The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16
MIR. ROOTS ADDRESS
SECRETARY CREATES GREAT EN-
 THUSIASM AT BANQUET.
Recalls Friendly Relations Between United states and Argentine and Declares an Alliance of
 Liberty BiDds Nations.

Buenos Ayres, Aug. 1E.--At the off, cial banquet given at the Government house last evening by President AL corta, in honor of Secretary Root to which the diplomatic corps and. high officers of State only were invited. the Secretary made what was considered the most important speech he has de- livered while on his tour.
 The scene was most brilliant, the staircase and banaueting hall present. ing a picture of great splendor.
 Rising to tender the Secretary an official welcome and proposing the health of Mir. Root, the President trac- ed the similarity in the constitutions, progress ard success in overcoming ob- stacles. of North and South America and dwelt especially on the mutual ad- vantage of closer friendship between the races.
 Mir. Root replying. said:
 T thank you. sir, for your kind well come and for your words of apprecia- ton. thank you for myself. l thank you for that true and noble gentleman who holds in the United States of America the same exalted office which you hold here. I thank you for the millions of citizens in the United States.
 We inherit the right to be inter ested in the Argentine Republic and to be proud of the Argentine people. From. the time when Benjamin Rush was fighting, from the day when James Monroe threw down the gauntlet of a weak republic, we were then in de- fense of it's Independence and rights and from that day to this the interest and the friendship of the people of the United States for the Argentine Re- public have never changed.
 we rejoice In your prosperity. We are proud of your achievements. We feel that you are justifying our faith in free government and self govern ment; that you are maintaining our great thesis which demands the pos session. the enjoyment and the con- trol of the earth to the people who in- habit 1t. So how can the people of the e-Bntted States help feeling a friend- ship and sympathy for the people of Argentine?
 T deem it a duty to come in re- sponse to your kind invitation to say that there Is not a cloud In the sky of good understanding. There are no po- litical questions at issue between Ar genuine and the United States. There against the other There are no old grudges or scores to settle.
 we can rejoice in each others pros perity. We can assist in each others development. We can be proud of each others successes without hind rance or drawback and for the devel- opment of this sentiment in both coun- tries. nothing is needed but more knowledge.
 That we shall know each other bet ter and that not only the most edu- cated and thoughtful readers of our countries shall become familiar with the history of the other. but that the entire body of the people shall know what are the relations and what are the feelings of the other country. I should be glad that the people of the Argentine Republic, not merely you. Mir. President, rot merely my friend, the Minister of Foreign Relations, not merely the gentleman connected with the Government, but the people of Arr gentina might know the feeling with which the people of the United States are their friends as I know the people of the Argentine Republic are friends of the United States.
 T have come to South America with no more specific object than I have stated. Our traditional policy in the United States of America is to make no alliances. It was inculcated by Washington. It has been adhered to by his successors ever since. But, Mir. President, the alliance that comes from the unwritten and Nunsealed instru- ments, as that from the convention signed and ratified with all formalities, Is of vital consequence.
 we make no alliances, but we make an alliance with all our sisters in set- clement and feeling in the pursuit of liberty and justice, in mutual helpful ness and in that spirit beg to return to you, sir, and your Government and the people of this splendid and won derful country my sincere thanks for the welcome you have given me and my country in my presence"
 Mir. Roots speech was received with vociferous applause and the greatest posstble satisfaction.