Sr. Cantilo, declared that American solidarity will be the keynote of the Conference. "Argentina," he said, "will be animated by the greatest desire to collaborate in a spirit of continental solidarity and harmony."
The Conference which is to open here on Friday is expected to stir the interest of all American countries in the affairs of the Pacific Ocean. In line with the trend toward a common defence policy for the American republics the affairs transpiring on and beyond the Pacific, as well as its strategic possibilities, are expected to engage an increasing amount of attention.
The present sense of insecurity which pervades much of the American continent seems to have been caused primarily by events in Europe, but Japan's amazing rise in military power is also a matter of logical concern to the American republics since thirteen of them have Pacific coast-lines, another (Bolivia) relies upon the Pacific ports of Chile and Peru for transit of her
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