Evening star., 1920-11-26

| of sister republic / am wholly con-
scious I am here as private citizen,
| though 1 am not permitted to forget,
| however much 1 may wish it. that l
am to come to a great responsibility
| at a no very distant day. Is 1t for that
you honor me as you do? Believing
| that is the reason, cannot believe it
unbecoming to accept, because more
cordial relations between peoples and
riveted ties of friendship among ma
/ tions is the call of the great heart of
human kind.
! More Than NeighbOrs.
! Moreover. though bent on this hur-
| ried visit mainly for recreation, l
| would be insensible to the obligations
of citizenship If I were Indifferent to
! the great sponsorship of my country.
This is a most attractive land, and
! 1 would be deaf to the call of duty as
| a public servant in the Senate If did
! not seek fuller understanding OF
| the developing obligations of our civil
| lization as reflected here, and aim to
| add to the friendly understanding,
which becomes our two republics in
their exceptional intimacy here.
| 1--WE are rather more than friendly
nei ighbors. quafling the cup OF most
cordial association. We are spiritual
partners in one of-the gigantic ad-
vances Of the twentieth century trans"
portation. Your freedom and your
genius and resources combined to link
| the oceans, and the day will come
when the commerce of the world will
stage its SURPRISING pageant here.
One cannot escape the inspirations
and the impelling influences Of COM
merce and trade a;cnev.ravs The aavsnturous nsms
hither and revealed a western conti-
nent to the old world, but they came
because they were inspired by trade.
Trade has made peoples eminent
throughout all time, and this TACT 10
| Aspiring for Trade.
'In your own republic you are ,s. as.
piring to enhance your trade. Ihe
supreme problem is to further this
essential trade, hold it everlastingly
righteous and mot forget the inner
! human accommodations which are es-
sential to spiritual. as wen as mate
produce and exchange.if we failed 10
educate and uplift and exalt.
"You spoke of our America being
mirrored here in our Canal Zone ac-
| tivities. l can well believe ana TRUST
that you find in the zone reflex OF a
| righteous America. which believes IN
| that liberty for others which we de-
! mand for ourselves, ana tnat you
/ catch that spirit of ample" Jaeeaee. And
| fair dealing which indexes the pesl
l human
! CravinG for FFiendShip.
J need not assure you anew sof the
1 fr;endship 81 our United States for
!! vonr republic. We are deeply inter-
ested in the development of your
4 GOOD fortune More, we want our
proyen friendship for you to add TO
/! the confidence Of all AmertcaINortn;
our government. We crave friendly
4 relations, and we wish to promote them
4 and make them abiding. We want q
snirit of fraternal Americanism which
BELTS the american continent not IN IN
selfishness. not in rivalry Of the old
world. but in mutually Of interest
and helpfulhess to one another.
.Jrdeed. I may speak Tor our re-
/ nuhlic. We choose peace and amity
with all just peoples, ana we crave
for all Of the Amerifas ordssi friendship fde % ana
good will which you have uttered To-
night. and which I can so sincerely
reciprocate and pledge to you and
to your people.
Receives Memorial Protest.
.lfter the banquet Mr.. Harding held a
public reception in the Union Cup.
where the dinner was held. and shook
hands with hundreds of Panamans.
Though he made no reference IN, MS
speech at the banquet to specific diplo.
matte policies. the President.elect had
II before him as ne spoke OetdAcu Aloi
nation 0athered during his visit here
on many subjects effecting the canal.
Among the data was q memorial ad-
dressed to him by 250 citizens OF Colon
protesting against the present American
land policy along the Canal Zone bound bound
States is trying to enlarge her territorial
holdings and sphere Of influence in
Central America by unjustifiable meth
DDS, The document compared the al
legged methods with those employed by
the washington government tn Haiti
and Santo Domingo, and asserted that
Panama's sovereignty was being crushed
little by little.
Another problem to which Mr.. Hard
ing has given thoughtful attention is the
question OF the enforcement of prohi-
bition in the Canal Zone. The task Of
preventing intoxicants from entering
the Canal Zone through Panama and
Colon, both Of which lie on the BOUNDARY
lines, has been found Very difficult. and
a movement of considerable proportions
is under way among some Of the Panama
officials to. make the two cities dry