724.3415/302: Telegram
The Chairman of the International Conference of
American States on Conciliation and Arbitration (Kellogg) to the Bolivian Acting Minister for Foreign
Affairs (Palacios)62
[Washington,] December 10, 1928.
As directed by the International Conference of American States on
Conciliation and Arbitration which convened in the city of
Washington this morning, I have the honor to transmit herewith the
following resolution which was unanimously adopted by this
Conference:
- “(1) To express to the Governments of the sister
Republics of Bolivia and Paraguay the keen desire and
the hope which it entertains that their present
differences shall be arranged pacifically and in a
spirit of justice, concord and of fraternity;
- “(2) To convey in a cordial and respectful manner to
those Governments, in conformity with the tradition of
this continent and with the general practices of modern
international law that nations under circumstances such
as the present have at their disposal organisms and
means adequate and efficient to find solutions which
harmonize the preservation of peace with the rights of
States;
- “(3) To transmit this resolution by telegraph to the
Governments of Bolivia and Paraguay;
- “(4) To form a Committee which shall report to the
Conference with respect to the conciliatory action
which, if necessary, it might render cooperating with
the instrumentalities now employed in the friendly
solution of the problem.”
