The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-10
Joaquin Bernardo Calvo

The ancient and honorable profes- sion of diplomacy has numbered among it's numerous opponents no more remarkable a man than Senor Calvo who was for twenty three years the representative of Costa Rfca at Washington, and was for many years dean of the diplomatic corps. Before he retired in 1914 he survived six changes of administration in his own country. During his long and honorable career he was instrumental in bringing his country into closer relations with the United States by means of establishing a better under standing between the republics. He was active in founding the Pan-Amer- ican Union and was a. prime factor in the Central American Peace Confer ence in Washington in 1907. He also was a strong advocate of a, trans American railroad to link the con- tinents.
 Senor Calvo was born in San Jose, Costa Rica, July 10, 1857. There he received his education and first en- tered the service of his Government by organizing the Police Department of the capital. In 1881 he took a journey through Guatemala. While on this trip he met and married Marie de Leon. Returning to his native
 
 newspaper in Costa Rica in 1885. After this he was appointed a mem Der of the war claims commission and later entirely abandoned journalism to become Governor of Cartago. He engaged in business in 1890 but re-entered the service of his country in 1891 as a delegate to Washington to the monetary conference and also as charge d'affaires. In 1893 he be- Il Nt<,,-r fo 70 Dy~-, Commission to the Worlds Fair in Chicago. He was appointed Minister Resident. Higher honors were in store for Calvo however, and in 1899 h ebecaEne the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, a post | which he retained until his retire ment in 1914.
 Senor Calvo has educated his chil- dren in the United States. Two of | his son. graduated from West Point and have since resided in New York | ing. A third son is employed by a New York firm dealing in Mexico. A daughter lives in Albany.
 Senor Calvo is looking forward te | the time when the whole Western Hemisphere will be united in Pan l American solidarity. He has said: "In their largest aspect, the inter SSlS OI dll IIle kAIItI1Ccdu ISpOOt1SS al ( l identical The ties of geogra plica] proximity form a reason for the | solidartity of all of them. The Con- stitution of the United States was the model for all of us and we are striv- | ing to the same end-the perfection | of the republican form of government and the preservation of liberty, equal. | ity and justice"
 | Concerning his retirement the veteran diplomat said:
 country that has been ones home fol 1 twenty-three years. And in all my | residence in the United States I have 1 everywhere met with the same uni form courtesy and consideration tha: | is so characteristic of the American l people, so you can see that 1t is dou bly hard for me to say goodbye. shall always look back on my ser vices here as one of the happies periods of my life"
 | Some day I am coming back tt the United States, but do not expec | to find it the same. Americans arr forever finding some improvement lthat can be made, are forever moving forward and progressing to a greate degree of perfection and civilization and I shall return to note the pro gress that has been made in the won derfuI nation of wonderful men tha I now leave with so much regret