The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-22

same sedulous cultivation OF the same
cordial friendship.
IN the lalnentable wars I'm which both
are for the moment unhappily in
volyed, the utmost either need do is 10
hope for ghe ouher,as for itself an hon
oruble and speedy end 10 conflicts
which neither began. Few thinking
people seriously suppose either war
can nave any but the only obvious and
inevitable result. The heagier bat
talions viii win. For the rest what
ever may by the natural sympathies
aroused for the feebler side in either
war, and whatever may be urged IN
partial justification II the attacks by
which they precipitated hostilities, the
dispasslonate observer will not doubt
that, in both cases, the end which is
thus foreseen from the beginning viii
be best Tor the security OF personal
rights, for the ordered liberty and the
advancing civilization OF the world.
We cannot but regret that, in one
case, the victory VIII bring some nat
ural pangs 10 as noble a race as dwells
in Europe But Dutch sympathy with
illusory Afrikander aspirations viii
breed no blood feud Meanwhile. II
cannot prevent the return Of good re-
lations between the two peoples OF the
world nearest 10 ourselves i'm origin.
aims and interests. the two great In
do-Germantc peoples Tuled from Lon
don and Berlin. That is an event mo-
mentOus i'm the worlds history, auspi-
cious for us an. auspicious for the So
luton of the Eastern problems in
which we must now bear our share
| say without hesitation that IL there
are three great nations i'm The world
that God and nature m ant for eter-
nal peace and amity with each other.
those three are Great Britain, Ger
many and the United States. There
IL obviously every reason why England
ana Germany should now be friends.
A MISTAKEN NOTION.
Here and there one still hears dis
cordant voice, declaring that the Unit
ed States cannot do what il commit
ted itself TO IN the treaty OF Paris
maintain the policy OF the open door IN
it's Eastern possessions But this is
notion basel upon confusion as 10 the
different uses OF the term "The United
states" IN the Constitution. No
use of il justifies the con-
tention that territory or other
property is nee sssarily an inte-
gral part Of the United States, and the
unbroken line Of decisions by the
highest courts for over half a century
sustains the absolute right OF our coun-
try 10 acquire such territory anywhere,
and govern IL as We please. We have
pledged the open door in the Philip
pines TO Spain by a document which
is now the supreme law Of the land. as
well as the Constitution, and what we
give 10 Spain we shall not refuse 10
give the most favored nations. Che.
philippines then are. though our pos
session. added 10 the commercial man
of the world, and | venture TO think
that in the century that is dawning
they will fill large space upon IT,
so we welcome To the East all the
world, and are sure those we shall see
oftenest there will be our English and
our German friends.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Reid's speech
voluntary toasts were called for, and
a toast was drunk standing 10 the
army and navy. IT was cheered en-
There was no response
To it. Gen. Merritt having retired, and
the banquet ended.