Evening star., 1935-10-15
PARLEY IN UPR0AR
ONSANTODOM|NGO
REMAINING MOVES
Pan-American Geographers'
Conference Disrupted by
Plan of Haitian.
CONTROVERSY FOLLOWS
ADDRESS BY MEXICAN
DR.. Luis Sanchez Ponton Appeals
for Elimination of Race
Differences.

Violent dispute over a suggestion
to change the official name Of the
Island of Santo Domingo to Haiti
almost disrupted the General Assembly
of the Pan-American Institute OF
Geography and History this morning.
Albert Blanchet, Minister of Haiti,
country which occupies half OF the
Caribbean island, introduced a reso-
luton at the Pan-American Building
conference to effect the change IN
name.
Emilio Garcia Godoy, secretary OF
the delegation from Santo Domingo,
small nation at the eastern end OF
the island, protested vigorously. Off,
cials called halt to the fevered dis
cussion by referring the question to
the Resolutions Committee.
Haiti Held First Name.
The Haitian Minister claimed the
island originally was called Haiti,
but the Santo DOMINICAN delegation
contended it first was termed Quis-
gueya and insisted that the island
retain its present status on maps as
Santo Domingo.
Argument between the two delega-
tions began at the end of an address
made by Luis Sanchez Ponton OF
Mexico, whose talk on "The Impor-
tance of the Geographical Factor in
International Relations" prompted
Blanchet's resolution. 1t was pointed
out during the discussion that confu-
sion in map-making and in historical
data is caused by the conflict in names
of the island 1t is now known vari-
ously as Haiti, Hispaniola and Santo
Domingo.
DR.. Ponton made an indirect plea
for the elimination of differences and
antagonisms of race and placed in
creasing importance upon the inf1u-
ence of territory as q modern eco
nomic factor.
National Interest Concentrated.
political frontiers are losing their
significance to economic frontiers" he
said Competition In international
markets is beginning to be displaced
from the nation toward the continent.
The future of the world lies in the
growth of understanding and co-op-
Grafton between continents. Politics
will be not international, but inter-
continental. If some day a world fed
Grafton should come to be realized, it
will be due to this concentration Of
national interest which is due to the
geographic factor"
Another speaker on the program this
morning was DR.. Enrique Finout,
Minister of Bolivia, who spoke on
Bolivar, the Pacifist." Fnout said
juridical conscience created by
propaganda and education can prepare
the way for the advent of universal
peace. He called Bolivar, leading
South American war hero, as "a great
military figure, but in the light OF
historical Recommendation q greater
civilian, an apostle Of peace, whose
ideas were so far in advance OF his
time"
Visit Mount Vernon.
As feature of the six-day meeting
here the delegates left the Pan-Amer-
ican Union this afternoon for q visit
to Mount Vernon and Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. A reception by the
Board of Trustees of the National
Geographic Society at the society's
administration building, Sixteenth
and M streets, will be held for the
delegates at 8 o'clock tonight. Follow
ing the reception the delegates will
attend an illustrated lecture Of the
National Geographic Society's Yukon
expedition by Bradford Washburn, the
leader.
This Is the second general assembly
of the institute since its organization
in 1928 at the Sixth International
Conference Of American States, which
met at Havana. The first general as
sembly was held in Rio de Janeiro in
1882. The purpose of the institute is
the collection and spreading Of infor-
nation on geographical and historical
questions of common interest to the
American republics.
AVIATION GAINS RECITED.