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.