Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03

From discussion arises the light.
A round-table discussion on inter-
American problems will take place dur
ing the next two weeks in Charlottes-
vile, Va. during the fourth annual ses-
sion of the University of Virginia'S In
stitute of Public Affairs. From August
to Is there will be discussions, lee
lures and open forums on different as
poets of pan-American relations, in all
of which outstanding representatives
and expert internationalists of both
Americas will participate.
Prom discussion arises the light"
There may still be some doubt linger-
ing in the minds of the more peSsimls-
tic as tc the practical benefits of inter-
national debates, but the truth Is that
nothing is of more aid to effective I'M
Outstanding among nations-and to
closer Understandings these I'M
Official meetings in which public men
and representatives from different
countries get together from time to
time and freely express their thoughts
and their points of view. Here is
chance to hear both sides of the story
and to form judgment far more COM
plete than the ones We get from one
sided reports in newspapers or from iSo-
lated and often selhshly inspired pieces
of propaganda. Open discussion is the
shortest road to understanding. And
understanding is the first and most es-
sential step in promoting good will and
closer friendship among peoples.
officials TO Participate.
Some important United States off,
Gals, two Latin-American chiefs of
mission and other Latin diplomats, sew
eral well known professors and lectur-
ers of American universities and score
of other prominent people interested in
the study of inter American problems
will participate in the Virginia discus
sions. ThQ Minister from Panama, DR..
Ricardo J.IAlfaro, who played an out
standing role in the recent adoption of
an arbitration treaty among the ma
tons of this continent, will be one OF
the speakers on the subject of Our
Treaty Relations With Panama" The
other speaker on this theme will be
Henry Kittredge Norton, widely read
American journalist and authority on
international affairs. The Minister
from Guatemala, Dr. Adrian Recinos,
and Prof w. S. Robertson of the Uni
versity of Illinois, will take part in
discussion of Latin America, the Mon
roe Doctrine and the League of Ma
tons"
The open forum on the so-called
Roosevelt doctrine of United States in
ternational police power in Latin Amer
lea will, be presided over by DR.. James
Brown Scott, one of the foremost inter-
nationalist of this country, secretary
of the Carnegie Endowment for Inter-
national Peace and candidate for the
vacant seat of the United States in the
World Court. Other distinguished par
Elephants will be DR.. w. w. Cumberland,
American financial adviser to the Hal
tian government; DR.. Dana Munro,
chief of the Latin American Division of
the State Department; Mr.. FRANKLIN
Mailman of the Baltimore Sun, Prof.
Leland Jenlks of Rollins College, DR..
Havana, Cuba, and DR.. Carlos Eduardo
Castaneda Of the University Of Texas.
Six Main Questions.
From this list and from the program
of subjects scheduled for discussion at
the round table on Latin America we
may deduce the real significance of this
international gathering. There are six
main questions on the program; the
| first, Intervention in Haiti" Is a per-
manent source of controversy in pam
American relations and a subject of
timely interest in view of the recent
| political incidents in the island repub-
| lie and the work OF the American Com
mission sent there by President Hoover.
The second, Cuba and the Plat
Amendment" is the major problem In
| Cuban American relations, involving
not only political but economic conse-
| quenceS of far-reaching Importance to
the very existence Of the Cuban nation
The third "Oil Legislation in Colon
bia," acquires unusual importance on
| account of the Inauguration this month
of a new regime in Colomia, which will
be presided over by an advocate OF
American economic penetration in the
southern countries, who has already
promised new oil legislation in Colon
bia less restrictive of American inter-
ma" will be the fourth topic discussed
at the round table, covering all the
| differences arising from the Hughes
agreement which aroused so much con-
troversy in Latin America. The restric-
| ton of immigration from Mexico viii
| be the subject of discussion led by
DIR. Castaneda, representing the Inter
American Institute of the University OF
Mexico; the timeliness of this topic
| is obvious If we remember the recent
congressional moves to cut down Mex
lean LABOR immigration to this coun-
try. The sixth important topic for the
round table will refer to the attitude Of
Latin America toward the Monroe Doc
trine and the League of Nations. This
is, in itself, one of the mos5 outstanding
problems of pan-Americanism, and one
which has always been the motive Of
endless arguments between Latin and
Saxon interpreters.
To Discuss Roosevelt Doctrine.
Besides the round-table conference.
there will be an evening lecture on thu
1 Nicaragua Canal project by DR.. Charles
G.. Batchelder, and on Monday, Angus
II. the open-forun discussion on tn