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WALKER, GEO. E. WEST, L. PERRY Resources $14,000,000.00 LLETIN —... 44- A- „• =n PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE AMERICAN CONSULAR ASSOCIATION VOL. V, No. 8 WASHINGTON, D. C. AUGUST, 1923 The Fifth International Conference of American States Held at Santiago, Chile, March 25 to May j, IQ 2j> THE delegation of the United States of Delegation, was elected president and Mr. Manuel America to the Fifth International Confer¬ Rivas Vicuna secretary general of the Conference. ence of American States was composed as During their visit to Santiago the members of follows: the delegation received many courtesies from Delegates—Hon. Henry P. Fletcher, chair¬ United States Ambassador Collier, and from the man; Hon. Frank B. Kellogg, Hon. Atlee Pome- Embassy staff. rene, Hon. Willard Saulsbury, Hon. Frank C. The Conference ended on May 3, 1923. The Partridge, Hon. George E. Vincent, Hon. Wm. United States delegation left Santiago for Buenos Eric Fowler, Hon. L. S. Rowe. Aires, on May 6, sailing from Buenos Aires by Secretary of the Delegation—Hon. J. Butler the S. S. Western World on May 10, arriving at Wright. New York May 28. The Argentine and Chilean Assistant Secretaries—Mr. E. C. Wilson and governments put at the disposal of the delegation Mr. Cord Meyer, of the U. S. Diplomatic Service. a special train to convey it from Santiago to Special Assistant and Disbursing Officer—Miss Buenos Aires and every effort was made to pro¬ Margaret M. Hanna. vide for the comfort and convenience of the dele¬ Technical Assistants—Mr. G. A. Sherwell, Mr. gates during the journey. E. F. Feely, Mr. R. H. Ackerman, of the Depart¬ Returning from the Conference, the delegation ment of Commerce; Captain W. R. Sales, U. S. was received by the Presidents of Argentina and Navy; Major. F. E. McCammon, U. S. Army; Uruguay, and entertained by the Ministers of Dr. }. D. Long, U. S. Public Health Service. Foreign Affairs of Uruguay and Brazil, by United The delegation sailed from New York on the States Ambassadors Riddle and Morgan, and by S, S. Santa Teresa on March 6, 1923, and arrived Minister Philip. at Valparaiso March 24, proceeding to Santiago The various topics of the program to be con¬ the same day. En route to the Conference the sidered at the Conference were referred to eight delegation was received by the presidents of principal committees, as follows: Political, Jurid¬ Panama and Peru, and was entertained by the ical, Hygiene, Communications, Commerce, Agri¬ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru and by culture, Armaments and Education. In addition, United States Minister South and Charge a Government Committee was constituted, com¬ d’Affaires Sterling. posed of the heads of delegations, under the The inaugural session of the Conference was chairmanship of the President of the Conference, held on Monday, March 26, at 3:30 p. m. to supervise and regulate the work of the Con¬ Mr. Agustin Edwards, chairman of the Chilean ference; to this committee were also referred, in [225] the first instance, all new questions and indepen¬ Documents: The purpose of this convention is to dent resolutions and the subject of future con¬ assist Inter-American Commerce, often handi¬ ferences. capped by the lack of knowledge of the different The Conference held 16 plenary sessions, ap¬ customs laws, regulations and procedure. The proved and signed 4 conventions and adopted 73 convention not only provides for the exchange of resolutions. all customs laws, decrees and regulations between The conventions concluded were the following: the contracting states but also entrusts to the (1) A Continental Treaty providing for the Inter-American High Commission the publication settlement of disputes arising between the Ameri¬ of a hand book containing such laws of the can Republics by means of an impartial investiga¬ respective countries. A single amendment, sub¬ tion of the facts involved. This treaty provides mitted by the United States Delegation, was that all controversies arising between the Ameri¬ agreed to, which provides for the publication of can States which it has been impossible to settle these laws in an abridged form to comply with through diplomatic channels shall be submitted to the usage prevalent in the United States. a Commission of Inquiry for investigation and re¬ Among the resolutions adopted by the Confer¬ port. The Commission will be composed of five ence are: members, all nationals of American States, and will render its report within one year from the Reorganization of the Pan