Abstract

Editorials

What the Pan-American conference should do is issue orders instead of making appeals. It should warn both Bolivia and Paraguay that their dispute over the Gran Chaco is properly subject to arbitration, that the two governments have solemnly sworn to let it be settled that way Tracy refers to the Gondra arbitration agreement, that war represents a breach of faith, that the Western World will not stand for it, and that if either or both governments persist measures will be taken to compel respect not only for their treaty obligations but for the duty they owe to keep the peace. There are plenty of means by which the Pan-American conference could enforce its will. It could arrange for a general embargo on exports and imports affecting both countries. It could do the same with reference to foreign loans, trade, and financial transactions.