Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-22

" JLL-FLEDGED AMBASSADORS, IN
l. stead Of the six now accredited.
would represent Latin American
/ States in Washington hencefor--
IL ward, and represent the United
States in those countries. according 10
plans of Senior Guerrero, chief dele
gate of Salvador at Havana. Sc
nor Guerrero has Just been elected
to the Craftsmanship of the most I'M
portant conference committee. the one
dealing with international public law
The committee will concern itself with
the controversial resolutions including
a proposed outlawing by treaty of forci-
BILE Intervention by any American coun-
| try in the international affairs of an
other
Washington expects Senior Guerrero.
| sooner or later, to advocate his am
! bassadorial scheme at the Pan-Ameri-
/ can Conference. as means OF bring
| ing about equality Of States" A
! project to that end. affecting not only
! Latin American, but the whole world,
/ has already been sponsored by Senior
! Guerrero at the League Of Nations, in
which he Is the permanent Salvadorean
representative Even though 1t is not
member of the league. the United
States has been asked TO express its
]
1t is understood, has rejected the pro-
posal.
Made Report to League.
As a member Of the leagues "Ex-
| pert Committee on Progressive Codi-
ficat!on Of International Law" Senior
Guerrero-now Salvadorean foreign
minister-last April submitted a re-
port to the above mentioned effect
He proposes to abolish the regulations
adopted by the congresses of Vienna
and Aix-la-Chapelle more than a CEN
fury ago. whereby diplomatic status has
been fixed ever since. and declared an
entirely new deal. The principal point
in the new deal would be TO have all
nations. large and small. republics OF
monarchies. represented in future ex-
clusively by ambassadors.
The Salvadorean statesman's plan is
based on the theory that in modern
times 1.-The nation alone is sovereign
Developing the idea. Senior Guerrero
says: I'm the present state Of interna-
tional law. the sovereign is no longer
a crowned head placed at the apex OF
supreme power Only the nations in
tereSts are intrusted 10 diplomatic
agents. The latter. therefore, whether
they are nationals Of a great power o,
or whether they be called ambassador:
or ministers. all derive their mission
from the same source. The interests
which they have in their keeping are
identical. The aim which they pursue
is the same"
Would Create Equality.
At present the United States main.
tairs ambaSsadorial relations only with
Mexico. Cuba. Argentina, Brazil. Chile
and Peru among the Latin American
states. Senior Guerrero believes that al
the other and smaller Latin American
nations-in Central America. the Carib.
bean Sea and South America-are en-
titled to exchange ambassadors with
the United States. In other words. h
would place the ENJOYS Of little Saliva
dor. his own country, and Of so-callec
backward nations" like Nicaragua
Haiti and Santo Domingo on precisely
the same diplomatic status as Great
Britain or Japan now enjoy at Wash
ington.
Senior Guerrero would caparison Sal.
sador's sspokeman In the United States
with just as much rank. authority anc
prestige as Ambassador Dwight w Nor.
row carries when he presents hinlsei.
to President Gales of Mexico. Only b.
thus recognizing the identical status o!
states in their international relations