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representatives of the nations of the Western Hemisphere you have been 

 engaged in the serious discussion of problems of science, of statesman- 

 ship, of commerce, of all that should make for the peace and welfare of 

 humanity. And the keynote of your discussion has been the cooperation 

 of all the peoples of the Western Hemisphere to promote the great aims 

 and aspirations of civilization. 



"Contrast this with the conferences now in almost daily session on the 

 Eastern Hemisphere, which have for their dire purpose the marshaling of 

 all the forces of science, of statesmanship — even of commerce — ^for the 

 destruction of nations and the starving, the maiming, the slaughtering 

 of mankind. 



" May the God of all nations grant that the people on this side of the 

 Atlantic prove worthy of the trust now imposed upon them, and that by 

 united effort, by unselfish sacrifice, by patience in time of stress, we may 

 preserve untarnished the best, the sweetest, the highest ideals of civili- 

 zation now intrusted to our care, so that when in good time this dreadful 

 strife has ceased we may take back to Europe the ideals of liberty, fra- 

 ternity, and equality, carrying them not only to the Governments, the 

 great men of the Eastern Hemisphere, the soldier, and the statesman, 

 but refining them with the gold of humanity and consecrating them 

 with the spirit of charity, carry them straight to the doonvay of the 

 crippled soldier-peasant and to the home of the widowed and the father- 

 less. 



"This is the great trust and at the same time the great opportunity of 

 the people of this hemisphere, and in so far as we are able to fulfill that 

 trust and to grasp that wonderful opportunity, in just so far will the 

 history of our times record the new nations of the world as worthy of a 

 high place in the realm of civilization— in just so far will republican ideals 

 and aspirations have justified themselves." 



After luncheon the party was carried to Johns Hopkins University for 

 inspection of buildings, including the Johns Hopkins University Engineer- 

 ing School. The members returned to the city, passing through the 

 suburban residential section and by the Baltimore Country Club. At 6.06 

 p. m. the party left Baltimore for Philadelphia. Dinner was served en 

 route. Upon arrival in Philadelphia, at 8.19 p. m., the visitors were met 

 at the station by N. B. Kelly, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, 

 and E. J. Cattell, city statistician and representative of the mayor, and 

 other members of the local committee. The guests were then transferred 

 in automobiles to the Hotel Bellevue-Stratford. 



