The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-04-26

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catering. when receptions or banquets
may be given within its walls
The secretary cf state. Philander C
Knox. chairman. ex-ofheio OF the gov.
erning board Of the international Blu.
reau OF American Republics. speaking
on the occasion Of the dedication Of
the new building OF the bureau here
today. lauded the work Of bringing in
to closer relationship the republics OF
the Americas. He said:
= feel that I am especially priyileg-
ed in taking part in the auspicious
ceremony Of the dedication OF the
building to be devoted to the cause Of
peace and good viii between the re-
publies Of Latin America. 1t is more
than a privilege. il is duty iRcum-
bent on me TO voice the sympathy OF
the United States in the great work
which it IS the mission Of the Inter
national Bureau of the American Re
publics to accomplish and to give re-
newed assurance, If such be needed.
of the earnest and unselfsh purpose
OF the government and people Of the
United States. TO do all that lies within
their power toward the fulfilment Of
the high task set before you.
The great movements Of the peo-
pie Of the earth looking to closer as
sociation and truer kinship are often
slow Of realization. Such movements
spring from within. They are not ar
bitrarily imposed by outward forces.
Their primary impulse is the growing
conviction of neighboring communi-
ties that the development and pros
perity of each is in harmony with the
advancement Of the rest and that be-
tween people of the same ideals, liy-
ing under the same political conditions
and sharing in a common environment,
there is a certain sentiment of unity.
which moves them to closer intimacy
The growth and fruition of that senti-
ment is the work of time. of centuries
perhaps Rarely has the seed been.
sown and the tree matured within the
lifetime of a single generation.
The movement in whose confrma-
ton we take part today has been ex-
oar@s1ro1lr- For,-o5 rs,o ,-r-~~.. -
its marvellous fertility Of development
is not far to seek. The soil was pre-
pared century ago when the colonists
Of Spanish America established free
communities, from the Rio Grande to
Cape Horn. followed their northern
bretehren of the United States, and
the peoples of that vast domain, from
being dependents of common mother
land, became fellow workers in the
building up of a scheme of kindred
sovereignties. AS historical eras are
computed those soyergnties are yet
young. 1t is a happy coincidence that
at this very time they are commemor-
ating the independence they won a
hundred years ago.
Many Of those among us were wit
nesses Of the birth of the Pan-Ameri-
can idea in the First international
of American Republics
held in this capital twenty years ago.
We have watched its growth year by
year with ardent soIicitude. From the
first the people Of the United States,
through their government and con-
gress. have lent hearty and effective
aid to the great enterprise. The rep
resentatives Of all the republics of the
west have met, in cordial harmony.
under the international Pan-American
banner, as the honorea guests of the
American Union; and this nation. in
turn, never unmindful of the sacred
duties of host, has taken part as a
simple co-laborer in the tasks OF the
great body-politic which has been
treated by the concurrent efforts of
al. It is a logical consequence of that
lual relationship that the home Of the
International Bureau, in which We are
Today assembled. is the gift of a large
part Of citizen Of the United States
70 all the people Of the western re-
publics and that We. Of the United
States, in common with our Pan-Amer-
can brethren accept that noble gift.
firm in the conviction that it viii be
I worthy instrument toward the at
-ainment Of the high aims Of the In
Bureau. and. with devout
hearts. We A-pplicate the giver Of all
good that the efforts of our association
may be thrice blessed and through its
Influence the nations Of Pan-America
may, year by year, be brought into