The evening times., 1901-05-20


and construction the architect, the artist
2gd the sculptor bring the latest fruits Gf
| their arts. the fTesqFSE devices Of their
fancy. Within the buildings all is new;
pictures just painted, statues just carved
| the last word OF science and invention
! the latest fashions IN stuffs and furniture
I'll their spaces and line their corridors
70 throw all this newneSs into yet higher
/ relief we have fallen into the habit Of
placing beside it reproductions made but
yesterday Of the houses and streets and
costumes Of centuries long dead and gone
so that we may feel still more keen!y the
vivid existence Of that which is our own
| This Buffalo Exposition has been called
aH-AmeTiCan- 1t aims to bring together
all the peoples and States of this Amerf-
can hemisphere, not merely that their
trstIE with each other may be increa Sed
but that their mutual relations may be
CI;1SeF drawn ana better understood Here
/ indeed IS a great purpose worthy of much
consideration, here indeed Is represented
a national policy which for many years
has never been absent from the minds of
the people Of the United States but
! which has been too much neglected and
too often pushed aside by the presence Of
( other interests
To you Of the Central and Southern
Continent believe that the American
people and the Government of the Unit
ed States would say If they could speak
with single voice, that they desire moth
ing so much as TO strengthen all the
bonds which connect them with your re-
pNDiicS. We hope that you viii believe
that this IS not the expression of a mere
civlity- We desire that you should re
gard the United States as your best
TREND. We seek no extension to the
southwark We desire nothing that is
yours We ask only for your friendship.
Tor your commerce and for your good
VIII. y = also earnestly hope thai you
VIII unite with US in the support of what
We believe to be the true policy for
America, both North and South That
TtAcy Is expressed in the Monroe Doc
/ trine. and carries with it also the pur-
pose Of drawing close the bonds between
/ the two continents and extending the be-
( lief IN the solidarity OF American inter
The Central American cana is as i'm
portant to You as to 1t viii bring
the western coast of South America into
! immediate sea connection with our At
! laHtIc coast and your Atlantic coast into
Immediate connection with California.
That canal We are prepared to build at
our own expense That canal we intend
! to control, not in our oEn Interests alone.
( but IN the interest of all the States of
both continents. II is to be an American
canal and the United States IS abundant
/ y able to alone guarantee It's neutrality,
/ to require no help financially or political
! " from any country, ana to protect Il
for the benefit Of America and Of the
world. IN this great undertaking we ask
! from you of the South neither men nor
| money. bat only that you should give
/ your sympathy and moral support and
/ that YOU should believe that the canal
( built by the United States is as much in
/ your interests as in ours
+ W q ask you also, and this is more i'm
! portant than anything els to stand by
US in the answering maintenance OF the
/ Monroe I'octrlne. ! nat oocIrlle IS mat
no possession now held by Europe IS to
| be disturbed. but that Europe is to acquire
| no new possessions and to extend no Old
ones. | nder no prete1ce can We Of the
! American hemisphere suffer Europe to
enter in and establish colonies or seek to
/ partition Central or South America We
/ cannot we VIII not permit any great
| military Power to enter this hemisphere,
/ settle down by our fTesides, force US to
( create great standing armies and from
| some point Of vantage offer an eternal
/ menace to our peace You have your own
/ countries and your ovr Governments
/ We wish you peace, prosperity, an m
| creasing population and growing wealth,
| but we wish YOU to nave II under your
| own flags and in absolute Independence.
| without any possibility o1 interference Dy
/ F,uroDp. We ask you to be true TO the
/ doctrine which we announced seventy-dye
| years ago If you VIII mt y0uT taltn IN
| il and be true to ft. We ss3il defend IL No
! American soil shall be gfTen up to any
/ Power of Europe We wish nothing but
/ friendship with Europe; we do not seek
| to meddie in any way in European affairs
/ and We do not wish to have Europe med
| die with US No Power which now has no
! foothold IN this hemisphere can be per
| nlttcd to come in here and by purchase.
I lease, or other arrangement get contToi OF
/ even the smallest island Tor the purpose
| Of establishing q naval station or a place
! OF arms.
| At the conclusion of Senator Lodges
address Frederic Amy read q poem
written for dedication day and Lieutenant
Governor Woodruff is te follow with an
address. The band viii play "Ameri-
| ca. - in which the Orpheus Society of Buff
faIo and the audience will join The
benediction viii be said by the Rt. Rev.
! William D. Walker, Bishop of western
/ New York, and the bard will close the
formal ceremonies.
| A half hour after the general parade
| started there was a procession of the con-
cessionaires, under the direction of Louis
L. Babcock, marshal At noon there was
an exhibition of scientific kite flying The
programme of the day will end with
| pyrotechnicaI display at dusk, beginning
with the discharge Of SO guncotton rock
cts, and the grounds VIII be closed at Il
o'clock tonight.
| Distinguished men from all parts of the
| United States We're in attendance today-
one of the first to arrive being Senator
| Hanna.
| Governor OdeITs military staff arrived
at o'clock this morning and viii depart
| at Il O'Clock. ~, X. Vanderbilt and a
party of friends arrived from the East in
a private car yesterday afternoon. St.
Louis sent five special cars containing
boomers for the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
| position and they are working ike beav-
ers.
| Buffalo is well decorated for the occa-
| sion. With few exceptions the stores in
| Main Street are closed TODAY ana the
| same conditions prevail in all business
streets Flags are flying everywhere
Capt Joshua Slocum and his famous
| boat Spray arrived off the foot of George
| Street at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
| finishing the trip from New York begun
on May l.
& FALL OF FORTY FEET.
An Exposition PIustereT Brought