Evening star., 1936-12-15
DELEGATES SIGN
REV|SEDU. S.PLAN
II Sponsor Neutrality Pro.
posaI Before It Goes
to Committee.
~ the Associated Press.

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BUENOS AIRES, December 49,
Twelve Of the twenty-one delegations
at the Inter-American Peace Confer
ence afiixed their signatures to q re-
vised United States neutrality plan
today.
They signed as sponsors of the pro-
posal before 1t was to be sent to
committee. Its chief proponents hoped
the project would have the unanimous
sponsorship that three other peace.
measures have received.
The Peace Organization Committee
unanimously approved the recommen-
dation of its chairman, Juan Antonio
Buero Of Uruguay, to postpone consid-
Grafton of creation Of an Inter-Amer-
lean Court of Justice until the next
regular Pan-American Conference at
Lima. Peru, scheduled for 1888.
Members of the committee heard a
message from President Roosevelt, who
fathered the party, in reply to a COM
mittee message Saturday which in
formed him Of unanimous agreement
on q plan for peace and maintenance
Of security.
Inspiration, Says Roosevelt.
"This excellent result Of the un-
ceasing efforts on the part Of the
members of the commission in the
Inter-American Conference will be an
inspiration to all the peoples of the
Americas" Mr.. Roosevelt said.
THE conference Is justifying the
highest hopes of all Of us.
Good neighbors we are and good
neighbors we shall remain"
Last-minute objections by Argen-
tina-which were in part responsible
for postponement of today's scheduled
plenary session until tomorrow-were
answered In a final revision.
The project. in its final form,
closely follows the original recon-
mendations of United States Secretary
of State Cordell Hull for unification
Of five existing peace treaties into a
more workable plan.
The three proposals which already
had won unanimous sponsorship from
the representatives Of the 81 American
republics gathered here to strengthen
the American peace structure were:
l. A plan for inter-American consul
tation to consider joint action in case
Of war within or without.
2. A reiteration of the principle Of
non-intervention by one nation in
another's affairs, and for joint con-
sultation If Intervention appears nee
essary.
8. A resolution urging ratification Of
the existing inter-American treaties
by all the q republics.
Phones Secretary Hull.
Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine
foreign minister, telephoned United
States Secretary Of State Cordell Hull
at 1:30 am. today to report that the
latest draft of the neutrality plan was
acceptable to his group.
He made reservations to exempt
foodstuffs from any joint restrictions
imposed by common neutrality action
In case of war, and also insisted that
the pact must not affect Argentina's
League Of Nations commitments.
Sponsors of the project pointed out
the draft does not mention foodstuffs
and guarantees no interference with q
nations responsibilities to any other
peace organization.
Ratification of the neutrality pro-
posal would round out the system Of
consultation among 81 American re-
publics to solve any grave emergency
in the Western world and to avert
war.
Treaties Co-Ordinated.
The neutrality proposal is designed
ta coordinate five existing inter-
American treaties.
Its objective Is to set up machinery
Tor consultation among American re-
publics in the interest of conciliation,
ss a preventive of war and as an
agency to create whatever mutual
neutrality program may be necessary
should an emergency arise.
Consultative machinery also was
the keynote Of the security and nom
Intervention measures which, a peace
triumvirate with the neutrality pro-
posal, are expected to come up for
final approval at . plenary session
tomorrow.
These projects provide for con-
sultation in the event Of an American
war, q war outside the Western Hem
isphere or a menace to the security If
the American republics from any
source. They also propose consultation
in event Joint Intervention In any
American republic should be deemed
necessary
Sumner Welles, assistant United
States Secretary Of State in charge
OF Latin American affairs, and Jose
M. Cantillo Of Argentina both ex-
pressed confidence the final draft Of
the neutrality project would get vir-
Eual unanimity of approval today.
Carlos Concha, head of the Peruvian
delegation, however, pointed out there
had been no indication of the stand
either Of Bolivia or Paraguay.
League Plan Put Aside.
Proposals for an American League
pf Nations and an American Court Of
Justice appeared last night to be
doomed to the discard. A majority
of the members OF a subcommittee
which studied the league and court
projects indicated their willingness to
Ehelve the plans. They said they
would support reports prepared by
their chairman, Juan Antonio Buero
o Uruguay, who urged that experts
eonsider the plans and report to the
regular Pan-American Conference at
Lima, Peru, in 1898.
(The regular Pan-American parleys
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