| to that of Entries Rios. Everything =
| possible has been done here to insure.
the success of the undertaking. ana
| the result will be watched with ~
| great deal of interest. II successful
| 1t will mean the beginning of a new
| industry In Argentina, rich OF oppors
! tunity. >.ss
Formal recognition by the United
| the constitutional government of thSfF
| republic followed an interesting series $
| of events which had their beginningE
| last July when the government OF
! President Gutierrez Guerra was overss.
| thrown by a military coup d'etat. fol-.
! lowed by a bloodless revolution which
| left the country entirely tranquil. The
| ex president and his ministers were.s
three Ieade,] of the republican party.
| was constituted a provisional counctl.a
| of government. The junta called for
general elections. which resulted In
the election Of a national congress.
which in turn elected Beautista Saave-s-
| dra president on the 25th of last
| month. There has been little blood
shed during the change of governed
| ment, and the present administration 4,
| is said to be the popular choice.