Evening star., 1936-11-29
PAN-AMERICAN PEACE
PARLEYTO BE DIFFERENT
Roosevelt's ''Cood Neig ghbor" Policy
Expected to Have Great Influence
on Outcome of Conference.

| by President Roosevelt, forbidding the
tional boundaries; the enforcement
of the Kellogg pact and other now
teethless instruments for the out
| lawry of war: the establishment of a
pecuniary tribunal for the settle
ment of all financial and commercial
differences, following the principles of
the Calvo and Drago doctrines: the
discussion and enactment of the Mex
lean peace code. the most complete
and realistic proposal yet drafted
, along these lines. and the removal OF
causes of frequent friction in the
past and possible sources of differences
in the immediate future.
Other Factors Enter.
OF course, these things alone could
not suffice to insure the preservation
Of American peace with any degree
of permanency. They must be taken
with two big qualifications. To be
really successful, they should be ac-
companied by % corresponding
change in the economic relationships
of the United States and the Latin
American countries, a change from
the metropolis and colonies position,
still prevalent to large extent, to
one of actual and healthy economic
! interdependence, and (2) greater
degree of unity of purpose and poll
cies among the Latin American ma
tions themselves. These two all-im-
portant aims make necessary other
preliminary requirements, which We
have discussed elsewhere, but they
have to do more with the ultimate
goal of an-Americanism and the
future of the New World than with
the more limited objective of an i'm
provement in the legal and diplomatic
peace machinery of the continent.
The impending Pan-American Peace
Conference. without delving into these
less immediate and much more COM
plex aspects of the situation, may still
make an interesting contribution to
the cause of international peace and,
perhaps, help to remove some of the
obstacles blocking the way to the
ultimate. true pan Americanism.
Whether or not it does so will de-
pend, largely, upon the extent to
which the people and public opinion
of Latin America have been sold on
the sincerity and possibilities of the
conference.
Must Be Won Over.
1t must be quite evident today that,
no matter how graciously and eagerly
the Southern governments may lend
their official support to any and all
new attempts at inter-American CO.
operation, no effective and lasting
progress will be made until Latin
American public opinion has been
won over. This is even more impor-
tant than enlisting popular support
in this country, where the fault is
indifference and ignorance, while
there it Is suspicion and resentment
aroused by past experiences. In the
United States the task is one of edu-
cation. In Latin America 1t is one
Of vindication.
Fortunately-and, it must be ad-
mitted, for the first time in the an
mails of inter-American relations
the men entrusted today with the
Latin American policies Of the United
States seem to be aware of that fact
and are unusually well equipped for
the main task of winning the conf
dence Of Latin America. This Is the
best omen for the Buenos Aires con-
ference and for the future OF pan
Americanism.
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