Excellency:
I feel greatly honored that I should have on this occasion been welcomed not only by the President of Nicaragua but by the President-elect and the former President. Representing the political parties of Nicaragua who have been lately at conflict, this occasion becomes one of much more than ordinary interest. It represents the consolidation of the forces of domestic peace. It represents the growing unity of the Nicaraguan people. It demonstrates that the difficult natural crisis into which my own county has been drawn has now reached a basis of solution which merits the deepest thankfulness of all our peoples and for which I wish to congratulate the leaders of the Nicaraguan Nation.
NOTE: President-elect Hoover spoke on board the U.S.S. Maryland, at Corinto, in response to remarks of welcome by President Adolfo Diaz of Nicaragua. A translation of President Diaz' remarks follows:
Mr. President-elect Hoover:
It has been highly gratifying to me to have been called upon, towards the close of my administration, to greet the great President-elect of the great American people who in the near future will guide the destinies of the most powerful Republic in the world. In you, Mr. Hoover, I greet the man who, upon being elected to so exalted a position, has taken this notable step, a step which will stimulate the sentiments of cordiality of all the nations, great and small, towards the United States.
The people of Nicaragua which, because of special circumstances of history and geography finds itself linked to the people of the United States, also takes pleasure in greeting you through me. And, today, as you tread these shores, we assure you of our cordial disposition to cooperate with you toward a great continental harmony, the supreme aspiration of peace and concord to which your journey leads the way.
I also extend to you my own personal wishes that fair winds may continue to follow this ship, to the happiness and well being of its distinguished travelers.
Herbert Hoover, Remarks in Corinto, Nicaragua Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/372893
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