Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-29
Secretary Of State Leaves
Canal Zone for Costa
Rica'S Capital
Visit Of Distinguished Amer.
ican fraught With Great
importance
BY Associated Press.

ss' PVA sU~VV
BY Associated Press.
PANAMA CITY, Feb. 29.-Knox
left here this morning with the in
tention of making a leisurely trip to
Colon with frequent stops on the way,
for the purpose Of inspecting the Pan
anna canal
When taking leave of the large party
Of government officials who accompa'
MED him to the station, Knox told
them he was immensely pleased with
the cordiality of the welcome with
which he was received.
Knox and his companions will re-
turn on board the cruiser Washington
late today, when anchor will at once
be weighed and the warship will por-
coed to Port Limon, Costa Rica,
where the party expects to arrive to-
morrow and continue the journey to
the capital. San Jose, at once.
The newspapers here continue to
express friendly sentiments toward
the United States in appreciation OF
the visit Of the secretary Of state. The
Star and Herald says:
"Secretary of State Knox does not
leave the capital on a mere junket.
His visit is an event Of no little I'M
portance, for weighty questions are
pending. We trust everywhere he will
meet with q reception calculated to
smooth the way for success to his
mission" 49,
The Panama city council adopted
resolutions complimentary to the visit
Of Knox.
The eeeretary's Speech.
PANAMA. Feb. 29.-secretary Of
State P. c. Knox made in Panama
yesterday the first Of his public ad-
dresses on his trip to the capitals OF
Central America, Northern South
America and the West Indies.
This speech while delivered before
the acting president Of Panama, Sem
or Rodolfo Chiari, was in reality ad-
dressed to all the countries he will
visit, and included an explanation OF
the attitude Of the Unite States to-
wards South and Central America.
Mr.. Knox said the president believed
the early completion of the canal
should mark the beginning of closer
relations between the United States
and all Latin-America; that the pur-
pose of the United States towards all
the American republics was to live In
unity and essential harmony; and
that the United States desired more
peace, more prosperity, more happi-
ness and more security in their ma
tional lives. He declared the United
States craved neither sovereignty nor
territory in Latin4America.
Mr.. knox's Address.
Mr.. Knox said In part:
1T is an honor and sincere pleas
ure, Mr.. President, to be your guest
and be recipient of the cordial vel.
come of Panama. It is a privilege to
stand upon the threshold Of the con-
summation of the greatest work done
by man in or for the world and to
feel that one is not a stranger upon
the soil dedicated from the creation
to be the scene of the supreme effort
for human advancement when mans
requirements demanded it and mans
genius should be equal to the task.
Reciprocal HelpfuIness Urged.
"The president of the United States
believes that the early completion of
the Panama canal should mark the
beginning of closer relations to all
Latin. America and especially to the
Caribbean literal, as we'll as the re-
lations of these countries to each
other, and, impelled by the thought
that this is an auspicious moment
through better acquaintance to lay
the foundations upon which there
should rest a broader confidence, a
closer sympathy and more practical
reciprocal helpfulness, has sent me
hither as a bearer of message OF
good will to our sister American re-
publics.
We Desire More Prosperity.
1T is the presidents desire that
might personally meet your most
people, might see for my
self your beautiful countries vita
their boundless resources and eco
nomic possibilities, to the end that
such direct personal knowledge, un-
and appreciation might
result in mutual advantage and In
for the development of
all our countries, take this oppor-
tunity of assuring all the American
republics that the purpose Of the
United States towards them ID that
We should live in amity and essential
harfony and that we desire only that
more peace, more prosperity, more
happiness and more security SHOULD.