Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-07
RECKLESS JOURNALISM.


Paris. Dec. "a, she silver Jubilee
hanqutt 81 the British Chamber uf
commerce hero lhis evening. she en-.
basr1dOr. Sir Edmund j. M0ngon. &C..
fcrrlng 90 the "nrw diplomacy which
s. said TO- have como in.o faahlon dur.
Ing the past year. raid II wac chiefly
due 10 the enterprise of gfie p.esa. boz
also u WIS iu "a measure due 90 mother
country Innovations and originality %
the American mlnd-cvcr rer'cssly
watching 10 improve everything
which VIII perhaps end by wlplng the
diplomats uf she old school on fhe
face OF the carih.
lie added. - am aul,c ready 90
acknowledge that there Is much good
IN the particular innovation occurring
In my mind at the present mOmont
land she finest representatives Of her
intelligence ana culture and I think
We may attribute no letic degree ths
happy doyeiopmc 81 the friendly
feeling between Grca; Britain and the
United States to the manner IN which
those representatives. performed their
tasks. especially in their public gtter-
anccs on both sidcs ~ the Ai'ou;lc.
II wish possessed thc facility " cx-
preston ana the command Of appro.
priate ianruarr which distinguished
Col. ii1y. the lafH Thomas liaynfi AID
she eminent predecessors at the court
u ~. Jamft such oratoriil Eif.s !
have not. But | feel the strongest De.
sire 90 cay a few words which may
work toward fhc end for which a Br.i-
lEh embasftdnr Is sent abroad. II has
not been without much reelection and
anxiety chat I decided 20 depart on THIS
occasion from the traditional limits b.
which a apiomiilsi II hnmpcrcd."
Sir Edmund MonHnn thcn proceeded
70 dlilte on shs recent remarkable out
burst ~ public feeling In Orsnt Britain
provoked by the Fashoii Incident, und
said he vcnsurcd 90 cSpr,ss the hope
that the Idea n Orsni britain bclng
unduiy aquccaihlc and prone 10 make
graceful but lmp9leic concessions 10
thoroughly exploded.
After referring 90 the mischief often
wrought by reckless Journalism. which
II too ant 10 forget " can mover be -
accurately Informed as the foreign
ministers. Sir Edmund culoEiH,leaily
referred to shc Paris expedition of 1900
which he described as zone 81 she most
significant factors In rsriraininE 'hr
cOmbitlve elements now menaclng tue
peace OF the earth"
lie appealed 10 France 90 dlrabuse
herself 81 all suspicion % unfair inter-
tlon upon the para of Gr,ai Britain. 90
try 90 believe there was no general AMI.
mostly In England toward France. and
90 meet England on every question al
i-fue with an honest desire for an
equitable arrangement.
lie concluded Us follows; II would
earnestly ask officials In power and un-
official exponenis OF public opinion so
Gvcnuntenance ana abstain from q
continuance Of the policy OF the PIN
prlcka, which while II can only procure
an ephcmeral Sailsfaciion 10 a short
! NaNaH Ia Al
pTiuatc across the channel an iniolcr-
able irritation.
II would cn,reat them 20 rests, the
temptation 90 thwnrt british enterprise
by petty mlncuvers such as me prn'
posil 20 start colleges as rivals OF Gen.
Kltehencr'F projected institution In the
recanauorei Soudan. such ln.consld
cred pr0vnclti1n mlF'hl have the cffccl
Of converting Great iiriialn'a policy OF
fofbearance In Egyp Into the adoption
Of measures al which presume
French sentiment IL not aiming"