Evening star., 1928-03-02
Press Lauds Achievements
OF Pan-American Congress

Emphatic differences Of opinion as 10
the Governments policy III Latin Amer
lea are reflected IN discussions OF re-
suits OF the n-American Congress
appearing IN the American press since
the Havana meeting adjourned. Yet
there Is widespread Judgment that a
better understanding and better feeling
has been created, and most observers
credit Charles Evans Hughes with q
splendid craftsmanship. which prevent
ed the conference from turning into a
futile forensic conflict.
Critics OF the Government hold. In
the language OF the Louisville Courier
Journal independently. that "the fall
ure of the United States 10 meet the
| main issue, intervention. and To demon
Strate n spirit OF true cooperation
| makes the Havana meeting little less ol
q fiasco than the recent disarmament
| conference"
| Representing the point OF view which
places MIR. Hughes upon the heights ol
! diplomacy. the New York Evening Posi-
| independently says: THE United States
| had a narrow escape at Havana. There
| is no use pretending anything else, Had
IL not been for Hughes and Fletcher
We might have seen our policy IN the
| New World circumScribcd by rules anC
| declarations that would be most un'
fortunate and embarrassing The les
son for the future should be plain. W.
| must have a definite policy OF cultiVh'
| ton Of the great powers 10 the aouti
| OF us. They stood by us at Havana
| Had they not done HO. We must nave
| been lost. The common sense oi oiii
future diplomatic policy Is plain. W.
must not send the best men ol oul
| diplomatic service To the minor courts
| of Europe We must send our Morrows
and our Flctchcrs To the New World
countries"
Despite such differences as tn,
Havana conference left unsettled. ant
such anxictics nA It left unailayed. there
| is no doubt that II has developed
clearer understanding among all TN
| member republics, and especially De
tween our own and those most resent
| ful OF some OF our acts" declares
The Atlanta journal Democralici
which adds. Even II they think no bet
ter Of us now than before the dlscuh
| sion began, the fact that they hap,
| spoken their minds freely Ia us hnf
TO the world Is IA gain for the forces
| Of good will Indeed. one Of the signin
| cant and refreshing aspects of the con
| ference was It's unreatrained mhnnt
and unbridled publicity, In Hnch ai
atmosphere Of lrnnkness and iigh
| truth has It's way and truth ia tn
beginning Of friendship"
! Similarly the Topeka Daily Capita
| tRepublicanI holds that what the con
| ference accomplished was frank facing
uf realities FIRST Of all. and this al"h
| ~. h.t
DELEGATES seemed To regard IT, na tn
most successful Fan American Congress
| I.ut IL drafted. continues that paper
| numerous resolutions locking to
wider co-operatiun ut the - states CON
retued. and IA procedure tor rrrfectni
plans Of Cancellation and arbitration al
| which ex Secretary Hughes stated ina
| II 'promiseh more i0r ptoAicba III I'M
| impnrtant field than any action mere
| tofoie taken IN This hemisphere
Quoting from IA Mesican newspape
| which had stated that The Congiraa wa
"a enmplete failure, more futile thar
i,s Dtedecehhnfa," the pittsburgh Post
Gazette titrptlblirant Expresses TN
bellef That ~ h,lcrtsA from the stand
mint Of thc newspaper referred u
trnbahly would have been cnmblna
tlou of Latin American countries nEalnh
the colossus of The north, ana con
tinuvs ut was a triumph toi th
United States when any SUCH toidenn
Wan completely thWatted" The fhhh
deua star News Hepiblcanl also aa
seiis That this country "Gunina out a
tie conference triumphant uud un
stillied " The schenectady aaHet
J independent Demorratici states tha
~ Is gratifying and very eoh'lnein