Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-11-10 | Page 2 | Colby to Visit South America

COLBY TO VISIT SQUTHAMERiCA State Secretary Acts for President Presi-dent in Returning Executive Ex-ecutive Calls WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. (By the Associated Press. President Wilson announced last night that ha had di rect' d Secretary Colby of the state department "on my behalf and In my Btbad." to visit Brazil and Uruguay In acknoWledgmehl of the recent vis-Its vis-Its to this country of the presldonts I of those republics. Tiv preeldfeni also said be would be gratified If Mr. ''olby took the opportunity oppor-tunity to visit Buenos Aires In response to th recent invitation received from the Argentine government WOULD Pi K ILL1 it has long been toy hope that I miKht personally return thes,. vlslta." Uho tu-rsldcnt's Statement, Issued at the conclusion of a eablnei meeting. Bid rg.irdlng the receut tours in this i ountry of Presidents Brum of t'ru-guu t'ru-guu and penso i of Hrar.ll, "and I can : conceive of do worthier object to which I could dedicate my time and Strength; but I mn prevented from so doing and enn no longer dostpons Ih. tigreeithle conn -s oi then reciprocation recip-rocation which this country Is strongly strong-ly desirous of showing to the governments govern-ments and peonies both of Brazil and I 'rugu.i v " Pfll&IDl VT' tn n MEN! The president's statement follow: "The history of the relntlon.s b-tween b-tween the ("nlted Htalcs and the frlcndl reptlbllOS In South America w.ib marked In 1 0 1 S and l?lt bv two incidents of the mst agreeable char- acier and on --' ' od i nr -y n 1 1 1 1 refer to1 the visit to this country In August, ISIS oi Ills vll. ni .. I 'i 'Baitsjn Brum, now presldanl of Uru-s;ua.. Uru-s;ua.. and at the time of bis elslt, minister min-ister of foreign affairs of his country, and I" the year 1S19 to i he visit of His Excellency. I r. Kpitaclo Peasoa. now president Of Brazil, and :it th: time of hla visit ihe president-elect to ;thnl exulted office. I Ml SI BfJ 1 Bll KDSH1P. "Both the-,, vlsltii called forth dem- onstnttlons on the part of the pi ..pie of the United BtatSI of the utmost cordiality -md irood will toward the Idlstlngulsred visitors and th'a friendly nations whom they represented and : every thinking person lp thli . ountry was Impressed with the pbtencj d such x'islts txH Instruments for coment-.ng coment-.ng the sincere attachment and deepening deep-ening the genuine Intimacy between I h self-governing li mo r-ieies nf the western hemisphere "It has long boen my hope that I inlghl personally return those visits and 1 can eonoelVS Of no worthier ob-jject ob-jject to wttloh I could dedicate my iiiuenii strength; but I am prevented from rjolng so and can not longer postpone the agreeable courtesy of t heir-reciprocation Shlch this counlr Is Strong!) desirous of showing to the governments und peoples, both of Bra--ii and Uruguay. rot in vs ,i n i "I have, therefore, directed the secretary of state, on my behalf and in my stead, to visit bQlb Brazil and Uruguay and to extend to the peoples of both these Countries, through their governments, the most emphatic oe-Surunoes oe-Surunoes of the esteem and friendship of the peopb ol the i nlted Btales and of the desire felt In 'his country for the strengthening of every tie thsjt hinds our resjiect 1 v.- peoples In niutu.il goOd Will and cordial Intercourse. " am also much gratified that it will bo possible for th secretary of state, taking advantage of his prox imily to Piienos Aires, la accept the 'very courteous Invitation of the Ar- I gen tine government to visit Buenos i Aires and to carry to the people of 'th Argentine confederation the same assurances Of our high esteem ami (deep pood will." I oo-