Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-20
MORE CLOSELY UNITED
ALL AMERICAS NOW
United States Honors General
Bolivar, Venezuelan Washing
ton: New York Acclaims
President.

/ Of North and south America joined
hands across the Carilhcau gcslrr In
/ two notable historical events commcm-
! Grating their heroes who showed each
continent the road to liberty.
/ Amid the roar OF cannon and the
/ plaudits of a distinguished gathering.
/ Prcsidcut Harding. ut the bronze caucs-
| trian statue of Simon Bolivar unveiled
/ in Central ralk Vow York proclaimed
anew the fundamentals of the Monroe
Doctrine and sitcd the dcsrahility of
STANDING firmly together iur service both
Ia the now aud the old world
simultaneously in caracas. Ncne-
zueIa's capital. President ELECT Gomez
and the people of Eoliva,s NATIVE land.
gathered aluund tho atatu" Of Gs"rr"
| Washington which Vae unveiled with
appropriate cNcrciscs iu WASHINGTON
| Park a new site t. which i had been
! transferred.
President Harding s iltef visit to <ev
Yurk gave. th. public lts 4 4 oppottun
| ity To greet him ns President With the
! enthusiasm always reserved tnt the M
tion's Chi.f Executive. trnul 10, mouent
80 his arrival until hts d'psrtrt" three
and a haIf hours lotcr crowds waited
goodrat,red> in th. shiIle airo"ts
through Witch 49, had ~ pass and
chccrod a cordial welcome
President Hlrdine vas rcuof"HslS.
appIau,l,d when hr i., larrd th, ntt'd
states is ready tn Hrht in upholliua
the Monroe poetrIu,
The Presidents arrival at Hoinar
Tim was #snalizcd hy salutr "f ai
guns Aftcr hr had been escorted e. ~,
stand fa,jnR thu salute. followed Us
SccrrtaI, ~ STATE IIuEhoa Rene
! NIyian envoy extraordinary from
Franc, Governor Miller Mayor lIsIau-
pr. +. Cil .I.urEcs. Venezuelan Fuf,tsu
Minister, and host &c latin Nm'ri.an
diplomats :,ud representatives. ~ Ie,tti.
ut, s,,cicti.e of both continents. the
ceremonies bcgtu promptly
Tn. uuvrIiur ~ "a" statue hA ~,
great -lcran,aurhtors 81 General Ios,
Antonio l'a"z Was tho occasion for Al.
other salute of ~ guns followed hy th.
playing 81 tho Venezuelan national an
them ~ 70 baud from tho llrs,xuiau hat-
tlcshi, Muas Gtraca ana thr pr,., ata
liou hy Minister on Eorees. Mayor
IIylan accepted il for ~, city oi \ow
! York and Wrcaths were 4td tt "a, letsr
81 thc statue 10y various oietics. tiov +
,ruur Miller then cuioEzod the South
American nIrrttur and tn. PRESIDENT
WAS introduced.
While Dr. Gil EorEcs was spoAlag
an alrplane circhns hleh overhead
shawcrcd on the rr-tnd~tAHl- pamphlets
printed in Spanish and Eu1lish which
read
"llrutcuan: I'll MARTINEZ Mcrl1aldc.
II the commission from Peru. ia the
iucs 10 the President Of n, United
states of America. Warren g. Harding
to the city of New York and t. al South
Americans who. ia representation 81
Them countries. have assembled here
for the unvcIing q thc stafuc Of tho
'ihcrator, Simon Bolivar.
When his automobile emerged from
tho erest stone dr.s exay Of Lhc station.
on his arrival here a. 80 p. n.. Pres
idcnt Harding found thousands OF per
sons nassed on The street and on the
roofs Of buildings 10 bid him welcome.
Not only were his felIow-citizcns assem-
, bled around the terminal itself hat they
lined tho Presidential route dozen deep
along ;he curbs.
They we're held back by hundreds Of
. police. while escorting the President
J per, dazens Of motorcycle poAcentti
and troop q mounted men.
From station to hotel the Presidents
? head wa uncovered most Of the way for
, cheer followed cheer and he was con
: sLantly lIf,4ug his hat
Outside IN. Waldorf "A dozen automo-
E biIes were parked ready e. convey the
President members ~ his Cabinet and
The diplomatic representatives of Latin
America up Fifth avenue to Bolivar
Hi. in tn park Parked there ais,
werc cars for secre. servie. men anC
police officials Tho roar III many mo
? tors made tn street rc~ound.
o The President aueht,d at the Wal
dorf and. entering WAS greeted by
. reception committee. After chattnl
- with committee members for severa
minutes he prepared to re-enter his au
tomObile for the motor procession al
tho avenue.
While The Presidential party was mo
e toring uptown, thousands Of men an'
women undaunted by threatening skies
5 were standing around Bolivar Hill;
) knoll on the west side Of the park op
g posite 83d street
e Before the arrival of the Presidentia
party. 400 regulars from Governors Is
land. 100 marines and 100 sailors from
+ New York yard and $50 sailors an
marines from the Brazilian battleshi
: Minas Geras reached the hill
From Thirty-fourth street 10 the park
the President was chcered by thou
sands who craned their neCks TO catcl
: a glimpse Of him
A police bugIer sounded salute a
the President entered the stand an
= cheers broke from the thousands mass,-
:, on the hill for the ceremony. Far ava
!, came the echo Of cheers from hundred
more atop apartment house roofs alon
! Central Park West which served a
q unofficial i,randstands.
=. President Harding's departure frOi
y the park after DIR William T. Manning
bishop-clcct OF the Protestant Episcopa
Il diocese Of New York had pronounce
q guns Through the smoke of the artil
$ lery and flanked by motorcycle police
men, he was driven at high spec
II through lanes OF cheering men and wu
il men to the Lighthouse" for the bin
# on East Fifty ninth street, where h
il spoke for one minute to a sightess au
e dienCe that had eagerly awaited hin
e Facing the group Of blind men an
e women, the President began to spca
; slowly and softly in tones scarcely audi
r InoE NJ lq5!I 7mos no1 sung % luB.
$, hearts. and ! wish for you all the jo
n that you can find in compensation fo
5 the loss of the great light. | wish ever