Evening star

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Latins,' but the majority are Indians

and white. Panama is a mosaic of

Negroes, mulattoes, Chinese, Malays

and ft few Indians, which gives a

permanent headache to the small

white minority. Most of Costa Rica j

is white. Where the ‘Indo-Latins’ i

abound is in Mexico. Nicaragua,

Honduras. Salvador. Guatemala, Ecua

dor, Peru. Bolivia, Colombia and Para

guay have a strong majority of pure

Indian population, and the ‘Indo

Latins’ do not even make up 15 per

cent. That Indo-Latin race is the

one we are supposed to worship be

cause of its power, civilization and

great future.”

Language Common Bond.

The only common bond would be

the language to some extent. Except j

In Haiti, where French is spoken,

and Brazil, whose official language

is Portuguese, the rest of Latin Amer

ica speaks a more or less battered

Spanish. Two million Mexicans speak

only Indian tongues.

Such is the Dackground against

which on Pan-American Day speeches

are made about inter-American fra- I

ternity and ‘‘common aims.” Such

is also the background of the next

Pan-American conference, the latest i

of a long series whose practical re

sults have been meager.

The most valuable contribution of

Pan-American conferences has been

in the direction of conciliation and

arbitration of international disputes.

Several treaties have emerged from

these meetings, and some of them

have been ratified by a majority of

the nations represented.

There is a Dominican-Colombian

plan for the creation of a "Pan

American League of Nations," which

will probably find a place on the

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1938). Washington, D.C., 1938-04-10. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1938-04-10/ed-1/?sp=74

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1938-04-10.