PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS. After the failure of (I • 1 f held in for the purpose of taking inea.nrcs looking toward a (dose union among the .1nierican republics for the furtheranee of their eoiniffon weifarc, various efforts followed at intervals to bring together a congress of all the American States with a view to a more lengthy and earnest discussion of the important questions of com mon interest to the republics of America. Fi nally in 1817 a eongress representing Live Smith American republics was held at Lima and re sulted in treaties of confederation and of coin inerce and navigation, a consular convention, and a postal treaty. Again in I si; 4 a congress of delegates representing seven South American re publics and one Central .1meriefin State was held at Lima for the purpose of foroiug a Latin American Union. The sessions were secret and its work was without substantial result. Iim 1878 a tint d congress was held at Linia and consisted of representatives from seven Stunt American States and the island of (•uba. Treat ies of international law and extradition were pre pared and afterward ratified by litiatentala and Uruguay. In 1S51 the governments of the t'entrai States issued invitations for a congress it Afiter• lean republics, to be held at 1). (•., in November, 1882, for the 1)111'11(1,4. 44 "consider ing and discussing the methods of war between the nations of _knieriea," but, on account of the war between Chile. Bolivia. and Peru and the failure of Congress to make the necessary the were withdrawn. Filially on October 2. 1$89. a congress represent ing every American republit. except Santo 1)0 mingo met at 1Vashington under the Presidency of Mr. The emigres, remained in session till April 21st. Its work consisted of a number of
recommendat hills, few of which were ever ,l'1"1411 by the governments interested. The principal of these related to the free navigation iif .1inerican a Sys1(.111 44 weights and ineas tires throughout .\ merica. a uniform standard 44 value, and a common silver coin. an international bunking system. uniform extradition treaties, reciprocity, uniform consular fee., harbor ices and regulations, uniform sanitary regulations. and the establishment of a Bureau of Informa. tion for the dissemination of intelligence concern ing the (401111114.1T4' :mid resources of the Alfieri( (111 repllid les, In December. 1$99, the thivernmeni of the United States suggested the holding of an other congress. and upon the invitation of the (Mvernment of 31exico the City of chosen for the place of meeting, and the date set was 22. 1901. Eventually the pivern inents of all the American meepted the invitation and the congress not 4111 the date p• 1141111t ell. it was in session until January :11, 1903, a part of the time being spent in visiting places of int rro-t in Mexico. The work of t..e congress consisted of a number of protocols, treaties, conventions, resolutions, and recommen dations. The more important of these were a protocol of adhesion to the Hague Convention for the settlement of international disputes: a treaty of compulsory arbitration signed by 10 delega tions, and resolutions favoring construction of a pan-Amerivan railway; an international customs congress for international sanitation, collection, and publication of statistics relative to American trade and resources.