The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-15
CARNEGIE'S GIFT TO TWENTY
ONE REPUBLICS OF NORTH
AND SOUTH AMERICA.
CORNERSTONE IS LAID
ADDRESSES BY PRE- SIDENT
ROOSEVELT, ANDREW CARN.
EGIE AND OTHERS.

spring weather the corner stone
was laid Monday Of the proposed
home for the international Union
/ Of American Republics, or as Secretary
Root aptly called it, "a temple dedicat
ed TO international friendship"
The decorations were in keeping
with the occasion. Flags and coors OF
|twenty-one American republics iOatel
| In the breeze over the grandstands,
Will" the coa's OF arms Of these coun-
tries We're displayed at many places
about the stands.
During the ceremony the flag OF
each of the lwenty-unc- countries rep
Resented was hauled alOtt by a blue
jacket from the Washington navy
yard and attached to a wire, and when
/ the last one had been placed in posi-
/ ton the group made Il line of emDlemS
/ that stIeJCh"d from one end of the
court to the Other. As they We're being
hauled up the Marine band played
strains from the national airs of the
particular country the flag represented.
In the Presidents stand there were
seated the cabinet, The Supreme Court,
the diplomatic corps and members OF
the Senate and House. Secretary Root
was the presiding officer Cardinal Glib
DOnS maze tnc lnHOta non.
There were addresses by the Prcsi-
dent, Secretary Root. Andrew Carnegie
and Brazilian Ambassador Nabuco,
and reading OF cablcd messages of con
graduation from the presidents of the
/ Latin American republics.
Bishop Cranston pronounced the
benedictiun.
President Roosevelt told his hear
ers, when the portion of his speech re
lating TO that subject was reached.
that he was glad to hear them applaud
the battleship fleet lie believed in
peace and arbitration, he said. but he
also believed in keeping in such trim
that it shall be a temptation to nobody
| to wrong us.
Following the speech making and
the reading of the congratulatory
cablegrams, the President and the
Others who had participated, marched
to the center of the court, where the
cornerstone was ready to be placed
in position. After greeting the head
Mason with cordial grasp OF the
hand, President Roosevelt was given
a trowel decorated with the American
| republics cOlOrs. Taking several
trowelfuls of mortar he placed it on
D
to rest and smoo,hed it out, the latter
act being in turn followed by the re,
manning members Of the party. They
then returned to the grand stand.
where the benediction was pronounced.
In his address the President said:
This is Il memorable occasion for
all the peoples of the Western hemis,
phere The building, the cornerstone
] n which h1S 81 II
its existence the growing sense of sol.
idarity Of interest and aspiration
among all the peoples of the new
world.
| AT the outset. on behalf of all of
us. wish TO thank Mr.. Carnegie for
his generous eift-a gift to all the ma.
tions of the new world, and therefore
preemncntly fitting as coming from
one who has so sincerely striven for
the cause Of peace among nations.
in the next place. as President of
this republic. ! greet the representa-,
tives of all of our sister republics to
the south of us. In a sense you are
our elder sisters and We the younger
people. for You represent a more an.
cient civilization on this continent than
we do"
Secretary Root said:
eve are here to lay the cn',;ierstone
Of the building which is to be the
home of the International Union OF
American Republics.
"Thc public spirit and enthusiasm
for the good of humanity which have
inspired an American citizen Mr.. An.
drew Carnegie, in his administration
OF great fortune, have led him to de
vote the adequate and ample sum of
| threc-Quar'erS of a million dollars to
the construction Of the building
into the appropriate adornmcnt
and fitting Of the edifice will go the
contributions of every American re
public, already pledged and in a great
measure already paid into the fund of
the union.
"Thc International union for which
the building is erected is voluntary
association, the members of which are
all the American nations from Cape
Horn to the great lakes
Ambassador Nabuco of Brazil spoke
for the Latin-American republics, say
ing;
"Gentlcmen, there has never been a
parallel for the sight which this cerc
mony presents-that of twentv-one ma
tons of different languages, building
together a house for their common de
liberations. The more striking is the
| scene as these countries. with all nos
sible differences between them in size
and population. have established their
union on the basis Of the most absolute
equality
so many sovereign states would not
have been drawn so spontaneously to
gether if there did not exist through.
out them, at the bottom or at the ton
OF each national conscience, the feel
ing Of a destiny common to all Amer.
lea"
Pekin.-News was received here
Monday that 5000 rebels set out to
march on kenc-Tszc. a treaty port on
the SonGkOi river. 4 body Of provin.
cial troops met and repulsed one col
umn at Man-llao, but the other col
umn, which is following the railroad
line, Is now within thirty miles OF