Evening star., 1927-10-13
PROGRAM REACHED
BY BYPAN-AMERHCANS
Dumont Brings Order Out Of
Chaos by Plea for Unity
in Consular Fees.

Consul General Frederick r. F
Dumont, the American delegate
brought order out of chaos in today
meeting in the Pan-American Uniol
on simplification and Standardization
of consular procedure by a winning
appeal to the delegates from the q
nations to set aside their difference:
and agree on a definite program fol
submission to the Havana conference
next January. ~
When the delegates found them
selves in disagreement over Off
cial definition of the essential term:
required on consular invoices, per
haps the most vital point of the whole
conference, Mr.. Dumont solemnly
warned them that the conference wa:
headed directly to failure.
Cites Danger i'm Failure.
This conference will fail If it does
not reach an agreement on these def
nitionS," Mr.. Dumont warned. "Eacf
nation seems to want to retain its owr
definition of what the terms mean anC
the real purpose of this conference /:
to recommend uniformity in such mat
ters. We have not settled a single
point. There is no reason why We
should fail, but it seems to me that we
are going to fail unless we can think
In common terms.
Remember" he said, that we
are only making recommendations tC
our governments through the Havana
conference, We are not absolutely bind
ing our governments to anything al
this time."
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delegates rescinded their former actor
in voting to refer the whole matter tC
committee to report back when the
commission reassembles on October "a
at the conclusion of today's session.
The conference then finally agreed
to recommend such definition of cur
rency, gross weight, net weight, legal
weight and manufacturers numbers
as contained in the agenda relating
to consular invoices.
MexicaE Raises Protest.
This was not done, however, without
furious wrangle, especially on the
! part of the Mexican delegate
Francisco Suastegui, commercial at
tache of the embassy.
Mr.. Suastegui protested it would
be impossible to get each nation to
change it's own official definition of
such terms. To investigate the mat
ter, he declared, would be an exhaus.
tive task. since practically every ma
ton has it's own different definition
to meet its own peculiar need.
Mr.sDumont, who had stated earlier
that the United States was perfectly
willing to change it's own definition,
declared that the conference should
have no regard how other countries
defined the terms in invoices. I'VE
want to decide on something to suit
ourselves" he said. I'VE are perhaps
the best group of technical experts
who can deal with this matter. You
will not find any experts at Havana,
and that body is looking to us to make
lefinite recommendations on this mat
ter"
The conference, which has been in
session here since Monday, will adj
journ this afternoon after appointing
a drafting committee to take the vari-
Gus resolutions and motions which
have been adopted and put them into
shape for consideration by the Pan.
American Commission, which will re-
convene October "a for this purpose.
The results then will be submitted
through the Pan-American Union to
various governments interested, in or
der that they may give whatever In
structions they may deem appropriate
on this subject to their delegation TO
the Sixth Pan-American Congress. to
meet in Havana next January.
Minor Details Left.
The conference has to conclude
minor details of the proposed standard
consular form and consider also the
Recommendation of parcel post ship.
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This parcel post proposal reads;
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