Evening star., 1928-01-24
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL !. COLLINS.

The Pan.American Conference has
reached the expected point OF showing
the antagonism Of certain Of its MEM
bers against the United States o,
America. Does not the Government OF
Washington demonstrate its intent 10
dominate over" and perhaps "enslave
all the Latin Americans? Shall not
Latin America rise in its independence
lordship" OF the Anglo-Saxon giant OF
North America Down with the Mon
roe Doctrine! Down with the Yankee
Secretary OF State. who always has
acted as president Of the Pan-Amertcan
Union. Down with the Yankee director
general Of the Pan-American Union! II
Is all we'll enough 10 have o Rowe II
the American Union. as that gives
the union q homelike atmosphere quite
natural 10 Latin America. but let Latin
America start its own Rowe-or row!
So. at the Havana Pan-American
Conference. now in session. where
President Coolidge made speech last
week showing the reverse OF practically
all that the radicals of n-Amertcan
thought was the character and policy
OF the United States. four proposals
are under consideration. or about to
be projected all with the apparent pur-
pose Of telling Uncle Sam where and
when 10 get of the neck OF Oppressed
Latin America
one Of the chic. Of the American
grievances which they would now re-
form Is that the union has always had
an American Secretary OF State as It's
presiding officer. Also it has always
had an American rs its director general
or executive officer. That Is what DR..
L, S. Rowe is. and what John Bar
rett formerly Was, The dominance OF
these North Americans in always max
ing North Americans the chief OIL
cials Of the Union Americans must be
stoppedl So declared the opposition
Of Latin America,
How shall it be stopped The con-
Stitution OF the ran-Amerscan Union
provides that its governing board shall
be made UP OF the ambassadors ana
ministers plen,potentiary OF the 10
Latin American nations outside Of the
United States Of America. So these
20 have the whole situation III hand,
each having one vote, regardless of
their slsrs, AS compared with the cns
United States Of America, when II
comes 10 electing the president, and
somehow they have always been 81
hypnotised that they have ALWAYS
elected the Secretary of State or the
United States 10 preside over she
boards deliberations, Each country
has exactly one vote. whether its pcp
ulation is 4a6. .esS. as III the case NJ
Panama, or SS. .Sas, aS iii the case
of Brazil or $50, Sos, ,92S. as is the lS>p-
u,ation OF the United states, inclusive
oi the Philippines and Porto R'th
The total population Of all the LATIN
American states is about two-uhfuS
that of the United States, The total
wealth and progreSs ot Latin America
are of less proportion than the respective
populations. The Pan American Cnlnn
was organised by statesmen " tht
United States, for the purp<NSe et help
ing stabihse social and political eSNa~
altions throughout the Americas, t@f
our own prosperity and peace are
largely dependent N the Gsanausll'S
and progress W the rest ~ the heah-
sphere,
From the beginning. the expenses W
the Pan American Union have aevSt
divided between the United states and
the Latin American countries aeo0s
equalty~~we paving as mueh aS All tie
Latin American countries eeMesns1. IN
addition. We supply Sosue Sso,ooe w@sh
III printing free, When the nsakne!'v'N
marble euil,iing ot Pan" AnessSSn
unian headquarters III WaSlN''s'oh MAS
erected, the cost, 81, leo uoe> MAS mtt
hy a contribution at $40 900 " a''
the i.atinS and the balance Mas sNSh
by the hate ANDREW tarntsie, >M er~
half III the United States, tae M
eestment now III double IN salae, ~ the
equity ot the l.attns IN wVNth assAss<
Ssoe 600 and that NJ the ons'ed SssssS
about 81. f0o.eeo,
That excess nj wealth gtven nv the
United staten tT the aavanrvaaees ~
the Pam AmesleAn unity al tntessANs u
na reasuM why oue Secretary ~ stale
should always be the president NJ uAe
hAasxi, M why the director general
should always ee u NMth American,
f<r many NeayS the gsasStttati<sn has
read tAstivse W.;
'rhe government at the faaeAmest4
can uaiea, shalt he vested III a kaN~Fa~
ulg hS,agd. e,,n,INSsNt vt she dtplaa,aSlc
representatives ~ lite AmeslcAa tepAhe
livN arege,tttssi ta tas ualted satasvs ~
Aa,el,ea and the setavtass vi sstaee ~
that eoanttN.
"Astiele Y, The sovesntsss e.AFa wlA
elect Its president and ysee ee~slSlont,
tEleet them hN N Latin AassaleAn
se'ss ana | y'alssa s'a'ss sessA -.....-p