Evening star., 1928-12-09
CONFERENCE SEEKS
PEACE IN AMERICAS
Significant Pan American
Congress Will Convene
Here Tomorrow.

AS President-elect Hoover leaves the
battleship Maryland and takes a spe-
cial train for Santiago capital of Chile,
tomorrow morning, continuing his good
will tour of the Southern Republics of
this hemisphere, there will convene in
this city one of the most important
pan-American conferences which has
ever been held.
Its purpose is to make war impossible
in the Americas and to determine the
spheres of arbitration and conciliation
between all countries in North and
South America, giving the finishing
touch to the important work along this
line which was begun at the sixth Pam
American Conference at Havana in
January and February of this year.
Specifically the hope of the United
States Government and the delegates
from the countries of Latin America is
that multilateral covenant, or treaty,
of arbitration and conciliation will be
agreed upon here, to assure q peace in
the Western Hemisphere, to be signed
by the delegates present and then SUBJ
mitted to their respective governments
for ratification.
Secretary of State Kellogg and
Charles E. Hughes, former Secretary of
State and former associate justice of
the United States Supreme Court who
played the leading role in the Havana
conference, will be the delegates of the
United States at the gathering of rep
resentatiyes of the Americas tomorrow.
President Coolidge will address the con-
ference at HIS am.
Including this country, 20 republics
will have delegates at the conference,
which will be held in the Pan-American
Building.
The only Latin American country
which has not named delegates is
Argentina. This is due to several
causes of complicated nature, but in
diplomatic circles here it would be no
surprise if the enthusiasm aroused in
that country by the visit of Mr.. Hoover,
who will proceed there after leaving
Chile, would induce the Argentine Gov
eminent to name delegates to partici-
pate in the conference before it closes.
Gathering Important.
The gathering here is expected to last
at least two weeks and may last two
or three months. The Importance
which the nations of the Western Hem
iSphere attach to it is evidenced by the
fact that they have named men OF am
basSadorial and ministerial rank and
lawyers of note as delegates.
During all or most of the time the
conference is in session, President-ele
Hoover will be continuing his visits of
good will to the countries of South and
Central. America. After leaving Chile,
he will go by train over the Andes to
Buenos Aires, capital of the Argentine
| Republic, and after a visit there Will
| proceed slowly northward along the
coast of the Western Hemisphere on
the battleship Utah, visiting countries
en- route and delivering to them mes
| sages of good will from the people and
| Government of the United States.
While 1t is impossible to forecast ac-
curately what the conference will do,
it is not hard to predict the position
which will be taken by the United
| States delegates-a position which Is
likely to be supported by most Of the
other delegates, according to informa-
ton in diplomatic quarters.
| 1t is expected the American Govern
ment will propose a concrete set OF
principles which will clearly define the
! opposition of all nations on this hem
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