The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-28
BOUQUETS TO MEXICO
THE PAN-AMERICAN BANQUET A
GREAT SUCCESS.
DAVIS AND BARRETT SPEAK
PLEASANT WORDS SPOKEN OF SIS
TER REPUBLICS.


of Republican Government in the
Two Americas-Hon. John Barrett
Assures the Latin Delegates That
They Have Nothing TO Fear From
the Policy of the United States.
Our Pan-American Policy as Open
as a Book.
City of Mexico, Nov. 27.-The BAN
quet given tonight at the Chapulte-
pee Restaurant by the United States
delegation to the Pan-American Con-
Mexico and the other republics of
America, was a great success. In ad-
ditieH to the delegates from Mexico and
Central and South America, United
States Ambassador Clayton was pres
ent and also several prominent men
of Mexico's official world, including
Ignacio Mariscal Minister of Foreign
Relations; Gen. Manuel Gonzales CO.
sio, Minister of the Interior: Jose Ives
Limantour, Minister of Finance; Le-
andre Fernandez, Minister of Fomento;
Eduardo Castandena, Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court; Gen. Mucio p.
Martinez, Governor of the state of
Puebla; Col. Miguel Ahumada, Govern
or of state of chihuahua; Hon. RAJ
mon Corral, Governor of the federal
districts, and Guillermo de Landa y de-
Escandon. Mayor of the city.
Ex-senator H. G. Davis, chairman of
the United States delegation, proposed
a toast to President Diaz in the fol-
lowing terms:
son behalf of the delegates of the
United States and its seventy-five or
eighty millions Of free, loyal, happy,
liberty loving people, | extend to the
delegates of the second Pan American
Conference and to the people of all the
American republics, friendly greeting
and good will.
ssYou will find the delegates from the
United States ready and willing to aid
in all that tends to promote political
and commercial prosperity of the re-
publics, We beg you to join us in
helping to maintain peace, which Is
| the true and sure road to wealth, pros
| perity, happiness and liberty.
"I am a firm believer in the govern
ment of the people. for the people and
| by the people. and in what our Declar
alton of independence declares, viz.
|
| they are endowed by their Creator will
| certain inalienable rights: that among
these are life. liberty and the pursuit.
| of happiness Upon this and other
| declarations the United States Of
| America declared their independence oi
| Great Britain Upon the foundations
| that man has a right to govern him.
self this great. free and independent
| nation has grown up in a century apc
a quarter as a monument to liberty
and the right of self government
Turn to Central and South America
and you will find in comparatively few
years that more progress has been
made than in the three or four hun
| dred years under monarchical rule
Mexico is a good example of what has
| been accomplished under free and In
dependent government. The people are
happy, contented and prosperous. There
| has been more progress in Mexico III
| twenty years than all the time before
II feel sure great good will result
| from this Pan-American conference; II
will show to the crowned heads OF Eu-
rope and the world that the free, lib
erty-loving people of America, speak
ing different languages, can harmon
| ize and work to the end that all may
be happy, prosperous and contented.
bouquets to Mexico.
ITO Mexico 1 must say a few words
Since we, the delegates, crossed the
Rio Grande on our way here we have
received unbounded hospitality and
much more attention than our most
sanguine imagination conceived. Mex
| leo and the United States have much
| in common, bringing us closer together
Our territory joins; our constitutions
are nearly alike; the eagle is used as
the emblem of both our people are
mingling and trade between us has
rapidly Increased.
THE liberal and progressive policy
of your President has the respect and
admiration of the people of all the
American republics, and l propose we
stand and drink to the health and long
life of President Diaz and those as
sociated with him in state affairs"
The Hon. John Barrett. another of
the United States delegates, at the ex-
press request of his American col
leagues, made the principal speech of
the evening on behalf and in the name
of the United States delegates. His
closing remarks made deep and fav-
orable impression on the delegates
from the Spanish American countries
and the distinguished Mexican officials
present and were received with loud
applause.
Mr.. Barrett's Address.
The remarks in question were as
follows:
"And now a word upon the PAN
American policy of the United States.
IL would be presumptuous for me here
TO enlarge Upon or interpret the tra-
dltional rolicy and attitude of the
United States in her relations with her
sister republics of the Western hem
lsphere. II sufflces simply 10 empha-
size some clearly established truths
which opponents OF Pan-Americsnism.
whether nations, men or certain ele-
ment OF foreign and home press, hold
ing the sixpence OF prejudice too near
the eye 10 see the grand, enduring
truth beyond, cannot conirovert or de-
stroy. That (Pan-American) happily
has been unmisakably defined and
practiced through long period OF
years, but II has never been more hon.
sstiy and frankly interpreted than by
the late lamented President Mckinley
al Buffalo. BY President Roosevelt
when yet Vice President a. Minneap-
Ole, ana BY Secretary Hey at New
York.
'The words Of those representative
Americans are eth fresh in your
iheughta Preserve item there, ] bea
of you. ny PaD-Amfrican colleagues
and remember thai they express the
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