Show PAN AMERICA WILL f STRIKE NEW NOTE IN WORLD UNITY j i mutual helpfulness and un co uy t I 1 V I 1 example to all trade relationship ideal as ro re suit of trust in motives held by sister notions BY DR L a editors Edl tora note neta As director genral eral of the ran pan american lilloll and the authorized general exponent of ull all uie the latin am rian 22 in rr umber dr roiva is I 1 working eu u ergeti cally and aad exper export tv to forward a combi combined lleti effort tin im the purt part tt A hiotes r tell maff iverc to lUL cuema t anle ale hois ill III artl v 11 1 l 1 I 1 rl r l ln nn ilK riall ill vini uni biating the dream of 0 tho the civilized peoples ot of the world since history recon led lod civilization has haa heen been and lg IS baclic being accomplished today on tho the winborn continent international disputes are being settled bellied before their activities have moro more than been born aro are smothered in the tha cradle injustice Is an unknown qu quality anity tho the sword has haa indeed boon beaten into a plow bare and thin in the face ace ot of tho the cry there will always be war while millo the great nations of th tha 6 world blaw with suspicion even tho the of u peace overtures that shall last forever view flow with distrust tho the hopes ot of a util versal disarmament cling to the th ot of war with ono one hand band while touching tho the olive branch with the tha othor other thoro there Is ill before them en an example of 0 coopers co tion of international helpful helpfulness nea S of smoothed way away across a table that has been going on for years and with each now new year a more complete understanding and a closer drawing together of the nations thus affected anti anil while tho the great nations of the tha earth shout of their civilization and their desire for or brotherhood and RO go on with the over evor increasing program of ships and suns gunia the tb 1 pan I tn american union COOM coca on itu its way bringing peace and rit to its tu amber ship and trust and confidence ence in its ita throughout the tha world the tha masses of the hoople aro are pi through a period of disillusion mealand mea tand and disappointment the high hop hopes i es entertained immediately subsequent 49 to the great war that the world was waa eater entea ine inc uvon unon a now naw ora of international goodwill good will and operation cooperation co hava been sadly shattered enthusiasm has giren way to moral lassitude and the rea resurgence of selfish nationalistic and even imperialistic ambitions on the part or the peoples of europe has developed an atmosphere of pessimism with reference to the future futura of western civilization tho the bitter experience of tho the last few years has ass served to undermine many accepted and hitherto ungues cloned beliefs relative to dl al affairs there la Is a growing feeling that the ruthless ruthlo sg international competition which has haa characterized world relations d during the last century has not produced tho results which were anticipated eyon those countries that seemed to gain the greatest advantage from tills this co coa system have often fou found d these advantages hollow and of little permanent value with ahls fri freas ing doubt as 93 to the efficiency of antor national competition thoro there la is a growing feeling that the welfare of tho the masses of the people in all coun countries tries can boat best be guaranteed through a policy of international operation cooperation co rather than com first Confer conference Contemn once co since the first pan american con ference held in 1889 1989 under tho the states manlike of 0 james G blaine there has been worked out a I 1 policy of international operation cooperation co and Milt mutual ital helpfulness t the republics of alye american con continent which my may well serve as aa an example and inspiration to the nations of the world for a period of over thirty year the diplomatic representatives representative of the american republics have been meeting each month provided presided over by i the secretary of state of the united states to discuss matters matter 0 f common interest Into inte iest and concern con corn through buell auch interchange of thought anti and ovi opinion rilon thoro has baa loon leon created an ail atmosphere of mutual trust and confidence which has bas served to solve amicably and through tho reasonable anti and orderly processes of discussion it a largo large number of problems willell which might otherwise have become the source of international liati onal irritation even mole moie significant than the ut of pending intel problem iu IS tile bart 01 mutual which has haa fount aud and which still rinds finds it the iho pan ilan american union through thiu thia organization the ox pori euto o ot of the tha entire american con carl limont 63 a plated at tho dispo disposal sill 0 each and evory every one of tho republics Wh anover expert service la IS required tor for tho the solution of a any y pending domestic problem whether it la is in ili mat teia of 0 education sanitation irrigation or ony any othor other department ot 01 national activity tile tho ol oi tho the Anio rican republics are abart that they can secure such export expert service from tile the ilan amerlia Amerle a union 11 ough the intermediary ot of the diplomatic at washington a a constant exL exchange hange ot of information and the effectiveness of tills this la Is by the 01 ol the pan ilan american union espella 1 ly tile tho spanish portuguese ao and english editions of the monthly Bul bulletin lotin sul supplemented ted by handbooks handbook i of each of tile tho republics and publications relating to their foreign commerce com merca the educational section of the union quion under tho the ablo able direction of the assistant director dr francisco J kanost Is unremitting in its efforts of forts to develop closer cultural ties between the abo republics of tills continent Ough tile the activities of tills this section have bavo boon been established in the united milled states tor for students denty front from latin american Ameil can countries and S similar milar ly students ts from the iho united state aro are given opportunities to pursue special investigations in latin america claims settled at stated intervals since tho the assembling sem bling of tho first alist pan ilan american conference in 1889 additional confer anees havo have boon hold held each of which has haa contributed lla its sharo share toward bringing about closer relations between tile the different of the continent through a series of ties and contentions agreed upon at these conferences it has loen leen possible to loam an ail orderly solution of problems which might otherwise havo have become tile the subject of differences thus such auch questions as the t sq of pecuniary claims tho the formulation and codification of in tor tornaU national onal eidly uw tile the control of ln in anti and contagious diseases and I 1 many other matters have been covered 11 by conventions through gli which nn all early procedure Is established for fol their solution these general pan american con ferencis feron feren cog cos havo have been by a series of specialized conferences which havo have also their duo sharo toward developing pan ilan american operation cooperation co soon after tho the outbreak of the european war tho the secretary of tho the i treasury rea sury called a conference of the ministers ot of finance of tho american republics to consider tho the financial sit naion which had arisen by reason iut t the war in europe this cantor bp omet domet in washington in 1915 and id led co the formation of a permanent known as tile the inter american high COmmis olon designed to foster closer operation cooperation co eq between the different sections ot of tho continent this commission is ig made anade up of a national seton so ton Olga iltz ed in ili each country pro presided sided over by the of finance and composed of nine eminent finan clois anti and jurists at the tha close of the war the second of these international conferences mot met at washington to consider the financial situation in which the iho american republics found themselves by reason reas 0 n of new conditions created by the termination of the war this second confer conference once entrusted to this permanent organ organization the inter amer ican high Commis commission slon the further duty of fostering closer financial and commercial ties and this work is now being balb carried forward with most gratifying results tho the first pan ilan Amor Amo llan rilan scientific congress Con giess which was held at santiago chile in 1908 was waa a further fa actor c tor in establishing closer cultural ties between tile the republics of america prior to 1908 these congresses were latin american rather than man pan american in character and tho the incle tell ion of the united states was waa intend id HI aa a demonstration of tile the com eunity 0 and cultural of 0 the latious of america Amerl ci lt t tho the santiago congress Congie aa of 1908 rep of science nd ind letters of overy Alua rican country lut let for foi interchange ot of views anti and do de plans tor for closer intellectual o operation llie hie faO belond ol of those Congi congresses esses was hold held at ff lashington in ilig and ami the third lit at lima boru in july 92 3 |