Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-09
ARGENTINE And
u. S. AT ODDS IN
TARIFF PARLEY

HAVANA, Feb. 8 QP)-Argentina and
the United States failed to-, come to
an understanding at the, Pan&Ameri-
can conference today regarding thu
right of Pan Americanism to inter
fere with the complete freedom of
nations in assessing tariff schedules.
A deadlock had been threatening
since Honorio Pueyrredon, head OF
the Argentine delegation, demanded
about fortnight ago that the Pan
American union be empowered to
study means to lower the excessive
tariff walls in inter American COM
merce. Today a subcommittee meet
ing lasting three hours ended with
Charles Evans Hughes, of the United
States and Dr. Pueyrredon in complete
disaccord and apparently determined
not to alter their attitudes
The other members of the sub
committee, which was appointed from
the committee on Pan-American union
affairs, and which has been assigned
the task of preparing a draft pream-
BILE to the convention, are reported as
being on the side of the United States
in the tariff wrangle. This leaves
the Argentine delegate to maintain
his position alone.
The interest CT the others is under
stood to be centered more on the pro-
visions of the preamble which declare
the equality of all the American re-
pubhcs and their independence and
right to territorial integrity, on which
points ready agreement was reached
early in the subcommittee delibera-
tionS.
DR.. Pueyrredon is. understood to
have maintained today that the pre-
amble should contain a specific refer
ence to the necessity that Pan Ameri-
caniSm assume concrete economic
form, tending to the removal OF all
obstacles which impede unnecessarily
the free flow of commerce. He is re-
ported as repeating that he did not
think Pan Americanism could be butt
entirely upon distractions that econo-
mic unity of this hemisphere was the
fundamental and true object OF the
movement.
The Argentine spokesman did not
suggest that countries should be for
bidden to impose tariffs, but is un-
derstood to have said that discretion
should be used in the determination
of tariff schedules to the end thai
inter- American commerce should not
be completely dislocated.
He emphasized furthermore, 1T is
said, the difference between the I'M
position of duties by the American
republics and by European countries
on the products of this hemisphere,
contending that, whereas the latter
had a perfect right to do this, be-
cause they were not American states,
the former were bound by the Broth
erhood of Pan Americanism not TO
harm undulv. the interests of sister
nations for selfish gain.
Mr.. Hughes pointed out the diff
culties inherent in the inclusion OF
such provision in a document which
the legislatures of sovereign coun-
tries later would be called on to ratlfv.
Such inclusion would be equivalent
he informed the subcommittee, to
contradicting the declaration of tire
full sovereignty of the American
states. which is contained in the very
same preamble.
Another meeting of the sub COM
mittee is fixed for tomorrow when
further efforts will be made to reach
an agreement.
The sub committee of the COM
mittee on private international law
also met today, to attempt to recon-
ciliate the conservationS which various
delegations have made to codification.
Good progress was reported, there be-
ing cnly "a few reservations unsettled.
All the Mexican resolutions have been
satisfied.