The Larger Significance of the Lima Conference

T HE International Conference of American States which assembled at the Peruvian capital on December ninth last, possesses a significance far deeper than the mere fact that it was the eighth in a series of Pan American Conferences which had their inception at Washington in 1889. In fact, for the origin of these Conferences we must go as far back as 1826, when the great hero of Spanish American independence, Simon Bolivar, called a meeting of the then struggling republics which assembled at Panama. Although but few countries were able to attend this meeting and the results were none too encouraging, this conference possesses real significance, for it brought into clear light the essential unity of interest, ideals, and destiny of the Americas. From 1826 to the present day, the history of the American republics is a history of ever increasing consciousness of unity and solidarity. It is true that in the course of the one hundred and thirteen years that have elapsed since the Congress of Panama there have been a number of setbacks, but viewing the essential trends during this long period, the direction of the movement has been clear and unmistakable

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