Evening star., 1927-05-08
SHR|NES HONORED
BY PAN-AMER|CANS
Delegates Lay Wreaths on
Tombs of Washington and
Unknown Soldier.

To Washington, founder of the
American Republic. and the Unknown
Soldier. defender Of world democracy,
tribute was paid yesterday on behalf
of 20 sister republics by visiting dele
gates to the Pan-American CONNER
cial Conference.
Placing a wreath on the sarcophagus
of Washington, at Mount Vernon, DIR.
f. A. Guznan Alfaro of Venezuela
declared that Washingtons public life,
always ruled by the purest principles,
is an example TO all republican
peoples"
Earlier in the day a similar scene
was enacted at the tomb of the Un.
known Soldier in Arlington National
Cemetery. Senior Allan Lindo of
Salvador paid a tribute to these
brave men to whom we owe the well
fare of the world today"
Delegates Make Pilgrimage.
About 120 visiting Latin-American
delegates made the pilgrimage to Ar
lington and Mount Vernon as the
guests OF The Evening Star, stopping
off in historic Alexandria before
proceeding to the home of Washing
ton for a MONDAY dinner at the
George Mason Hotel. The delegates
last night were guests of the Ma
tIonal Press Club at dinner and later
of the Washington Times-Herald at
Keith Theater party.
Arlington. the shrine of America s
Unknown Soldier and preservers of
the Union, was the first destination
of the Latin-American pilgrims. After
placing wreath on the tomb Of the
Unknown Soldier Senior Lindo made
the following brief address:
1T is indeed difficult for me to find
words to express the real significance
that this act involves, when my fell
low delegates to the Third Pan-Amer.
lean Commercial Conference have ap-
pointed me to render this humble
tribute to the memory of those who
so gloriously and unselfishly rendered
their lives for umanity.
Pays Tribute to Heroes.
1T is to these brave men that we
owe the welfare of the world today
and it would be selfish of us to deny
them a thought in these moments
at the closing of the Pan-American
Conference, where we have met in
an effort to unite our continent com.
mercially by disclosing the barriers
and obstacles that may exist in our
daily transactions.
I'm the name of all the countries
represented by us here and in the
name of the Pan-Americanism that we
are striving to achieve, / beg YOU.
gentlemen, a thought and a prayer
for the heroes who gloriously spared
their lives for our well-being and that
of future generations"
Inspect Mount Vernon.
Leaving behind them early in the
afternoon the scenes in Alexandria so
intimately associated with the Wash.
ington family, the delegates followed
the historic route to Mount Vernon,
There they inspected the stately CO.
lonial mansion, the garden of Martha
Washington and trod the paths that
Washington trod in his wanderings
over his Virginia estate.
The ceremonies at the tomb of
Washington were simple but impress
sivo. The delegates stood in silent
reverence as DR.. Alfaro placed a
wreath on the tomb of the man who
won the first stroke for independence
in the Western world. In doing so,
DIR. Alfaro said:
"a current of noble ideas swept
across Europe and America in the
last quarter of the eighteenth CEN
tury and the first quarter of the nine
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