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Show I PROPOSALS I FOR CREATING NEUTRAL ZONE I In Waters of Western Hemisphere I Will Be Laid Before the WHt1 Governing Board of Union I Washington, Deo. 2. Proposals I for creating a neutral zono in tiio I waters of tho western Wmlsphero I and conserving tho rights of neutrals I will bo laid by the United States be I foro the governing board ot'the Pan I American union which consists ot' I diplomatic representatives of tho 21 I American republics. I The governing board will meet on I Tuesday. I Will Discuss All Suggestions I Secy. Dryan Banld today that all I the suggestions which have been I mado will be discussed. Argentine, I Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Ecuador I are among tho countries iwltlch havo I formally communicated plans for tho I restoration ot Bhlpplng infills hcmt sphoro through a more vigorous as- scrtlon ot neutral rights. The con-I con-I terenco will tako tho forms ot an ex- chango of views by tho diplomatists I and also will Include such questions I as wireless and coaling which already I havo made controversies with Eur-H Eur-H opean belligerents. Tho general pur-H pur-H pose ot the meeting is to reach a concord of views on neutrality qucs-I qucs-I tlons, so that the 21 American re-I re-I publics will speak as with ono voice I to tho European belligerent powers I whenever now questions arise. Peru's suggestion for a neutral H zono extending tho territorial waters H from tho threo mllo limit to lucludo H a largo area within which coastwise H trade ot all belligerents should be unmolested is not viowed by tho Unl-H Unl-H ted States as practicable at present, because of tho bollct that such a move would be mlslntcrprctca by ono I or the other of tho belllgorents. Such a step could coma only from tho vol-I vol-I untary action ot tho belligerents, ac-I ac-I cording to President Wilson's recent I ly expressed view. Olllclals here be-I be-I Hove the project Bhould bo pressed I by tho concert of Pan American na- v tlons after the war. Chllehad suggested that foreign warships bo refused coal In nny American Am-erican ports or that only sufllclent coal bo given to permit n warship to reach a port in an adjacent country. Colombia already Iiob adopted the latter method in dealing with belligerent bel-ligerent ships. Argentlno nnd Ecuador have Informed In-formed tho United States that they bellovo a number of now questions have arlseu since tho outbreak of the war which demand Joinv consld, eratlou by tho Pan American nations becauso of tho i.lentlty of their interests in-terests as neutrals. Thoso two countries coun-tries suggested the calling for a conference con-ference either of special delegates or. of diplomatic representatives through tho l'an American Union, with a view to a thorough discussion of tho situation. sit-uation. Only Feasible Plan After conference botween President Presi-dent Wilson, Secretary Hryan nnd Counselor Robert Lansing, It was dq elded that the only fenslbto plun at present was to lay tho ontlro question beforo the Pan American governing body. Thcro tho diplomatic representatives repre-sentatives can discuss questions Informally In-formally without committing their Kovcrnments to any specific course and out of such interchanges of views 1'lans mny bo evolved tliut can bo carried to tho respective governments for uniform action. |