Show PARTY AT RI SPECIAL MEETING 0 HELD IN HIS HONOR TENDERED RECEPTION eloquent address made b the secretary ent dussl asti cally received by brazilians Brazi lians rio d e janeiro july 31 secretary root and his party accompanied by members of the diplomatic corps came own to rio janairo Jan piro ahls afternoon after from petropolis on a special train he was met bya large number of ent persons who went across the bay in three upon arriving in this city he drove to the agran tes palace where tea was served at mr root left the to attend special meeting al tha pan american congress held in hig honor the pavilion was surrounded hy troops and thousands of students who carried torchlight torch light si the street lead ing to the pavilion were festooned festoon ed with garlands of flowers fl and made brilliant with anany lamps senor brazilian ambassador to the united states se slon with an address in which tie praised tho american secretary mr rex replied as follows 1 I bring from my own country a special gr to our older sisters n jhc thc of america unlike as we aro in many respects we are alike in this that vo are all engaged under new conditions free from traditional forms and limitations of the old world in working out the same problem of popular self government this is a difficult and task tor eacle of us not in one generation nor in one century can the effective control of a superior sovereign so long deemed necessary to government be rejected and effective self control by the governed perfected in its place in the first fruits of democracy are many of them crude and unlovely mistakes are many partial failure s are many and sins not a few the capacity for elf government does not come to us by nature it is an art to be learn ed as well as an expression ot character to be developed among th great number of men who exercise popular to reach ho goal toward which we are pressing forward the governing ct the multitude we must first acquaro thea knowledge that comes from universal education the wisdom follows experience that personal experience and self respect beal t tang men vho aho no luperio su perio self control to replace that external control democracy rejects respects spec ts of the law obedience to the lawful expressions of the public wu consideration ot the opinions and iri ferress equally entitled to a voice a loyalty to th abstract con cep tiona of ones coultry coup try as inspiring astvat as that loyalty to personal sovereigns which lias so tle cf history he subordination of personal r interests tp thOi public good and love 0 justice mercy liberty and order all obese we must seek by slav and patient effort how many shortcomings there are in our own lands and among our own people each one of conscious yet ho student f our alme can fall to see that not america alone bin ke whole civilized world is swinging away from attl governmental moorings and entrusting the fate of civilization capacity of the popular mass by hs pathway mankind ls traveling whithersoever i leads and upon the of this great undertaking the hope humanity depends nor can we fall lot see that the world Is making substantial progress toward more perfect t I 1 believe it to be true viewed again st the background 0 conditions a pen generation ilven a decade ago that my country has advanced in th intelligent participation ot the great maggot mas got the people the with which they are represented respect ithe law obedience to the dictates sound morality and in effectiveness and purity of administration nowhere 1 this progress marked than in latin america of the wreck of indian fighting conflicts and civil wars strong staple governments have ful successions in accord with peoples will have replaced ahe permitted by the peoples indifference Loyal counte coun tn Us honor b above the partisanship of pleaders plea ders the rule of law super the rule of man properly respected the fruits of enterprise are secure ln Is respected con s public policies are flowed fo owed and the ji atonal faith is held sacred this progress has not been equall everywhere but there ha been progress everywhere not by isolation have hese results been ac cepter nor Is progress to be continued i no nation can liva unto itself and continue to lly eTho growth of nation is part of the ont the raco r tho race may be the leaders or may be to he jaggars lag gars but no an continue the farthest in af pf alio general ai no nation doomed can remain the farthest as with individual marr cad un rc the correction correct lon the egotist this is a condition to growth jn civilization according to the program there Is it great no impressive single thing to be done b you no political questions are to be discussed no controversies trover sies arc to be settled and no judgment is to be passed upon the conduct of any states but many subjects are to be considered which afford the ot removing tho barriers to intercourse and ascertaining at common benefit the advances that have been made by each nation in knowledge experience enterprise and the solution ot difficult questions of government YOU are to deal with the ethical standards of perfecting knowledge af each other 1 of doing away with misconception and misunderstanding am the resultant prejudices that are such fruitful sources of controversy some advance at least may be made toward the complete rule of justice and pace among nations in of force and war the association of 0 o many eminent men of all the republics leadelia ot opinion i in jaher own home must result in friendship that will prove ot inestimable value temperance and kindly discussion by you of matters ot common interest will result in the ascertainment of common sympathy and aim and in the alon of misunderstanding that a salutary exhibition to all american people these beneficent results ahe government and the people atthe uh n ed states 0 deagro we wish victory no territory except our own and no sovereignty except sovereignty over ourselves which we deem independence the smallest and weakest dembei of the family of nations is entitled to the respect of the greatest empire and deem the observance of that ie sped the chief guarantee of the weak against the oppression of the strong we neither claim nor desire rights privileges nor powers we do not freely concede to every american republic we wish to increase our expand teado and grow in wealth and but our conception of the true way to accomplish this is pull dow n others and profit by their ruin but to help all our friends to common prosperity and growth that all become greater and together within a few months for the first time thy recognized possessors of every foot of soil on the american can be and I 1 hope will be r resented with acknowledged rights as equal sovereign states at the world congress at the hague this week tho formal and final acceptance of ane declaration that no part of the ameci can continent is to be deemed subject to colonization letis pledge ourselves fo id each other in the full performance of thoi duty to humanity that this accepted declaration implies so in time tho weakest and most unfortunate of may come to march with equal step with the stronger and more fortunate let us unite in creating maintaining and making effective all american public opinion whose power and influence may prevent i international wrong and forever preserve our country from tho burden of such arm aenas as are massed behind the frontiers of europe and to bring us nearer the lon of ordered liberty thus will some security pros production trade wealth bearc and happiness t A ipso mr root and tb delegates at the went t taj balcony of the pavilion to watch a great torchlight torch light procession A vast throng had gathered about the build ing a nd anany thousand of persons acclaimed the secretary at a special meeting of the pan american congress today baron de rio branco itha brazilian minister ot to eign affairs announced that president dent alvee had sf louis llon 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