lead them to love peace and to hate war, lead them to hold up the hands of their governments in the friendly commerce of diplomacy, rather than to urge them on to strife; and let there go to the herdsman and the husbandman and the merchant and the student and the boy in the street every influence which can tend toward that sweet reasonableness, that kindly sentiment, that breadth of feeling for humanity, that consideration for the rights of others, which lie at the basis of the peace of the world. CHILE SANTIAGO SPEECH OF HIS EXCELLENCY JERMÁN RIESCO PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC At the Government House, September 1, 1906 I greet you and welcome you in the name of the people and of the Government of Chile, who receive your visit with the liveliest satisfaction. Your attendance at the congress of fraternity which the American republics have just held; your visit to the neighboring countries, which we have followed with the greatest interest; and your presence amongst us, upon the invitation which we had the honor of extending to you, are eloquent testimony of the high-minded intentions, which will necessarily produce much good for the progress and the development of America. In these moments we feel a most profound gratitude toward your country, toward your worthy President, and toward yourself for the friendship and sympathy with which you have joined in the sorrow of Chile because of the disaster which has wounded Valparaiso and other cities of the republic. I wish that your stay in this country may be agreeable to you and your distinguished family. REPLY OF MR. ROOT