Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2017
The Central American Peace Conference which met at Washington on November 14 and adjourned December 20, 1907, in accordance with the protocol between the Eepublica of Costa Eica, Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, signed at Washington, September 17, 1907, is not only in accord with the general tendency of our times toward more helpful relations between neighboring nations, but is a direct outgrowth of a policy which has repeatedly led to similar conferences with a view to promote a better under-standing and a more complete cooperation between the republics of Central America.
The historical facts concerning the early attempts at union of the five Central American republics have been furnished by Mr. Francisco J. Yáines, Secretary of the International Bureau of the American Republics, and the account of the proceedings and results of the conference is based upon the Monthly Bulletin of the International Bureau of the American Republics for December, 1907, pages 1334–1373.
2 The text of this protocol will be found in the Supplement, I:406.
3 For list of delegates see Treaty and Conventions, Supplement for this number of the JOURNAL.
4 For the provisions, see the convention for the establishment of a Central American pedagogical institute, Supplement to this number.
5 As the president of the conference, Mr. Luis Anderson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Costa Rica, is to contribute an article upon the Central American Court of Justice, it would be as ungracious as it would be needless to enter into further details of this important convention.