Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06

I. WASHINGTON HGWhen Pres:
ident Coolidge leaves the United
States to address the sixth interna-
tional conference of American states
in Havana, Cuba, January Is, he will
be making his first visit to the Carib-
bean region, and his first trip to an
other country since he became chief
executive ofthe nation.
Accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge,
Secretary of State Kellogg and See
rotary Of the Navy Wilbur, the presi-
dent will carry a message from the
United States to the representatives
of 20 other American republics which
make up the Pan-American Union.
Because congress will be in ses-
sion and the White House social sea-
son at its height, Mr.. Coolidge will
be unable to spend more than a day
in Havana. But this short stay, it Is
believed, will go a long way toward
clearing the atmosphere of a great
deal of suspicion of the United
States foreign policy and attitude to-
ward the component states Of the
Union.
Confronted with consideration Of
the report of the commission of ju-
rists which met this year in Rio de
Janiero. the congress is expected to
be charged with controversial mate
rial.
Eight From u. s.
The report includes a complete
codification Of private and public
international law, recommended for
adoption by the nations of America.
Several of its recommendations,
which the conference will be asked tc
approve or reject, prohibit any kind
Of Intervention by one state in the
territory Of any other state. II at
tacks and holds as illegal several re-
cent acts of intervention on the part
Of the United States, notably in
Nicaragua and Haiti.
Eight delegates. each chosen for
his individual excellence in some
phase Of the work to be done in
Havana, will represent the United
States. They include Charles Evans
Hughes, Dwight W. Morrow, ambas-
sador to Mexico; Henry p. Fletcher,
ambassador to Italy and one of Am
erica's foremost authorities on inter-
national law; DIR. James Brown Scott,
Washington. another international
law authority; Judge J. NJ. O'Brien
of New York; President Wilbur Of
Leland Stanford University; former
Senator Oscar Underwood Of Ala
bama and DIR. Leo S. Rowe, director
general of the Pan-American Union.
Ambassador Fletcher has been in
Washington since Nov. % super
vising the preparatory work Of the
American delegation. He is secretary
Of the group.
The Pan-American Union was
founded following the first ~interne-
tional conference in Washington IN
1890. It's avowed aims include pre-
servation Of peace, fertilization OF
commercial. cultural and social inter-
course between the American nations
and development Of all lines OF COM
munication between North, South and
Central America.
The Union is ruled by a govern
ing board with headquarters in the
Pan-American Union building here.
The building was a gift Of Andrew
Carnegie. The board is composed
of the heads OF diplomatic missions
Of American nations in Washington.
and the secretary Of state Of the
United States. Countries not having
diplomatic missions here may ap-
point special representatives on the
governing board.
President Coolidge's plans include
a trip in a special train TO Key West,
Fla. There he will board the T.. S. 5.
Texas, flagship OF the United States
fleet, II it is not raining. and pro-
coed 70 Havana. IL the weather is
inclement. a navy cruised will speed
him on his way. as the Texas is too
large to enter the harbor there and
the trip to the battleship in an open
boat would be too uncomfortable.
After delivering his message, the
president will start back as soon as
possible for Washington.