Show is TIREO OF WAR delegates may meet in washington to sign agreement for permanent peace in southland agreement would carry interment Int ervent on clause in order to prevent a repe t 11 t on of the failure of past conventions between little states always at war washington most of the rei rel resen tallies of the central american republics who remain in washington or vicinity called upon acting secretary of state bacon on thursday this be ing diplomatic day to talk individual ly with hlin him about the project pi eject for a 6 general convention of delegates from their countries in washington to en deahr 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 difficulty 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 ance Nance against its neighbor and ia in the absence of any apology as a condition precedent to an international gathering would have the other party make the first advances the state department here supported in principle by the mexican government Is extremely d desirous of furthering this conference but Is es topped from itself formally proposing a meeting by a fear that its motives be misunderstood and it be suspected of selfish designs and unwarrantable intervention it Is that all of the min aisters are la ili constant communication with their home governments upon this subject and as one of them said there Is reasonable ground for hope that within a very short time through an exchange of notes or per baas an informal personal meeting be meen the ministers here an agree ment can be reached for the conven tion of the delegates in washington some time timo next winter there have been other conventions between these countries looking to the preservation of the peace but all were fatally defective in lacking a compel sory feature so it has been suggest ed that if another treaty is drawn in washington as the outcome of the pro ejected 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 methods of diplomacy |