The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-27
REMARKABLE SPEECH DELIVER
ED BY COLOMBIAN DELEGATE
AT PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS
IN RESPONSE TO A TOAST
Gen. Reyes Says He Is Confident the
United States Joins Him in
the Sentiment Ex-
pressed
THANKED BY SPANISH ENVOY

MEXICO CITY, Oct 26.-The members
of the Mexican delegation to the Pam
American congress today informally met
their foreign colleagues to receive SuE-
gestlons as to the amendments to t.le
proposed regulations of tha cong ress, es-
pecially to chapter 8, with respect to the
formallties of the sessions, an amend
ment that has very strong support. 1t is
one in favor of throwing open the ses-
sions to the representatives of the press
instead of their being secret.
This evening the delegates attended a
reception given by the minister of for
elgn relations, Mariscal and Mrs. Maris-
cal, in the department of foreign rela-
tions. The best of Mexican society was
present. Mrs. Mariscal, herself a WASH
ington lady, did the honors charmingly.
Light refreshments were provided.
No end of talk is heard today about
a speech of Gen. Rafael Reyes, delegate
from Colombia, at a banquet given by
the city council of Mexico in honor of
the delegates to the Pan-American con-
gresS.
Gen. Reyes was responding to the toast
of the delegates, and was speaking for
those from the United States as well as
the Spanish-Americans In this capacity
he paid a warm tribute to Spain, speak
ing in part as follows:
The Praise of Spain. -
s'Fhe royal, and, at the same time, kind
and sincere welcome extended by Mexico
TO the nations of the continent discovered
selves, is an eloquent proof that the iso-
latlon in which we have lived hitherto has
rot effaced the feeling of affection prop
er to the children of a common mother,
religion, her blood and her traditions,
and who now, tired with her past glories
will feel that we, her descendants, are
lot ungrateful and that on the occasion
of our first meeting in this hospit able
land, side by side with the representa-
tlves of the great Northern republic and
of Brazil and Haiti we send her an en-
thusiastie greeting. as well as to Portu-
coVerer of the Indies and southern shores
of Africa. In this greeting l am sure We
will be willingly joined by the great
Northern republic, where everything that
is great and noble receives generous well
come, and because the programme of
that republic is progress, civilization and
Justice
The Marquis De Pratt, Spanish minis
ter, arose and thanked Gen. Reyes. 1t
has been currently reported that the
mission of the marquis was especially to
watch the Pan-American congress-.
The utterances of Gen. Reyes have
the support of the clerical and pro-Span-
ish press, which evidently desires to in
ject a good deal of Spanish-American
spirit into the congress. Several of the
Central and South American delegates to
the Pan-American congress have made
arrangements with the family of the late
Ambassador Romero to proceed tomorrow
to the cemetery where he is buried near
this city, and deposit flowers on his
grave as a tribute of their esteem for
the late ambassador at Washington.
This afternoon, by appointment, Nine.
Diaz, wife of the president, received the
ladies of the American delegation, viz:
Mrs. Davis, wife of former Senator Davis,
and her daughter; Mrs Brown, Mrs. Hill,
mother-in-law of Volney w. Foster; Miss
Eva Foster, Mrs. G. Pepper, Mrs. Viii
Jams, wife of the secretary of the dele
cation; Mrs. Fox, wife of the acting Si-
rector Of the bureau of American repub-
lies, and Miss Fox. So