Panama Congress

was called by the Spanish-American Republics in 1826. The United States sent delegates too late for the preliminary meeting and the adjourned congre for 1827 never occurred. Among the objects of the proposed congre interesting to the United States were: The establishment of liberal doctrines of commercial intercourse; a ent to the doctrine that free ships make free goods, and an agreement that ‘‘each will guard against the establishment of any future European colony within its borders.’ The failure of the Congre showed that an alliance between the United States and the petty Republics was inadvisable. President John Quincy Adams was warmly in favor of the proposed meeting, but Congre did not favor it. Pan-American Congre , an international conference of representatives from the United States and from seventeen States of Central and Vol. VI.—5 South America, which a embled at Washington, October 2, 1889, on the invitation of the United States. Its purpose was to adopt some plan of arbitration for the settlement of disputes, and plans for the improvement of busine intercourse and means of communication between the countries. San Domingo was the only State to refuse the invitation. The delegates were taken on a tour of inspection through the Union, prior to a embling for the busine convention. Nothing very definite was arrived at in the convention, which was of value chiefly through its exposition of the commercial status and resources of the various countries. The Bureau of American Republics was established at the suggestion of this convention. 64