The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-12
Cornerstone Laid for Building
|, of International Bureau of
American Republics.
ADDRESSES MADE BY THE
PRESIDENT AND OTHERS
Mr.. Roosevelt, Secretary Root
Ambassador Nabuco and MIR.
Carnegie, the Donor, En-
phasizc the Benefits to
Be Derived from
the Institution.

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every other American re-
public, as we'll as all branches of the
national government and of the State
governments. the cornerstone Of the
proposed new home of the 1nterna-
was laid to-day.
expressing the great benefits to be
derived from the formation OF the Bu.
reau Of American Republics in many
Ways were made by President Roose-
welt, Secretary Root, Mr. Nabuco. the
| Brazilian ambassador, and Andrew
! Carnegie. while MESA ges Of congratu-
latons and wishes for success in the
work about to be undertaken were
read from the Presidents OF nearly all
OF the American republics
A very large audience listened to the
speeches and witnessed the laying OF
the cornerstone. The invited guests
in addition to those actively participant
| ing in the exercises, were Vice-Presi-
net, the diplomatic corps. both houses
OF Congress. the Governors of the
States, and prominent citizens Of Wash
ington and elsewhere. Music for the
occasion was furnished by the Marine
| Band. while the decorations for the
grandstunds and smaller stands erected
to accommodate the guests were made
| up largely of the flags of the twenty
one American republics.
The Formal Exercises.
| Director John Barrett, of the bureau
| in very brief talk, in which he re-
ferred to the great assistance given by
Secretary Root toward the accomplish
ment OF the work and his effort in be-
half OF the advance of the bureau Work
introduced the Secretary of state. who
is chairman of the governing board OF
the bureau, a the presiding ofncer.
Cardinal Gibbons delivered the invo
ltcation. which was followed In turn b!
an address by Mr. Root. the reading
Of, congratulatory messages from
! American Presidents and addresses b.
| President Roosevelt, Ambassador Ma
buco and Andrew Carnegie Cere
monies incident to the laying OF tn
cornerstone closed the exercises. In
scribed on the cornerstone are the fol
/ lowing words?
"Building of the American Republics
Erected through the public-spiritet
| gift Of Andrew Carnegie. and the con
| tributions of all the Republics upol
| land provided by the Government o
| the United States, May II, 1905"
The Presidents Address.
President Roosevelt in his address
said:
This is memorable occasion for al
the peoples OF the Western Hemisphere
The building, the CONVERSIONS of whicl
1 Ia, an1nl12 size nv It's eS
listence the growing sense oe sol!darit,
of interest and aspiration among. al
the peoples of the New World. 1t mark
our recognition of the need to knit eve
( Ecloser3 together all the republics Q
Ithe Western Hemisphere. through tn
kindly bonds of mutual justice. goo
will and sympathetic conDrGhension
At the outset, on behalf hs all Of II
4 II wish to thank Mr.. Carnegie Tor ri
4 generous gift-a gift to Ill ;!ie l,a
tions of the New World, and therefor
pre- -cminently fitting as coming fror
! one who has so sincerely -trIver 70
the cause of peace among nations; fc
while we have yet long path TO trea
;. before we can speak vita any certltnt
! of the day when wars shall cease fror
1.-THE earth. we of the Western Heel
J sphere. by movements such rs tina
! symbolzed by this l,ll!;l;as. have take
! great strides towa'i securing Ierma
nent peace among ours slv.s.
. Glad tn t;rcct Them.
In the next place. as President o
: this republic greet the representative
of all our. sister republics to the sout
Of us. In sense, you are our eide
sisters and we the younger people. 70
Iyou represent a more ancient civiliza
ton on this continent than we ID
Your fathers, the Spanish and fnltu
guese explorers, conlucrers. lawgirer
and Commonwealth builders, lin
founded flourishing civilization i
the tropics and the South Temperat
I. Zone while all America north of III
5 Rio Grande was still unmappnd "''lel
: mess, Your people had fon:licl .Ameri
can universities. were building hc:u'ti
: full cities, We're laying dsep the foul'
!, dations Of future national life, at r."l,
!, ,Idifferent points in the Tast teriltor
stretching from the Colorllo to IT,
!. plata, before the ships Of III. Frerch
a man and the Englishman: the Swed
!, and the Hollander, had found perma
nent havens on the North Atlanti
Iseacoast. For centuries our severa
civilizations grew each In its own wa,
I hut each sundcred from the other:
. Now we are growing together.
South Americas Outlook.
: More and more9gin the future "
others, not merely things OF materia
value, but things that are of wort
tor the intellectual and spiritual vel
fare of all of us. In the century tina
has passed the development Of Mort
America has. on the whole. procaede
faster than the development OF Sout
America: but in the century that ha
|now opened I believe that. no othe
part of the world will see such, extra
, ordinary development In wealth. in pop
ulation, in all that makes for proRres
as will be seen from the norther
! boundary OF Mexico through all Cen
trail and South America; and ca
, assure YOU that the people OF this ma
, |tion look with the most profound sat
isfaction upon the great growth tina
has already taken place in the coun
tries which YOU represent--a growt
alike IN political STABILITY and In TIL
material well-beirg which can mi
come when there Is politica, stability
Great Applause for Fleet.
Our battle fleet has Just finished it
, "trip around South America. (Great ar
lplause.) i am glad to hear you ar
!. plaud the fleet. behave In peace n
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