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PAN-AMERICANISM AND THE GREAT WAR.
While the Hispanic republics were entering upon the second century of their independent life, the idea of a certain community of interests between themselves and the United States began to assume a fairly definite form.

Though emphasized by American statesmen and publicists in particular, the new point of view was not generally understood or appreciated by the people of either this country or its fellow nations to the southward.

It seemed, nevertheless, to promise an effective cooperation in spirit and action between them and came therefore to be called "Pan-Americanism." This sentiment of inter-American solidarity sprang from several sources.
The periodical conferences of the United States and its sister republics gave occasion for an interchange of official courtesies and expressions of good feeling.

Doubtless, also, the presence of delegates from the Hispanic countries at the international gatherings at The Hague served to acquaint the world at large with the stability, strength, wealth, and culture of their respective lands.