Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-06
THE BAZAAR rs OPENED
BIG FETE OF THE UNITED SPAN
ISL WAR VETERANS.
Address Delivered by Senior Gonzalo
De Quesada, Cuban Minister,
Guest Of Honor.

Surrounded by a group Of officers Of the
Spanish War Veterans in uniforms of blue
and gray, and beyy Of pretty girls In
gay costumes suggestive of tropical Cuba
Senior Gonzalo de Quesada. the Cuban min
lister, formally opened the bazaar of the
District OF Columbia Department United
Spanish War Veterans last evening at the
club house of the organization. 719 9Th
street. Three floors of the building were
thronged with visitors. The orchestra play
ed THE Star Spangled Banner as Senior
Quesada was escorted to the platform by
Maj. Fred S. Hodgson, chairman Of the
general bazaar committee, and Department
Commander John Lewis Smith.
Maj. Hodgson presented Minister Que
sada, saying: This bazaar Is the work
Of two of the most important factors In
our great citizenship. One represents that
element whose glorious victories made pos
slble all our achievements In peace the
American soldier. The other represents
that element whose assistance is SO impor-
tant to the success of every undertaking
American womanhood.
me comrades under whose auspices this
bazaar Is given engaged in what has been
termed very small war; too small, 1t is
said, TO talk about But small as it was,
the magnitude of it's results has sent echoes
OF eloquence around the world. OF one of
the results we are especially proud-that
of writing Liberty upon the coat of arms
of Cuba--thereby making 1t highly appre-
pirate to have present this evening as our
guest of honor one whom / take great pleas
ure in introducing, the Cuban minister.
Senior Quesada.''
outburst of Soldier Applause.
The latter was received with an out
burst OF American soldier applause. He
addressed the soldiers of the war with
Spain as Comrades explaining that
every Cuban regards the men who fought
for Cuban independence with love and graf
itude and as comrades In every sense of
the word. The feeling of the Cubans for
the American soldiers is far deeper than
friendship. We have the deepest love for
them and unbounded gratitude" he said.
The Cuban minister paid glowing tribute
to American womanhood. and the fighting
men present responded by giving battle
yell which made the rafters ring. He
wished the bazaar the fullest measure of
success, adding: You will be successful,
cess is bound to come. The prayers and
the inspiration of the women OF the United
States while the soldiers were atsthe front
did much to free Cuba. The speaker said
to be present at the opening OF the bazaar.
Some people have called the war with
Spain a small war" Senior Quesada re-
marked. "but 1t WAS the greatest war of
all, and such war as had never been seen
before. 1t presented to the world the sub
lime spectacle Of a great people fighting
for weak people. It was a war waged.
not for exploitation and conquest. and for
annexation at its close, but for humanity
and to give liberty to Cuba and make her
one of the nations OF the earth
Senior Quesada spoke Of the military COM
mission from this country which recently
visited the battleielda Of Cuba-Ei Caney
and San Juan--on whose slopes, he said.
had been left trail of patriotic American
blood In 1898. When the American mill
tary men. members Of the commission
again aseended those heights" the Cuban
minister said. their pathway wits strewn
with flowers by Cuban women and chill
dren. The cannon there today look into
clear sky, and as monuments represent
your patriotism when AZ soldiers Won made
that your dag was not one Of conquest and
exploitation. but OF humanity. We will
ever regard tho United states a. our dear