* * - The Pan-American Conference has ended -at Havana
without the trumpets with which it 'began. So- many of our best friends were engaged in it that we cannot disregard it as no business of ours, nor could anything so curious be• without interest to spectators. Englishmen are accustomed to summon conferences for the purpose of " letting off steam." At Havana the equality of all the Republics was proclaimed and not a jet of steam arose from Panama or Nicaragua. Mr. Hughes, whom we learned to respect so highly under President Harding, dominated the Conference with great success. (Was he helped by a sense of humour ?) Senor Pueyrredon, possibly the next President of Argentina, was the next most conspicuous figure, and stood up for freer trade. There is undoubtedly a spirit of good will which, with a realization that the strength of the United States is of value to all, chiefly influences all the parties. Where there is disquiet, a Latin tendency to jealousy prevents any united- stand against the predominance of one Republic. The United States will now proceed to ensure fair elections in Nicaragua. Nicaragua has not announced her part in the United States elections.
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