Evening star., 1926-04-05
JOURNALISTS HERE
ORANNUAL PARLEY
Delegates Arriving for Pan
American Congress, Which
Opens Wednesday Evening.

0RCIIO SbINtiNONoJ INSibtS
While teverish haste today marked
completion of preparations for the
formal opening of the first Pan-Amer'
| lean Journalistic Congress at the Pan
American Union on Wednesday eve
ming. the first of the large group OF
| delegates that will attend from al! OF
the South and Central American re-
publics began to arrive in Washing
ton All of those now in the city ar
registered at the Willard. Mayttower
and Shoreham Hotels.
officers of the Pan American Union
have been formally advised that man
mere of the Latin American de'egates
have already disembarked in New
York City, bul that they are attend
| in to pers nal affairs in the metror
oils before proceeding to Washington
A few, however are still at sea
ard il Is not expected that the rep
ra@entation of Latin America will be
| complete before the opening day OF
| the congress.
Noted Delegates Attending.
Among those now in Washington is
| DR.. Jorge Mitre. editor Of La Nacion
of Buenos Aires, one Of the large
newspapers published in the Westeri
| Hemisphere. Others. all of whom ar
| registered at the Willard Hotel, IN
clude Francisco Escovar Colombia
Pene Fialo, Santiago. Cuba; julio
| Herrera Gonzales. San Pedro df
| Nacovis, Dominican Republic; Fredic'
| Daveriss Peru; Luis Nunez, Vene
| zuela: Rosada Vega, Merida, MeA
| Co; A. Villegas, Panama, and Jua
Francisco Rojas, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Few events in all the history o
the Pan.American Union have aroused
| moro enthusiasm in the officers o:
| that association Of the nations
| the Western Hemisphere than tn
| lournalistic congress. The meetln
| here Of the editors and directors
the largest newspapers Of this side
| the earth Is hailed both in and OF
of the union as one of the mo
1 promising steps toward continu'
neace for this hemisphere In all MS
tory.
Friendly Exchange Of Views.
It will be a gathering for friendly
/ axchange of views between the men
| II has been pointed out, who can d.
| more to instill desire for permanen
| neace in the minds of the people oi
| III the countries involved than an
| ,ther assembly in the world. The
| ,,an.American Union has summoned
| congresses on trade, on science. or
-oyernment and on many other suo
| acts, but none have encouraged more
| ,nttusasm than that which Will no"
| e convened for the journalists o.
| North, South and Central America.
| A program that will occupy every
| minute of the delegates time, from
| next Wednesday evening until the foi
| lowing Tuesday, has been arranged
| r0uring that period the visitors vii
| ave discussed the task Of the news
napers in molding world thought, an(
| thew will have been shown everythlnT
| Of popular interest in the Nationa
Capital Immediately after the con
-~ess adiourns however, the forelgI
delegates will become the guests of the
Federal Government for tour o
Americas great industrial centers.
Probably nothing the visitors se'
in Washington will prove of greatel
interest than an exhibit that has beer
especially arranged for them in th'
Library of congress. 1t is the stor!
of the evolution OF Journalism IN IN
Western Hemisphere. told In graphi'
fashion by some of the oldest volumes
stiIl existent, and most of 1t will
prove especially interesting to th'
delegates from the Latin American
renubiics
Prominent in the display Is cop!
of a magazine published in Bueno
Aires more ,nan century ago
Argus de buenos Aires Of 1928. be
side II are copies of La Clave or san
tiaro ~ de Chile. 1927, and a publ CT tiol
hearing the burdensome title OF In
Ceneral Magazine and Historica
chronicle for All British Plantation
in America" dated 174l. In the cas-
caction are editions of the American
Magazine. l74l: Gazeto de Guatemala
1902 and Diario de Mexico. lSOo.
Copy Of Early Laws on View
In another section Is copy c
the earliest compilation OF the law
of Portugal, dated 1923, ana a treatls
concerning the laws and eovernmen
IF the New World under Spain, date
Isoq DIR. Vasco de Puga's earlies
!. nrinted summary of Spanish colonis
laws of 1863 and laws covering tn
} treatment of the Indians. as pr
scribed by Charles V, dated 1543, ar
other volumes in the collection.
manuscript by Secretary Of stat
Rush, detailing some conversation
with the famous leader. Gen. Mirand;
dated 1905, is another interest1n
exhibit.
The United States Army Ban'
which will furnish music at all
the score of fetes that have been a
; ranged for the delegates to the COZ
Egress, has been rehearsing for month
the selections it will render at thes
functions. The entire musical pr
gram represents the pick of Lati
American music and there are SON
800 scores In all. representing prob;
bly, the most complete collection I
Latin American music on this col
tinent.
Practically every delegate will hes
at some time or another the a
most dear TO his country. MANY i,
the selections had to be taken frol
the manuscripts, which were DO
rowed and then photographed for d.
tribution among the musicians % III
Army Band. 1t is said that thel
will be 20 different nationai anthem
alone to be played. not to mention II
scores of other musical numbers b
spts king q phase Of life in the coul
sries concerned.