Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
Bryan Says It Is to Cement
Nations of Hemisphere
Into Group.
SPEAKS AT BIG BANQUET
GIVEN FOR BRAZIL IAN
Pan-American Diplomats Hear Sec
retary of State Describe Ambition
of Our Forefathers.

! pupncS OF the western hemisphere was
the keynote of a notable banquet given
last night at the Pan-American Union
by resident Brazilian Ambassador Da
Cana in honor Of DR.. Lauro Muller
minister Of foreign affairs of Brazil
and ambassador to this country on g
special mission to return the visit in
| 1906 of the then Secretary of State,
Elihu Root
secretary Of State Bryan pledged the
| United States to do it's part in pro-
! noting and maintaining good fellow
| ship in North, South and Central Amer
lea. and DR.. Muller and Senior Calvo
minister from Costa Rica, and dean of
the Latin American ministers, joined
In lauding the benefits of such rela-
tions. Ambassador Da Cana acted as
| POSTMASTER, and added his words OF
peace to the others.
Gathered together for the banquet
was distinguished company of promi-
nent men, including practically the en-
tire South American diplomatic corps,
Vice President Marshall, leading sena-
tors and representatives. Secretary of
War Garrison. Gen. Leonard Wood
and a sprinkling of government of
f1clals and others.
The beautiful and artistic Pan
American building never appeared to
better advantage than for the ban
quet. Through the west windows of
loggia, illuminated, and the ornamental
gardens and lake with moonlight
gHstening across it. Tropical foliage
was everywhere, and the banquet
seemed almost to be taking place in
DIR. Muller'S native land.
President Wilson's Policy.
While a b;dda, orcba,tr, oIo,od .orha
Star Spangled Banner Secretary Bryan
rose to reply to the toast 1.-The President
Of the United States" He said that Presi-
dent Wilson ''is entirely committed to the
doctrine of cementing the nations of this
hemisphere into harmonious and broth
erly group
Continuing, he said ''it was the ambi-
tion Of our fathers that We should con-
quer the world, not with arms, but with
our ideas.''
Secretary Bryan spoke of his visit to
South America, mentioning the fact that
he had discovered that the educational
systems of the United States and of sew
eral Of the Latin American republics are
built along the same lines.
II mention our educational SYSTEM" he
continued because We now have in the
White House the best output of our edu-
cational institutions that our nation has
yet seen. He Is type of our highest
citizenship. He wields more power than
to speak of the presidency as the highest
gift in the hands of any people of the
world
He also mentioned that the constitu-
tons of most Latin American republics
have been patterned after that Of the
United States, and that therefore the
United States likes to think of itself as
the mother Of them all and is proud to
be a model for them to follow.
DR.. Muller was spoken of In glowing
terms by Mr.. Bryan, who praised him as
a .'self-made man. the kind of man the
people Of America love to admire and
follow
Speech in Portuguese.
Secretary Bryan completed his regular
address. and then drew from his pocket
a manuscript. which he announced was
a speech in Portuguese. When he read
it he was warmly applauded. 1t was a
tribute to DR.. Muller, to the President of
Brazil and to Brazil itself.
The President of Brazil was then toast
ed by Mr.. Bryan. and the guests stood
while the Brazilian national anthem was
playe by the orchestra.
Senior Calvo answered to the toast Of
the presidents of all the Latin American
republics. and then DR.. Muller was intro
duced. AS he does not speak English, ne
spoke in French. He told particularly of
the influence on the WORLD OF continued
peace between all the nations of the west
ern hemisphere. He mentioned his warm
reception in this country and conveyed
the warm feeling of friendship held by
the President of Brazil toward the United
States.
Leaves at Midnight Tonight.
DIR. Muller will be the guest Of honor
at "a luncheon given in his honor this
afternoon at the Chevy Chase Club by
the attaches of the Brazilian embassy
here, and at midnight tonight will leave
for Bethlehem, Pa, where he will visit
the steel works. He will spend tomorrow
In Bethlehem, and will then go to New
York. where he will be formally received
| on Tuesday by Mayor Gaynor. He is to
be entertained at luncheon Tuesday by
the American Manufacturers Export AS
sociation, and at dinner later. Lloyd
Griscomb, former American ambassador
! to Brazil, will be toastmaster at this ban
quet
| On Wednesday he will go to West
Point then return to New York to be
| the guest at dinner given by the
/ New York Chamber of Commerce, and
| will then go to Boston. After a series
of entertainments there he will leave
| San Francisco, where he is to select the
sf-e for the Brazilian building of the
| Panama exposition. He will then re-
| turn to New York and leave for Brazil.
The Brazilian battleship Nimas
| Geraes, which brought DR.. Muller to
| the United States is scheduled to sail
| today from Norfolk for New York.
List of Those Invited.
| Dr. Lauro Muller, minister of foreign
affairs of Brazil; Vice President Marshall.
Secretary Of State Bryan, the minister of
Costa Rica. the minister of Salvador the
| minister of Venezuela. the minister of
Argentina, the minister of Uruguay. the
| minister of Chile, the minister of Haiti,
! the minister of Guatemala, the minister
of the Dominican Republic, the minister
| of Colombia, the minister OF Honduras
the minister of Paraguay, the minister .of
/ Panama, the minister of Nicaragua the
| charge d'affaires Of Mexico, the charge
| d affaires of Cuba.
| Secretary of War Garrison. Secretary
of the Navy Daniels, Senator Bacon. Sen.
ator Root. Senator Stone Senator Fletch-
| er Representative Flood, Gen Leonard
| Wood. Henry White. John Bassett
Moore. counselor of the Department OF
State; John h. Osborne. assistant secre.
tary of state; Dudley Field Malone. third
assistant secretary of state; Representa-
tive Bartholdt, Nathaniel Wilson, john
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