American Union. date of its first meeting; the findings of the Com¬ Matters relating to hygiene, including the fol¬ mission will be considered as reports and will not lowing points : (1) A statement of guiding prin¬ have the force of arbitral awards. The treaty ciples and procedures in the development of pub¬ follows the general lines of the Bryan Treaties lic health work, (2) a uniform international mari¬ and of the treaty establishing Commissions of In¬ time sanitary code, (3) change of name from In¬ quiry concluded in February, 1923, between the ternational to Pan American Sanitary Bureau, (4) United States of America and the Republics of responsibility of Government for care of indigent Central America. It is noteworthy that this treaty sick, (5) development of public hygiene as a pro¬ is exclusively American in character, providing a fession, (6) continued recognition of hygiene means of settlement of American disputes by and public health by Pan American Conferences, Americans. (7) sanitary safeguarding of national frontiers, (2) Trade Mark Convention: The United (8) uniform standards for foods and drugs, (9) States Delegation with a view to meeting the ob¬ international conferences of heads of health serv¬ jections of certain of the Latin American coun¬ ices, (10) detailed suggestions for incorporation tries to the Trade Mark Convention of 1910, pre¬ in the proposed sanitary code, and (11) increase in sented a draft convention, which, after certain the list of obligatorily reportable diseases and ex¬ modifications made at the request of other delega¬ pressing appreciation of the services rendered by tions, was approved. It is believed that this con¬ the Rockefeller Foundation to the cause of inter¬ vention as finally signed affords all the protection national health and medical education; that can reasonably he expected for American Improvement of Ocean Transportation, con¬ Trade Marks on this continent and that the pay¬ taining the proposal of the American Delegation ment of national fees in their entirety as provided recommending the encouragement and improve¬ for should be acceptable to trade mark owners, ment of maritime communications between the who will now have the privilege of selecting the States of this continent by the adoption of uni¬ countries where they want their trade marks form rules and regulations in the ports of entry, registered. The basic principle of the convention the granting of such exemptions and facilities as fully respects the national legislation and fiscal are compatible with the laws of each State to the interests of all the signatory states and gives full merchant ships of other States, and the advance¬ protection to trade mark users in the countries ment of maritime communications of the Pacific where ownership of the mark is acquired through between the United States and the countries of registration. Central and South America in order completely (3) Convention for the Uniformity of Nomen¬ to satisfy the requirements of commercial traffic, clature for the Classification of Merchandise: This recognizing, however, the improvements made in convention, presented by the American Delegation, these communications during recent years; provides for the use of the so-called Brussels Intercontinental Railroad and Motor Transpor- Nomenclature of 1913 by the contracting parties lation. providing in part for the reorganization of in their statistics on national commerce. the Pan American Railroad Commission, and (4) Convention for the Publicity of Customs (Continued on page 243) [226] The “Four Horsemen” In The Near East Sy Consul General George Horton, Formerly of Smyrna A REVIEW in detail of the happenings dur¬ gold to cash the drafts of American citizens ing the recent upheaval in Smyrna would who were contemplating leaving for the United be sufficient to fill volumes, and these States, the passage through France to Switzer¬ hurried sketches are given in a free-hand way in land at the moment when France was mobiliz¬ the hope that they may be of interest to my ing all the resources of the whole nation and colleagues who know of that war and flame- her citizens were converging upon the railroad visited s t a tions, part of the my jour¬ world. I ney down have had through the what I be¬ heart of lieve is the S witzer- -unique ex¬ land, where perience of I found my being a wife and c o nsular d aughter, officer a t and my re- t w o large t u r n to cities, Sa¬ Smyrna lonika and under the Smyrna, circum¬ both of stances which have then exist¬ been de¬ ing are ex- stroyed by periences h i s t o ric of extreme fires.