Evening star., 1923-07-27
PRESIDENTS VISIT
IN NCANADAPLEAS|NG
Like Neighbor, He Is Told to
Come Again After Greet
ing by 100000.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VANCOUVER, B. c., July 27.-A
neighborly call. That is President
Harding's conception of the interna-
tional historic event which took place
in Vancouver yesterday. The head of
the big household south of the 49th
parallel dropped in to see his neigh
Dor to the north in much the same
spirit, as Mr.. Harding put it himself,
as one runs next door to borrow a
couple of eggs.
That was not only the sentiment
expressed in words by the chief ex-
ecutive of the American republic on
each of the four or five occasions that
he addressed assemblies of Canadian
citizens. 1t was the manner in which
he conducted himself throughout the
entire day.
1t was, too, the spi>.t in which the
visit to the Dominion ever paid by a
President of the United States.
Crowd Exceeds 100000.
For it was the people of Canada who
received him. Not only did the 250,00O
people of Greater Vancouver turn out
in body to shout their greetings TO
the President, but another $4,000 from
the Frazer valley, from the interior and
north OF the province and even from
Albert and Saskatchewan fiocked into
the city for the same purpose by every
transportation facility available.
And all these were augmented by the
throng of visitors from United States
racine coast towns, who had slipped
INTO vancouver to satisfy a friendly
curiosity about the company manners
of their Canadian cousins. When the
United States ship Henderson raised
anchor and sailed for Seattle the COM
b1ned traffic policemen Of Vancouver
raised d sigh of relief. But the misbe-
haVed mob of Canadians which had been
complicating their task all day stood
around the water front and yelled
Come again"
We have one more bond in common.
we all speak the English language, and
IN your country and mine we sneak II
in the same way" was the wav the
t'reAdent rounded out a speech filled
with gracious friendliness and whimsical
sood humor, in response to a toast in
ms honor at dinner given him by the
government of Canada last night at the
close OF his visit to Vancouver.
Expresses Satisfaction,
Facing a gathering of representa-
NA'O ~HiiduidhS, fTeSluent
pressed his satisfaction with a state
of affairs which permitted the free in
terminglfng of immigration and bust
ness enterprise between the Anglo
Saxon populations of the American
continent
The burden of his speech was his
conviction that this commingling of
peoples and ideals could lead to moth
ing but good. He found in the ease
with which former United States citi-
zens colonized in Canada a promisine
and natural result of the community
OF ideas and ideals which has ALWAYS
existed between the English h-speakin q
peoples of America.
The late Gen. Sam Hughes once
told friend of mine," said Mr.. Hard
ing, pursuing his theme, that up to
1915 $4,000 United States citizens bad
tried to enlist in the Canadian army-
and many of them succeeded in doing
so, though they had to perjure them
selves like gentlemen and patriots to
accomplish their object. And it is
easy for us to understand what
prompted their enthusiasm. 1t was
the irresistible desire to get into the
fight for Anglo-SaXon ideals and ltb-
erty, in which We have so much in
common"
There was much of friendly badi-
mage and nothing at all political in
the Presidents speech.