Show NATIONS TO NUMBER BETO OF TWENTY NINE TO PARTICIPATE IN PANAMA F Am AmI I L- L WASHINGTON April To 6 date twenty eight foreign governments have bave lave signified 8 their ther Intention or of participating g gin at at- San In the Panama Pacific Pana exposition S next year yer Notable absentees are two to countries which heretofore have bave been boen most liberal exhibitors at all aU American expositions namely Great Britain and d Germany Gera but there the is i every ever assurance that t oven even If Lf i the te do donot donot donot governments of ot these theae thee two countries not relent at the last lat moment end and e recall their declinations there will ivill wU be bo thousands of or British and Gorman German Goran exhibits contributed contri contri- buted by Individuals bute Tho The count countries which have so BO far fa noti notified not not- noti- noti fled fied 1 the to state department of their Intention Intention tion ton officially to recognize the fair to toKe together to- to Ke nether gether er with wt amounts amount amount of money appropriated aPPO- aPPO lows Iowa for exhibits Is Js known know are a aa a follows fol follows tol- tol Tho The Argentine republic Bo Bolivia Bolivia Bo- Bo B- B livia UVa Braill BraMI SO Canada Chile Cie China Cuba proposed Denmark Dominican republic Ecuador France Guatemala Hit Haiti Honduras HondUras' Italy Japan Liberia Mexico accepted Invitation In 1912 i Persia r P-r Peru P Portugal al Slam Siam Sweden Sweden Turkey Uruguay f Venezuela lOO The Nor Norwegian government had ac accepted accepted a- a ac- ac the Invitation g but the legislative body boy of that country countr refused refuse to t appropriate appropriate prate th the te estimated by the government government gov gov- as ne necessary for an a exhibit Nine governments Including most of ot otte the te great at powers have signified t their In Intention In- In tenton to send end naval naval contingents to participate par par- pa- pa In th the naval nava parade prade from Hampt Hampton Hampton Hamp Hamp- ton Roads to the Golden Gate via the i t R t Panama canal which Is Ic expected to signalize sig tho the opening of ot the te exposition next Navy department officials who are arranging ar- ar ranging the program think this number will wt be increased at least lest threefold before midsummer Tho The nine countries are Argentine Argentine Ar Ar- Ar gentine republic Cuba Cub France Grman Germany Great Britain Italy Itly Japan Japa Portugal and Russia Austria Austra tras aas the invitation under consideration I According to the tho present prent program the international n fleet f Is to gat r n Hampton Hampton Hampton Hamp Hamp- ton Roads early erly in January Januar next and sail n In tn one long column about the te end of that tt month mont for Clon Colon In view of tho the fact that the te season Is usually Inclement there I talk of or postponing the assembly assembly as as- a of ot the fleet feet until early spring but no definite denle has bas yet bee been made to change the t date dat |