ger who was regarded by them as having "the defective moral
quality of being a foreigner." Difference from us does not involve
inferiority to us. It may involve our inferiority to somebody else. The
sooner our business men open their minds to the idea that the peoples of
other countries, different races and speaking different languages and
with different customs and laws, are quite our equals, worthy of our
respect, worthy of our esteem, regard, and affection, the sooner we
shall reach a basis on which we can advance our commerce all over the
world. A little more modesty is a good thing for us occasionally; a
little appreciation of the good qualities of others--and let me tell you
that nowhere on earth are there more noble, admirable and lovable
qualities to be found among men than you will find among the people of
Latin America.

Gentlemen, I hope for you the effectiveness of a great and permanent
organization, and that you may advance the time when through more
perfect knowledge, through broader sympathies and a better
understanding, ties of commerce may bind together all our countries,
advance our wealth and prosperity and well-being with equal step as they
advance the wealth and prosperity and well-being of all those with whom
we deal, and increase the tie of that perfect understanding of other
peoples which is the condition of unbroken and permanent peace.

WELCOME TO THE LATIN AMERICAN PUBLICISTS TAKING PART IN THE SECOND PAN
AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 30, 1915

Mr. Root's interest in and knowledge of the American
republics is not of yesterday, nor does it date from his
secretaryship of state. It antedated and has survived
official position. In 1893 it inspired his address of
welcome to the officers of the foreign and United States
squadrons which escorted the Spanish caravels to New York.
It colors with a touch of personal feeling his address on
the Codification of International Law, delivered before the
joint sessions of the American Society and the American
Institute of International Law, and is beautifully expressed
in the following brief passage from his remarks at the
dinner of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to
the delegates of the Second Pan American Scientific
Congress.

Gentlemen of the Pan American Scientific Congress,
and our guests: I cannot refrai