The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23

NJ the New Spirit OF PrOEress-ChArms
ds city That Survives From the
Middle AEet-Venerabls Relics and
Beautiful women Among Them
Trip "a. 900 Feet Up the Andes-Re
mains NJ PiiarrO-JOumalIstic Com.
plments and Omclal Entertainments,
OX BOARD L. s. s. LOUISIANA,
I. s, BATTLE FLEET,
OPP CALLAo HABBoR, Feb, 20.
Peru remembered!
Almost a. trite as the saying that oor-
n~oratiors have no souls, or that politics
makes strange bed fellows, Is another that
In International affairs the friends Of yes
tsrday may be the foes Of to-day( and that
nations. "a nations, have no memAries, II
II is true, Peru is the rule proving eIoep-
ton. Her gracious welcome to the Amer
Ican Acct, from the first acclaim OF greeting
II the last farewell, was marked by a sim
certify that was peculiar in the exchange Of
International courtesies.
mere was ItdhOil lOI lhla vi all DOuNi
American countries none is more deyotedly
the friend Of the United States than Peru.
In the time Of Peru's direst distress, when
The hell horrors Of war left her plundered,
sacked, pillaged, as no nation in modern
times has been despoiled, when she was
bereft Of nearly her entire population Of
EARLY manhood; when dynamite and the
torch we're employed in a heartless eGhi-
hitIon of brutality TO mark as permanently
a. possible the pathway Of a mocking con-
ouerer, when the vandalism Of victory even
DESTROYED the trees Of botanical gardens,
robbed affairs Of decorations, cut paintings
rom frames to make bonfres, pillaged the
savings Of children, destroyed civic utili-
ties for the sake OF wanton destruction;
when the conqueror struck the most terri
HE blow that a conqueror can strike, the
violation Of the s~anCtity Of homes-and be
Il remembered that the women Of Peru
are declared by all authority to be the most
beautiful. proud and high spirited in the
W~orld-when all this vas done, the first
nation to comfort, TO advise, to shield was
the United States.
True. once or twice the United States
seemed 20 falter and Peru almost cried out
with bitterness because Of il, but there was
another handclasp with sincere words OF
real friendship back Of it and Peru emerged
from her trial grateful and steadiast. That
was a quarter Of a century ago and Peru
said she would remember. Her hospi-
tality 10 the great American feet proved
that she did. She Is no longer poverty
stricken. She ia fairly we'll TO do and things
are looking better all the time. She lives
in comfort. She even wears colors occa-
~slonally. She has young men again and
their energy is making for prosperity and
advancement all around. To the American
feet Peru said as plainly al could be:
i am truly glad 10 see you. We can't
do as much for you in the way OF entertain
msnt as our hearts could wish, We can't
lavish wealth upon you. but such as we have
Ia yours, all yours. We have remembered.
EVERYTHING IN DELICATE TASTE.
And 30 il was that Peru's entertainment
Of the feet was not e~Xtravagant or burden
some. II was delicate rather than efusive,
II was tho welcome and hospitality Of high
breeding. From the first gun OF the cruiser
B~olognesi, sent $50 miles out 10 sea to escort
the feet in TO Callao, to the last -Eep! Eep!
Fen! Oorah!' on the tug that followed
IA flrthest 10 sea as we left this morning
every act Of hospitality was in perfect
taste and in a spirit utterly foreign to vulgar
display.
Yes, Peru remembered, and its effect
upon the American visitors was we'll ex-
pressed officially by Rear Admiral Thomas
IN board the Connecticut on February q
a. a dinner given in honor OF President
Pardo when he said;
Nothing has been left undone that
would add 10 our convenience, comfort
or happiness. and. permit me to say, as
military men, with the instinct Of organiza-
ton. we have been impressed with the
perfection Of every detail and the artistic
taste displayed at every entertainment
from the time the feet dropped anchor in
Callao Bay TO the occasion Of the brilliant
garden party at the exposition grounds.
But most important Of all, and that which
has touched our hearts deeply, Is the
warmth and sincerity Of the welcome that
has been accorded 10 US, 80 patent to all.
In our feet there are nearly six hundred
officers and fourteen thousand men, and
when we reach home waters and in the
course Of time these officers and men are dis
persed throughout the forty-fve States Of
the Union, visiting their respective homes,
each and every one Of them will be q mis-
Sonary 10 carry q message throughout
our broad land from the Atlantic TO the
Pacific, from the Canadian border to the
Gulf Of Mexico, telling Of this welcome,
The result Of which must OF necessity tend
10 the drawing closer and closer the ties Of
union between the two republics. II will
be a tradition 10 be handed down not only
IN our children, but 10 our ohildren's chill
iren.'
Tbs Admiral's speech was the fleets
snsver TO the formal welcome Of President
pardo at a dinner the republic gave to
the Americans on the night Of W~ashington's
Birthday. This translation OF the Presi-
dents words was placed In front OF each
NJ The guests the instant President Pardo
finished.
irwnLL. The arrival al our shores Of
Amercan warships has always been looked
forward 10 with the greatest pleasure by the
Government Of Peru and her citizens. as II
gives NJ an opportunity for showing the true
friendship which exists between this country
ErI tho nited states and for my countrymen
10 r''ond a cordial welcome IN the American
'Nt
Ner" n possible our welcome would be