Evening star., 1928-02-28

| formation OF an American customs
union. under which should be developed
as far rs possible and profitable, the
/ trade bctWcCn the American states.
| supported by tEc act Of tn" United
! Sta.NS Cnng"crS, VIC obligated ourselves
! to s.S'ain the enumerated principle ms
, the tasiS Of pan-Amcricon economic
! harmony. I Will go further. It was for
| us-~to use n phrase of apt conception
! by our great friends of the North-'a
| ccntlcmcn'S agreement
Situation Eyaded.
Little by little. Mr. President. this
! essential foundation Of pan American
Ism has been abandoned II our dis
| cussions. II has been diluted in our
programs Al no moment have We faced
/ the situation as. III my Judgment. Is
required. / fully realize the difficulty
/ Of achieving economic harmony which
must bc based on tariff laws and local
| trade conditions Eut IL is necessary 10
/ struggle against the political interests
/ Of men In public ljfe. and especially in
| dcmocraCies~~ interests sometimes en-
| countercd in the defense Of a tranSit0ry
| policy.
| The existence of such difficulty
/ should not as ! scc it, deter the dele
/ gates to this conference. filled with the
! great deal OF pau-Americanism, from
/ facing 1t. nor from making its solution
+ the basis OF ihtcr-Amcrican economic
/ life. In so speaking l advocate the in
! tereStS Of no country in particular.
/ am speaking in the name OF what l un-
/ derstand 10 be pan -Amer:can!sm
/ formulate not the slightest criticism of
/ any government Economic arrange
ments fall within the sovereignty Of IN
/ dilidual states and within their right
! 10 protect their own interests as they
( please"
/ DR. Pueyrredon concluded his speech
/ with a citation from proposals submit
! ted 10 the International Economic Con-
ference at Geneva III 1927 These rec
/ commended THE removal Of tariff bar
| r!ers. special licenses and prohibitions" "
| Then the Argcniinian quoted Secre-
| tary Of State James G. Blaine on pan
| AmericaniSm: Pan -AmeriCanism will
| be the triumph Of Christian principles
| applied 10 the business OF the nations "
DR.. Pueyrredons conception OF his
attempt to write into the preamble Of
the Pan american Union protest
against Irrational tariffs" Is that he
sought the incorporation Of nothing
more than nm "aspiration." He in
tefiCfd notNlHg that could be interpreted
as compulsory. He IS convinced that
unless some such doctrine Is laid down.
perhaps IN the future If not now. pam
Americanism IS doomed 10 remain an
illusion.
When DR. Pueyrredon attempted to
! bring about definite ban upon inter-
Vention OF any one pan American state
| In the internal affairs OF another he
told the conference he was acting III
accord with a principle OF Argentinian
policy 100 years oid~-as old as the re-
public itself, II Is a policy cryStallizcd
In the well known Drago and Calyo
doctrines originated by the Argcntinian
statesmen OF those names The Buenos
Aires government adhcres to the nom
intervention principle rigidly. even when
| Afgenfinian citizens arc deSpoiled of
their rights or have even lost their lives
| In foreign countries. As she herself
recognizes the law Of non intervention
Argentina demands that the other
American states shall practice no less
sclf~rcsfraint, no matter what the
proVocation.