REPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL- JJ 



HAITI: CHARLES MATHON, OF THE DELEGATION OF 



HAITI. 



Mr. Vice President, Mr. Secretary, Mr. President of the Congress, Ladies 



and Gentlemen: 



In the name of the Haitian delegation I take pleasure in thanking the 

 Government of the United States for the signal honor which it has con- 

 ferred upon the Republic of Haiti in inviting it to share in the delibera- 

 tions of the Second Pan American Scientific Congress. This scientific 

 reunion will surely call forth an exchange of views and opinions on all 

 questions that concern the prosperity of the nations of the New World 

 and will tighten the bonds uniting them in a union of solidarity. This 

 initiative on the part of the American Government testifies highly to the 

 sincere desire of the great Republic to contribute to the common happi- 

 ness. For me, therefore, it is particularly a great pleasure to offer in the 

 name of the Haitian delegation the most fervent wishes for the complete 

 success of the labors of the Congress and to express the hope that they 

 may mark a new step in the life of the American nations, 



HONDURAS; CARLOS ALBERTO UCLfiS, RECTOR OF THE 

 UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS. 



Mr. Vice President of the United States, Mr. Secretary of State, Mr. Presi- 

 dent of the Congress, Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen: 

 First of all I wish to discharge the pleasant duty of greeting the eminent 

 personalities in the field of political science and letters. I also desire, 

 on the occasion of this Second Pan American Scientific Congress, both 

 personally and in my official capacity on behalf of the Government of 

 Honduras, to thank most courteously the enlightened Government of 

 the United States which sent out the call, and the generous Carnegie 

 Endowment, which also sent an invitation, for the splendid reception 

 given to the Honduran delegation, both official and unofficial. 



Among the members of this illustrious assembly, where the intellectual 

 New World is so well represented by prominent statesmen and diplomats, 

 scientists, and men of letters, I fail to find words to express my thoughts. 

 After the eloquent addresses of his excellency the Vice President of the 

 United States, his excellency the Secretary of State, his excellency the 

 president of the Scientific Congress, and the honorable gentlemen who 

 are chairmen of the respective delegations, addresses which we have heard 

 with great pleasure, attention, and applause, I hope you will pardon the 

 effort of a man scarcely known in Central America. 



