Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
DREAMS OF A LIBERAToR.


Pam Americanism. His flight of thought
knew no limits. First. he conceived
the liberation of his native country,
Venezuela. Then he widened It's from
tiers, and. giving it new name caused
that of Colombia to be written into the
annals of history. He formed Gran
Colombia" with the territory which con-
stitutes today the republics of Vene-
Zuela, Colombia and Ecuador. and with
the pride of creator called himself a
Colombian. Then he gave freedom to
Peru and Bolivia, and became the
leader in the liberation of a whole con-
tinent.
And when this continent was free
Bolivar dreamed of strong and united
America which would present itself to
the world with an uneXampled aspect
of majesty and grandeur" The racial
boundary that separated Latin and
Saxon people did not stop him. He
spoke of the necessity of arriving at
a clear and distinct understanding re-
garding the interests of Colombia and
her allies Spanish America) in con-
nection with those of the United
States"
His mind and soul were first in Vene-
zueia, then in Colombia, then in South
America. Finally he dreamed of Pan
America.
His dreams were not only those of a
theoretical idealist. He had the vision
to lay the political foundations which
would preserve the union of the Ameri-
can republics. He was the first one to
use the phrase Society of Nations;
he proposed the formulation of an
American constitution binding all the
countries of the New World. And he
even went SO far as to indicate that the
best form Of representation for that
America, so united by ties Of intimate
friendship and concord, was the eStab-
lishment of an international organiza-
ton under the name of the Assembly
CT PlenipotentiarieS,' with its seat in
Panama, which would have had the
task of being, in his own words, "a
counselor in great conflicts, point of
contact in common perils, faithful in
terpreter of treaties in the event of any
doubt arising, and a conciliator of all
differences that might develop"
His plan was that of confederation
of American republics, in which all of
them, retaining their sovereignty, would
sacrifice something of their individual
interests and political freedom to a
supreme power, made up of their own
representatives, which would guarantee
their security, peace and progress
through mutual cooperation.
FACTA, NOT VERBA.
Racial differences, political misunder-
standings and complete ignorance of
the psychology of each other-factors
which still exist to lesser extent in
our dayS-prevented the success of Boil
vars Pan-American scheme, but in the
treaty drafted by the Congress of Pan
anna, convoked in 1926 by the Liberator,
his ideals are clearly expressed, and
may still be used for the basis for a
powerful continental union.
This treaty of union, league and per-
petual confederation was signed be-
tween the republics of Colombia Gin
GLIDING Venezuela and Ecuador, Cen
trail America (including all the present
Central American nations), Peru and
Mexico, which participated in the Boil
varian congress, and was inspired and
drafted by the Liberator himself.
The Bolivarian ideals of Pan-Amer-
canism which are embodied in that
treaty-which, by the way, was only
ratified by the Colombian Congress, and
therefore never came into effect-can
thus be summarized:
!. Intimate character of relations be-
tween the American peoples, members
Of the league, which any other CONT
mental nation might later join. (Intro-
duction to the treaty.
2. Permanence and inviolability Of Q
close friendship and union with each