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Show " WITS TO SEE. I "END . Of PERENNIAL DISTURBANCE Secretary --.Knox Much Concerned In Work of Restoring Condition of Calm In Central America. Washington. Much Interest Is attached at-tached to tho nolo which Secretary Knox on Wednesday dispatched to Se-nor Se-nor Esplnosa, tho NIcaraguan minister. minis-ter. Tho nolo Is supposed to contain n statement qf tho government's at-tltudo at-tltudo on tho Emory claim which tho United Stntcs has been trying to have arbitrated for years. Secretary Knox has been discussing tho Central American situation with public men nnd with his congressional callers during tho short period ho has been In tho stnto department, and It Is known that ho wants to see nn end of tho pcronnlnl disturbance. Tho situation has been likened to a hornet's nest, tho causes for tho existence of which should bo forever eradicated. Whether tho nolo to Mr. Esplnosa contnlns any observations defining tho government's position cannot bo learned from any responslblo source, although this would not be surprising In tho present temper of the administration. adminis-tration. That tho permanent establishment of peaceful conditions In Central America may bo brought about by the United States and Mexico Is tho opinion held nnd tho wish expressed by the largo South American countries, coun-tries, according to a statement of a prominent government offlcinl and a close student of Latin-American affairs. af-fairs. Ho declared that there had been a recent, change of attitude In theso countries .toward tho United Stntcs, an attitude which would not havo been possible several years ago. Ho pointed out that tho administration administra-tion papers In Brazil, Argentine and other countries are favoring notion by this government vigorous enough to forco Central American republics to realize "that the welfare of all tho American republics demands that they remain In peace. |