| Show delegates may meet in washington to sign agreement for beima nent peace n southland agreement would carry interment Int ervent on clause in order to prevent a repe t tion of the fa lure of past convent ons between little states always at war washington most of the re presen natives of the central american re publics who remain in washington or vicinity called acting secretary ot state bacon on thursday day this be ing diplomat day to talk individual ly with him about the project for a general convention of delegates from their countries in washington to en deavor to reach an agreement likely to result in permanent peace in that quarter of the world with all par ties willing to enter upon such a con ference the d appears to lie in the unwillingness of any to take the initiative on account of personal pride each of the little republics thinks that it has a grievance against its neighbor and in the absence ot any apology as a condition precedent to an international gathering would have the other part make the first advances the state department here supported in principle by the mexican government is extremely desirous ot this conference but is es topped from itself formally pr opong a meeting by a tear that it motives might be misunderstood and it be suspected of selfish designs and unwarrantable intervention it is understood that all ol 01 the min aisters arp in constant communication with their home governments upon this subject and as one of them said there is reasonable ground tor hope that within a very short time through an exchange of notes or per haps an informal personal meeting be tween the ministers here an agree ment can be reached tor the conven alon of the delegates in washington some time next winter there have been otner conventions between these countries looking to the preservation of the peace but all were fatally detective in lacking a compel sory feature so it has been suggest ed that it another treaty la drawn in washington as the outcome of the pro jecter convention it shall clothe am erica and mexico with the positive duty of intervening in the interests of peace in cases of disagreement that do not yield to treatment by the or binary methode ot diplomacy |
