The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-02-04
Comfy.
Rt. Hon. Arthur James Baifour Has More
Pretty Things to Say About
Fair COIunbia.

London, Jan. J1.-Rt. lion. Artnuf
James Balfour, first lord of the treas
ury. and the leader of the ministerial
lists in the house OF deliv-
cred his annual address last evening
to his constituents at Manchester. AZ
ter speaking Of he"intrinsicd difficulty
which continental nations find in I'M
Outstanding Great Britain's aims" he
continued as follows:
One Great Friendly Nation.
"Bat there i surely one great
country which by community of
language. religions. blood. origin and
even institutions. is well fitted to I'M
derstand us. ard Il country which We
should he well fitted to understand.
Need | say that the country 10 which
| refer is the United States. Some for
eign critics. cynical by profession and
training, hold the view that the riend-
ship now happily SubSiSting between
the En@lish-speakin" people on both
sides of the Atlantic is but the growth
of the and depends upon a
transitory community Of interests.
They affect Ia believe that when this
disappears friendship Will also disap-
pear. They hold that if british trade
should feel injured by some incon-
v~enient tariff. Immediately the senti-
ment so generally felt ut this
in Great Britain toward America
would vanish like the leaves of au-
tumn.
The World of Cynic- Always Wrong.
according To my observations.
said Mr.. Balfuur. the world o. cynics
is always wrong. | believe the cynicS
are wrong in this case. II our good re
lations really dcpcrdcd upon these
fortuitOus circumstances. While the
batter might be the foundation of an
alliance. they couid moi he the founda-
non Of what i infinitely more inn
porJant. of that species of friendship
which. iii season and ont Of season.
through good report or i'll Is not to be
shaken by mere personal Circum-
stances.
First Irelirtion or Unity.
at was in this hall. in 1896. that |
first spoke of tn" international rela-
tons between the United States and
England in those dark days OF tn"
Venezuelan controversy. when public
'rciin" in America had been aroused
bv the wholly unfoundcd suspicion
that we had some designs of empire
in South America. and when by n
Natural reaction we felt that ON
brethcrn ON the other side of the Wa
ter had neither Judged nor treated us
with knowledge and fairness. ] Ihrn
expressed my firm faith that the time
would come when all speaking the En-
rlish language and sharing the Anglo
! Saxon civilization would be united
with a sympathy which no mere poll
teal divergence could permanently
| disturb.
Felt Lie n Dreamer and ldealist.
II felt then. though | spoke my in
most convictions. that | mus; i'm
press my hearers as something of a
dreamer and an idealiSt. or as Il
prophet only hoping for what he
himself can hardly expect Ia Sc" real
lied. But the three wears that have
/ PlHISFU since nhNp NftillHh' Il miiThei
J Gus change in their relations between
the two countries: 4 charge which !
! believe is o destined TO be reversed;
a change which has brought back
these two great communities to their
normal relations. disturbed as those
normal relations were by more than Il
century of unhappy discord: a change
which once made is Il change that
ought Ia be permanent. for it is
founded. as | hope. upon mutual sym
pathy. mutual comprehension and the
mutual belief that each great and free
community desires to see the privi-
leges il enjoys extended far and wide
to all continents and among all ma
lions.
The Greatest Guaranty 90 Future Pace.
And. ii | am right. and that com
mon sympathy isimplantcd deep in 1hr
breasts of those two great nations,
there can not be q greater S%uaranrt"
for future peace. freedom. progress
and civilization. not only o: this or
that country or community alone, but
of the whole human race"
STREWN WITH WRECNAGE.
Theories As to What Vessel or yesseis May