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Blue and Red, or any color that is the emblem of our nation, is dear; 

 but let us in the future honor, when we honor the flag of any nation, 

 the flag of truth and cooperation in love and justice. 



In conclusion, I beg to extend to the Government of the United 

 States, His Excellency the Vice President, and the Secretary of State, 

 in the name of the Government of Nicaragua and of her minister here, 

 sincere thanks for the kind invitation and honor extended to Nicaragua 

 to participate in the Second Pan American Scientific Congress, and to 

 say that though Nicaragua is a small country it voices the same senti- 

 ment of the other Latin American Republics, sentiments of thankfulness 

 and admiration for the great sister Republic of the North. 



PANAMA: HIS EXCELLENCY EUSEBIO MORALES, ENVOY 

 EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTLARY. 



(It is deeply regretted that the discourse of His Excellency was not 

 available at the time of printing this report.) 



PARAGUAY: EUSEBIO AYALA, PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL 

 ECONOMY, UNIVERSITY OF PARAGUAY. 



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



and Gentlemen: 



On behalf of the Paraguayan delegation I will say a few words to the 

 congress. First of all I wish to express the great satisfaction that we, 

 the Paraguayan delegates, feel in finding ourselves in this hall among the 

 distinguished representatives of the other American nations. An event 

 of this kind is always agreeable in cultivating friendly relations, and par- 

 ticularly at the present moment when we are all animated by the same 

 spirit, because the purpose for which these periodical gatherings meet will 

 undoubtedly regulate our deliberations and our acts. 



This is not a meeting of diplomats under the restrictions imposed 

 by ofiicial usages. We may describe it more accurately by saying that 

 it is a great gathering of men of good will entrusted with the duty of 

 giving a positive expression to the mutual sentiments of benevolence 

 shared by the nations of the New World. 



What can be the concrete form of what we propose to do ? I believe, 

 ladies and gentlemen, there is none better than that which the program 

 sets forth. The topics are not those of a pure and abstract science; they 

 are related above all to the vital and immediate interests of the nations 

 we represent, whether one takes them singly or as a whole. We have 

 been invited to bring the experience we have had in our respective call- 



