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 reno, chief of the Argentine delega- tion, late last night. He was accom- panied by an interpreter. It was be- lieved that Landon might have talk en occasion to assure Ruiz Moreno that the basic United States atti- tude toward Latin America was not a matter of politics, and that Latin American republics need have no fear that if the republicans came to power in the United States the good neighbor" policy of President Roosevelt might be changed.
 A. A. Berle, Jr., assistant secretary of state, conferred until l a. m. with Carlos Concha, Peruvian foreign minister, and Afranio De Mello Franco, chief of the Brazilian dele gation. All declined to comment However, Concha said before the conference that he was confident that agreement with Argentina could be reached easily. None of the changes which Argentina favored in the solidarity draft was of great importance, he said.
 The Argentine delegates could do nothing but await instructions from their government. It was understood that they had advised the govern ment that they believed the Argen- tine draft was all right as it stood.
 Text of Solidarity
 Lima, Peru, Dec. 23.-(UP)-The text of an Argentine solidarity pro- posal on which the United States and 19 other American republics have agreed, but in which Argentina now desires to make minor changes, is as follows:
 A declaration of principles of American solidarity.
 The eighth International Ameri- can conference, considering that the peoples of the Americas have achieved spiritual unity because of the similarity of their republican institutions, their indestructible faith in peace, their profound senti- ments of humanity and tolerance, and their absolute adherence to the principles of international law, of equality in the sovereignty of states and individual liberty without reli- gious or racial prejudices;
 Considering that based on said principles and hopes, they seek and defend the peace of the continent and collaborate unitedly for univer- sal concord:
 International Order
 Considering that respect for the sovereign personality and independ- ence of each American state consti- tutes the essence of international or- der supported by continental solidar- ity manifested historically in decla- rations of divers states or in accords that had application and were sus- tained by new declarations and ex- isting treaties;
 Considering that the inter-Amer- ican conference for the consolida- tion of peace held in Buenos Aires approved on December 21, 1886, a ity and inter-American cooperation declaration of principles on solidar- and on December 8, 1886, a protocol of non-intervention;
 What They Declare
 The governments of the American republics declare:
 1. That they reafflrm their con- tinental solidarity and their purpose to collaborate in maintaining the principles on which said solidarity is based:
 2. That, faithful to the aforesaid principles and their absolute sov- ereignty, they reafiirm their decision to maintain them and defend them against all foreign intervention or activity that might threaten them;
 3. That in case the peace, secur- ity or territorial integrity of any of the American republics is threatened by acts of force of whatever nature that might impair their sovereignty, they proclaim their common interest and their determination to make ef- fective their solidarity, coordinating their respective and sovereign wills by means of consultative procedure created by existing conventions and UllC la4&bAOAAo OA tAAC AAAtCA American conferences, employing methods that the circumstances of each case may dictate.
 It remains understood that the governments of the American repub- lies will act independently and in their individual capacity, amply rec ognizing their jurisdical equality as sovereign states.
 4. In order to facilitate consulta- tions established by this and other American peace instruments, the foreign ministers of the American republics will meet when they deem it convenient and upon the initia- tals of the different countries, by TO- tiv eof any one of tlfenn, fin the capi- tation and without protocol charac- ter. Each government may in spe- cial circumstances or for special reasons designate substitute for its minister of foreign affairs.
 5. This declaration will be known as ''The Declaration of Lima"