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because h was the frst one
ever 70 attempt TO translate its ideals
into action, and because his pan-Amer-
icanism was the only true one; . pan
Americanism contractual and obliga-
tory, Of equal rights and mutual obli-
gations-the only pan-Americanism
worth while.
Simon Bolivar, the George Washing
ton Of the Southern Hemisphere, to
whose memory the representatives Of
II American republics will pay homage
tomorrow 1t the Pan-American Union.
may not have besn the frst one who
spoke a continental union, Of alliances
and federations In this part Of the
world. but he certainly was the one Who
spoke Of them most constantly. most
forcefully and most effectively. More
over, he Is the drst one who actually
fluence and power which were his.
Inspired Alliance Treaties.
Bolivar is the one who inspired the
individual treaties of alliance between
several OF the Latin American states
in the early years of independence,
which were the forerunnefs Of political
approximation IN the Western Hemi-
sphere. He Is the one who conceived.
planned and carried out the Congress
Of Panama, the most ambitious inter-
national gathering ever assembled In
the New world. where his genial dream
Of q united America was to have been
born. He II the hrst one who laid
down specific plans for the organization
Of q continental union.
In the United States. this = the one
sspsct Of Boliyar's life which Is the
Least known. Bolivar has been hailed
here as . military genius, - . political
orRanisef, q . statesman. q the apostle
working for the great ideal Of Latin
American independence.
But the libefator Of i've South Amer
lean republics was more than that He
was truly the spiritual father" OF
knew no limits First he conceived the
liberation Of his native country, Vene-
zuela. Then he widened it, frontiers,
and giving 1t q new name, caused that
of Colombia to be written into the an
mails of history. He afterward formed
"0rsn Colombia" with the territory
which constitutes today the republics
of Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador,
and, With the pride Of . creator. called
himself q Colombian. Then, he gave
freedom to Peru and Upper Peru, now
Bolivia, and became the leader In the
autonomy Of 4 whole continent.
Dreamed Of United America
And when this continent was free,
Bolivar dreamed Of = strong and
united America which would present
itself to the world with an unexampled
aspect Of majesty and grandeur" His
mind and soul were first in Venezuela,
then in Colombia. then in South Amer
lea. Finally, he dreamed Of pan-Amer
Tea And his dreams were not those OF
q theoretical idealist. He had the vision
to lay the political foundations which
would preserve the union OF the Ameri-
can states.
Bolivar's plan was that Of . con-
which all of them, while retaining their
internal sovereignty, would sacrifice
something of their external freedom to
0 supreme power, made up OF their
own representatives, which would guar
antee their security, peace and progress
through mutual corporation. That Is,
an American League Of Nations. But
q League of Nations with teeth, prac-
teal and obligatory.
Numerous documents from the OH
cial and private correspondence OF the
"Libestador," besides his public procla-
nations, bear witness to this fact. Prom
his notes to the Colombian minister Of
foreign Affairs, in which he spoke Of
America united under . single, CEN
trail government" and his famous Let
ter of Jamaica" In which he formally
invited the nations of the New World
to make of the Isthmus of Panama
what the IsthmuS OF Corinth was to
the ancient Greeks, down to his in
structions to the Congress of Panama,
in 1926, such documents prove conclu-
sively that the idea Of . continental
union was ever-present in his mind,
and that his efforts to bring about
that union were not mere political
maneuvefings to advance his personal
ambition, Is charged by contemporary
enemies and rivals but were, On the
contrary, the product Of an intimate
conviction, lifelong ideal from which
he. probably, drew the moral strength
to lead his warning legions across the
South American vaStness.
Worked fer Ideal.
But Bolivar did not only talk or
write Of union in the New World. He
worked for 1t. He took the first actual
steps toward 1t. He sent two special
nensHa including hxt,lres lirht tale-