Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-14

On next Monday the sixth Pan
American Conference Will open IN
Havana. Cuba. Throughout all the civ
iiized world. wherever there Is a radio
receiving set. at IL o'clock bv our East
ern standard time. l!sienerS-.n may hear
the voice OF President Coolidge deliver
ing. in Havana his meSSage-ihe word
heard round the world" In WASH
!ngton connect with WRC) Fur listen
ers who better understand Spanish. the
same speech will be heard sSnultane-
ously in that language, delivered 70 the
world radio BY an interpreter. The
radio will carry the sound OF applause.
Signlfying the approval o! the repre-
SentatlveS % all this Western Eenl-
sphere.
Never In the history Of the world has
any speaker had such a tremendous
audience as that one which will hear
Canada and Alaska and from Cuba 70
all Europe. the Near East and the Far
EaS;-an the world listening in.
The subject OF that speech and OF
the Au-American Conference will be
well worthy Of its worldwide audubon.
for il will be the consideration OF how
this hemisphere may Cooperate, nation
with nation. n bringing peace and sood
wall to both Latin and Saxon
<%s~
The Pan American Conference has
been lkened 70 the League of Nations
whose headquarters are AZ Geneva. Il
IS called the American League Of Ma
tons" yet II differs fundamentally from
the principles Of that European COM
pact, The European League OF Nations
knows no higher means Of preserving
world peace than 20 bind all its member
nations 10 SO 10 war whenever any one
member Is attacked hy an "agyreS>or
nation" The recent exposure OF the
lnadeQuacy OF NJ. BRANDS proposition
that France and the United STATES make
a treaty To forbid war between those
TWO nations is a demonstration Of the
radical difference between the "Amer.-
can League o. Nations" and that o.
Geneva. France refuses 10 make the
compact broad enough 10 include all
nations and 10 forbid ali wars. but wants
10 limi, II 70 aggressive wars" without
clearly defining how conflicting Claims
OF comha,ansS are 20 be judged. con-
corning which nation is the aggreSSoE
France fears that our broader prciSaSi-
ton would kill the League.
No such difficulty seems ~ arise III
the Pan-Amerscan Conferences, because
they are particularly concerned. not IN
involving all members in any war. conf
pelling them 20 avoid neutrality and
ioiu the belliSerentS So as 10 combat
the 'agIrcSSor." as does the League ~
Europe. but rather 10 further peace by
mutual corporation III the AFFAIRS Of
peace--comnserce, sanitation education.
communication. International Law. 20 be
agreed upon and cc6ified. 10 control all
International relations IN this hers.-
sphere. Very little attention Is ~ Ne
given 10 the possibility Of International
war III this hemisphere, except that IL
will be agreed that all nations 81 the
conference will recognise boundaries
and governments of all the nations as
they exist now IN this hemisphere. II
that be agreed Upon. wherein Will any
"aggreSSor nation" have rSSnn 81 SwIaS
u battle-ax9 The Pan American un,c,l.
whose headquarters are III Washington.
enables all Ministers NJ all the Aneri-
can nations 10 meet monthly and dis
cuSs their problems aascaely,
The conference of mex, week Is called
the sixth" but III fact tS il the seventh,
for more than 100 years aHu the great
Liberation. Ssmon Bolivar. who had le<t
give Spanish colonies III revolt against
Spain and haa created rive republics IN
Central and South America. dsramed NJ
united Latin America. and. "a tina,
end. called the firSt LATIN AmerHAn
Conference 10 oe held at Panama III
June. lsse. Bolivar MAS the greatest
tntefnattonaliSt IN the history W the
Americas, yet his hor,son excluded all
except tAunS,
He did not include the United States
IN his nrst invitations. for that waS -
be \ union cnly NJ the LATIN republics
whose people S,scke the same language
and had the same religion. Nor did ne
include Rrasll for that country. vi
Portuguese origin. then Mas an empsre
and was held neutral IN the war ee-
tween the spanish colonies and S'sNana
Nevertheless, Mexico and Argentina
insisted that the United states must ee
included ana the invitation nnaltS
came, bat our delegates reached fAa.
anna enly after ghc conference had All
,ourned,
Our President then Mas John I>alneN
Adams ana the Secretary vi state.
HENRY Clay hoth were enthusiastic
supporters NJ such \ anlon ~ Ah,.Ag
pIaposed and would have e'en slAd t.
have His country AID IT. '>Naa Quincy