Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
MAN WHO FOUGHT TO FREE
CUBA SEES IDEAL REALIZED
After Three Decades James Brown Scott
Is Guest of Honor to Lay
Corner Stone.

first will be open to men and women 0,
every American nation who wish 70
take up courses of study, In charge OF
which will be professors from the va
rious nations which are members OF
the institute. The academy will have
two semesters each year. and its oficial
languages will be those of the New
and French. The texts of the lectures
and debates in the academy will be
widely published. in order that scholars
Of the whole continent may benefit by
the latest and most authoritative ex-
positions of international problems and
Of questions of public and private inter-
national law.
The American International kibrarr
will occupy one of the large sections o.
the palace. and is to contain the officIal
publications of all the American gov
ernments and works of notable Ameri-
can writers. Endeavor will be made
to specialize OF course. in publications
relating to public and private inter-
national law. 1t will also have collec
tons of the treaties and protocols made
between all the American republics and
all other nations. American or other
wise. and also works on diplomatic
history and international politics in
general. This library will be open tn
all Americans and to foreigners as well.
Court Of Great Value.
A permanent court of interamericar
justice, with its seat in the Palace o
Havana. would be of the greatest value
to all the American nations, in the.
opinion of this distinguished guest o.
Cuba, and would be fitting crown OF
success to the work for peace and jus
tice which has been begun. A court
of this kind would be logical culmina-
ton of the work of the Interamerican
Commission of Investigation and of
the Court of 1nteramerican Arbitra-
ton, both already in existence. The
work of such a court would be that of
court Of last resort in controversies
Of a juridical character arising be-
tween American nations. I'VE all
know, perhaps too WELL" said Dr.
Scott, "the expression America for the
Americas a means of solving the dis
putes that may arise between these
same Americans"
Lastly, DR.. Scott believes that the
women of the Americas should have
their place and part in this great work
of the American institute of interna-
tional law and asks that they be given
the right to participate in it. To do
this he believes 1t indispensable that
there be installed in the Palace of
Havana the Interamerican Commission
of Women, at present functioning in
Washington and presided over by Miss
Doris Stevens. Miss Stevens work for
the recognition of the political and
intellectual rights of women at the
Sixth Pan-American Conference, held
last year in Havana, proved that
women are interested in cooperating
with men in the solution of their COM
mon problems on this continent.
Plan Would Be Hazardous.
This portion of the address of the
famous American internationalist is the
one which probably aroused the mos
discussion among his hearers. It is
thought here. and not without reason.
that, although the women of the United
states have had a general and political
education which fits them to take up
national and international questions.
the preparation of Latin American
women Is still deficient. The majority
OF public men and scholars Of Latin
America sincerely believe that it woul |
be hazardous as yet to give women Iii
rect participation in the conduct of tibet.
national and international affairs before
having undertaken a methodfcal prep
aration for such innovation. In this
connection 1t must not be forgotten
that the feminine problem has to pe
studied from very different points of
view in the south and in the north. since
the difference in the positions occupied
by women in the United States and in
Latin America is very great indeed.
However, DR.. James Brown Scott,
when the writer suggested that perhaps
the Latin American woman is not yet
in a position to share profitably with
men the solution of continental prob
lens, replied, with emphatic convic-
ton:
Some day it will have to come. This
question of woman's rights is like learn
ing to swim: you have to jump in the
water and then the problem of SWIM
ming is solved. But first you have to
get into the water; you can't swim on
the ground Just so, the Latin Ameri-
can women cannot win their rights If
they are not given an opportunity
to do it,.