Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-11
PRESIDENT CHAR
FLIES WITH Indy
Days Spent in Panama
Among Most Pleasant of
| Tour, Colonel Declares.
BY COL CHARLES A.LINDBERGH.

BY COL. CHARLES 4. LINDBERGH,
PANAMA. January 1l.--Yesteriay
MS 4 dan OF unusual interest and one
q the ploaSautest days ! have passed
since ! left Washington for Mexico.
IN the afternoon | had the pleasure Of
takinC his cXcellenCy Don Rodolfo
Chi3ri. President Of Panama, for his
frs: airNlane flight in Thomas
Morse plane. equipped with 400
horsepower Liberty motor. l also took
Wee President Tomas q. DuQue for
q tiicht in The same plane.
These fights were over the ruins Of
the old City Of Panama and the mod
erN capital as well. Before returning
- the flying field we passed over An
con Hill. near the Pacific entrance 10
the Panama Canal.
With members Of the reception COM
rli:tee l went sightseeing 10 interest
iHC and historic places in and about
Panama. From the American legation.
sconapanled by Foreign Secretary AL
faro. my host here. and the American
charge 6'a9aires. John Martin. we
drove first 70 the Plaza Bolivar. where
laid wreath at the foot Of the
statue Of Gen, Simon Bolivar. the
greatest patriot and liherator Of South
America, often known as the South
American Washington.
Places Another Wreath.
Thence We went 70 the Flaza Cinco
g. Nayo. where / placed wreath at
TIE foot of the statue erected in honor
G. the Panama tiremer who gave
their lives n fighting n fire started by
fhe explosion of 2 powder ma gazine.
There net The officer Of the Panama
Ire DEPARTMENT whose men met my
Plane when landed Monday and care.
fully escorted il into the Enclosure
provided for i.
have never landed on a field with
Jess trouble and confusion so far as
tire handling 81 my ship is concerned.
Next we went 10 the Masonic
Temple. Then on our way to lay
wreath on the statue of Balboa, the
6lScoverer II the Pacific Ocean. we
stopped AT two schools for girls. where
ve had a most cordial reception from
Tire faculty and the students, being
received by the secretary Of education,
JeDtha B. Duncan.
II one Of these schools the address
o. welcome was read in English and
a. the other the Star SpangleG Banner
WIS sung in Spanish.
am surprised by the number Of
Pana mans who speak English. Both
Pres Ant CHAR ard Foreign Score
ta-v Alfaro Use English auent)y.
As Interesting as my trip through
these countries has been, ] am sure
f. would have been even more so if !
could understand Spanish. / have
re~er realized So clearly the barrier 70
better understanding between peo-
al sr~e-r s7r q nS
each others language.
Predicts End Of Barrier.
Await will eventually remove the
barrier Of distance and make il pos
eibie for the people Of the two Amer
teas TO get together and AT the same
tine il will probably help remove the
language barrier. English is taught
.n all Panaulan schools and Spanish
IS taught in the American schools IN
the Canal Zone. II would be well
worth while thing for more OF our
people 10 learn Spanish.
After leaving the wreath AZ the
rta4ue Of Balboa we stopped at
Pararaa's hospital for a moment.
Next We drove out on an excellent
concrete road across the Havanas
that skirt Panama Bay and past at
f~ac-iye country places 10 the ruins
o. the ancient city Of Panama. which
was built more than %our centuries
ego and was destroyed by the pirate
Henry Morgan more than $50 years
ago.
] was in the ruin Of the tower OF
the old cathedral which appears on
the 2-cent Pa mama postage stamp.
President Char gave q luncheon IN
my honor az an attractive country
place where native dishes were
served.
have been treated 50 cordially
here that now more than ever re-
e~e. the short tine II is possible 10
epenG in the countries Of Central
America Ny route 70 Havana after
leaving Para ma is Still indefinite.
But Il viii be via northern South
America and the West Indian Is
Il nds. including stops al Iatamoras,
yerezuela. 81. Thomas in the Virgin
Islands. Porto Rico. Santo Domingo
ard Haiti.
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