The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-26
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CONGRESS- BLOW
AT IMPERIALISM
Move Resolution to Free
Porto Rico
BY MANUEL GOMEZ.


Irreconcilable enemies face each
other for the third successive day
across the council table in the city
of Panama, where delegates of Latin
American countries are meeting, with
the presence of representatives from
the United States government, to cele-
brate the hundredth anniversary Of
the famous Bolivarian congress,
which met in the same city on June
20, 1926, at the call of the great South
American liberator, Simon Bolivar.
The conflict of interests at the cen
tennial gathering = between Latin
America and the United States-ap-
peared at the very first days ses-
sions, when the delegation from Hon
duras moved a resolution declaring
that Porto Rico ought to be an in
dependent republic, free from the inn
perialist domination of the United
States. This resolution was imme-
diately seconded by the Mexican dele
cation. All Latin-America is watch
ing the outcome. 1T is expected that
the U. S. representatives-who, Incl
dentally, are looked upon as intrud-
ers at the congress-will initiate some
maneuver to sidetrack the whole pro-
position.
Against Aggression.
During the second days sessions
the delegates unanimously adopted a
resolution recommending common &C
ton by the nations of the Americas
against any aggressor state.'
The resolution was drafted by Senior
Arias Of Uruguay. AS reported by the
Associated Press, it recommends that
the nations of the western hemisphere
adopt as a policy of international re-
lations the principle that every act
carried out against any of them in
violation of precepts universally rec
ognized by International law, be con-
sidered an offense to all those states,
and therefore to provoke uniform and
common reaction by ALL"
Warning to U. S.
According to this wording, the reso-
luton would seem to be not "a pan
American declaration against Europe"
but declaration of warning to United
States imperialism. 1t will be noted
that the resolution calls for common
action against every act of aggression
and does not specify European agrees
sion. Under this formulation the
Latin-American nations might be ex-
pected to band together against any
aggressive move of the United States.
1t is not yet possible to ascertain If
the Associated Press has given the
correct wording, but if this is the case
the resolution may be of profound i'm
portance. There are precedents in
Latin-American diplomatic history
which would lead one to expect the
use Of just such Technology.
Not "Pan-American."
The present conference at Panama
is persistently referred to in the capi-
talist press of the United States as
1.-The pan-American" congress, but no
where else is the term "pan-Ameri-
can" used in connection with 1t. The
official name of the congress is Boil
varian Centennial Congress. The Boil
varian tradition behind it is a Latin
American tradition and Latin America
is bitterly opposed to "pan-American-
ism"
U. S. Intrigue.
1t is clear that American imperial
ism is using every means at its dis
posal to capture the great Bolvarian
tradition and to pervert it into a prece-
dent for the establishment of an all
American league Of nations under
United States domination. Moreover,
with the help of such Latin-American