The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-14

self at home. Spanish 10 spoken there
az huentiy as English. while climatic
Lstin-Amsricsn city. Il has a p ssSI
Members Of the Texas delegation I'm
Congress are taking considerable inter-
ing no stones unturned 70 further the
In the Senate the other day Senator
Morris sheppard Of Texas outlined at
position TO accomplish. He reviewed
the early history OF Texas. pointing
out that what IL now Texas was known
70 the Europeans nearly n century be-
fore Jamestown and Plymouth Rock
He reminded the Senate that the
Texas struggle for Independence OF
Mexico was mainly responsible for the
States from Henieo for the ne tet gnl5sS
which now includes California, Utah,
Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and por-
lions OF wyoming. Kansas, Oklahoma.
especial confederation from the Federal
Government. II will be OF national and
International Significance. II will reflect
pn n,,e q American history and Of the
commemorated. II will encourage a
trade movement OF untold value to this
republic. II will unite the people OF
n CI0HAF
more genuine fraternity"
First Movement Of It's Kind.
Senator Sheppard pointed out that this
Is the first time the people of Texas
have attempted a movement Of this
kind. while practically every other Sec
ton Of the republic has epitomized its
Gwn devslopment and Y: relation TO the
| united states In expositions which have
| proved OF lasting benefit
| Certainly no other section and no
other city Senator sheppard said.
have q history more fundamentally re-
lated to that Of the nation and OF the
world. more replete with dramatic in-
| terest, more illustrative of the possibili-
ties OF human genius and achievement,
the Southwest and San Antonio.
American settlement in Texas and
San Antonio meant the extension of the
boundaries OF liberty, Of the jurisdiction
OF American institutions, Of the field OF
American ideas to the Rio Grande and
And the great States that were
carved from the treaty of Guadalupe
| Hidalgo. following the Mexican war.
the direct result Of the annexation OF
Texas to the Union. will be particularly
requested to take part in this exposi-
Finally, the part played by Spain
and Spanish institutions in the history
OF San Antonio and OF Texas, and the
fact that San Antonio is already one
Of the great commercial satewsys to
Spanish-America will make this enter
prise a peculiarly advantageous occa-
sion for the extension Of the nations
commerce with the Spanish American
| countries. These countries will feel
more at home In San Antonio than any
where else north of the Rio Grande.
| The European war offers the United
states an unrivaled opportunity for the
cultivation OF o more intimate associa-
ton with the nations Of the South. II
/ n expected that at this exposition will
be displayed not only the products OF
Texas and the rest Of the United States,
bot those OF every country in spsnish-
Thus viii be shown what we have "a
sell to them, and what they have to sell
to us. Thus a constructive Pan-Ameri.
canism viii be inaugurated. the result
Of which viii be enormously beneficial
TO all concerned. The United States
has, therefore, both q patriotic and
material interest in this exposition, and
should accord It active cooperation and
Endorsement"