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Show BRAZIL FRIENDLY Tomnp MIERICA Colby's Visit Is Occasion for Expressions of Esteem for United States i RIO JANEIRO, fee. 23. Senator Mfredo Bills. In his address of irel-' irel-' mini i" Secretary t'olby. the L"nlt.-d Btatet Secretary of state, when the ; latter Msiled th- srii.it.- this afternoon. I mails special reference io the Monroe flOCt rine. "To your Kr-At nation, as the older brothei of lbs sevetYeen republics of the New World way reserved tbs hard lasi of watching everthe llbertj and s.if ; of the whole family," Senator Kill .ld "Thut program was de-fined de-fined and known throughout th.- world as i he Monroe doctrine. Even now . faithful to the old doctrine, the Amer-I Amer-I lean pepple continue to maintain It In-I In-I Stead of accepting the rules and stnt-I stnt-I ntes of the league of Kurope:n nations. na-tions. nM TRIM l DEFENSE Many ihlnk the Monroe doctrine I means the whole continent I" to be I Considered as a liuntlnn Kround for thr Americas on account of their power ami preponderance over their weaker-brothers. Luckily, your ((real president, Mr. Wilson, speaking to the I .Mexican people defined rcccntl 0 'I liCleurl) the spirit and true tflgniflcanci of the doctrine it Is doctrine of ! defense." "The doctrine was a com prom le to (fefend th American republics against Incursidns. In proclaiming that doe- trine, the North American government b i ami- tit- chumplon of liberty throughout the New World, No one i of soxind mind can imagine thai Wash-InRton Wash-InRton rWOPd should l)e used as mi instrument to tdant the seed of op- I presston over all America instead of thni iibert in both Continents. Witsh- l..mr... I ....I,. r . .. I.I- country, but is considered throughout the Americas .as the fathT of dennx- racy and iln great champion of liberty. lib-erty. sec oijii s cats "No one tan suppose yOUl powerful nation. h most fronded tree Of the republican forest, would need for its enormous growth and development the .sup of Histi r trees uruwlng con'fldi ntlj under Its beneficial and friendly' shade." Responding Secretary Colby ex-presaed ex-presaed deep appreciation of the re-caption re-caption kHi'i hint b ih- s,ate i.nd the Utterances of Senator icilis lie reiterated re-iterated ihui the purpose of his visit wo to repay that of President ijessoa to the United StAtee. Mr. Golbj aaid i 'resident Pessoa left a lasting impression impres-sion In the minds and hearts of the North American people and thatl President wiis-on charged him to I express to the Braailian people the feelings of esteem and abiding fr I-, iiip the North American people for theni |