The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-10

side Of the line as on the Other We
speak The same language. We have the
same ,iteraUure and for mere than thou
sand years we have had common his
tory.
May / not say that while our rela.
lions are not Always as brotherly as thee
should have been. may ! not add Mr.
President, on the part Of Canada. and on
the part of the UniLed States we are
sometimes 100 prone tC stand by the ful
conceptions Of cur rights and exact ai,
our rights 10 the last pound of flesh Mav
| not ask If there have not been 900 fen
between US petty questions which happily
DO net wound The heart of the nations?
Ready to Give and Take.
Sir l am proud to say in the presence
of The Chief Executive OF the United
States that it is The belief of the Canadian
government that we should make a SUI
preme effort 10 better our relations ANA
make the government of President Mckiu-
ley and the present government of Can
ada with the assent of Great Britain, so
work together as to remove all causes of
dissension between us. And regarding the
commission which sat first in the Old city
OF Quebec and sat next n the cicy of
Washington, but whether sitting in Que
bee or sitting in Washington, l am sorry
to say Inc result has not been common
surate with our expectations Shall / speak
u
stumbling block in the question of the
Alaska frontier Well. LIT me say here
now the commission coull not settle that
question and referred il 10 their pariicu-
lar governments, and they are now deal
.ng with Il.
May be permitted to say here and now
that we do not desire an inch of your and
(Applause) But if ] state. however. at
we want to hold our own land. viii that
be an American sentiment? | want 80
know. | am here TO say that we want no;
TO stand upon the extreme limits
of own rights. We are ready 10
give and to take. speak my
whole mind and | ebieve | speak the
mind of all you gentlemen when [ say that
after all. when We 90 down to the bot ON
of our hearts we viii find that there is be-
tween us true, genuine affection Cap
pause) There are no two nations on the
face of the globe so united as Great Britain
and the United States Of America.
Cheers)
An Alliance of Blood.
THE Secretary of State told us some
few months ago that there was no treaty
of alliance between Great Britain and The
United States of America. ] is very true
there is between the United Sta,es of
America and Great Britain to-day no
treaty of alliance which The pen can write
and which the pen can unmake, but there
is between Great Britain and the United
States of America a unity of blood, a blood
which is thicker than water. CApplause)
And | appeal to recent history when ! say
that whenever one nation has to face an
emergency, a greater emergency than us
ual, forthwith the sympathies of the other
nation viii go to their sister (ApplauseO
When last year you were suddenly engaged
in war with Spain, though. Spain was the
weaker party and though it isnatura that
men should side with the weaker party
our sympathies went TO you for no other
reason than that of blood (App auseD
And I am sure you will agree with me
that though our relations have not reach
ed the degree of perfection to which l
would aspire from that day a new page
has been turned in the history of our
country.
Idea of War Is AbhOrrent.
"Sir an incident took place in the month
of June last which showed to me at all
events conclusively that there is between
rs a very deep and sincere affection. [
may be pardoned if l recall that instance,
because / have to speak of myself. In
The month of June last / spoke on the
floor of the House of Commons of Can
ada on the question of Alaska, and | enun-
ciated the very obvious truism that inter-
national problems can be settled in one
of two ways only, either by arbitration
or bv war And although proceeded to
say Immediately that war between Great
Britain and the United States would be
criminal and would not be thought of for
a moment still the very word war Gre
sted quite an excitemen Gin this country.
For that cause.ess excitement, though l
was indirectly the cause of it, do moi
at this moment find any fault, be-
cause it convinced me 10 an
absolute uncertainty that between
your country and my country the reia-
tons have reached the degree Of dignity
and respect of affection that even the word
war is never to be mentioned in British
assembly or in an American assembly.
(Applause) The very idea is aohorrent
10 us. / repeat what l then stated that
war between Great Britain and the United
States would be criminal, and, in my
Judgment just as criminal as the civil
war which desolated your country some
thirty years ago. Whatever may have
been the mistaken views of the civilized
world at the time, the civilized world has
come TO the unanimous conclusion that
the war of rebellion was a crime. The
civilized world has come to the conclusion
that il was a benefit to mankind that this
rebellion did not succeed, and that the
government of the people, by the
people, for the people did not perish from
the earth (Applause) Your country was
desoated for four long years by the aw-
full scourge of civil war. Many things
are TO be admired in this great country
of yours, but the one thing for my part
| must admire is the absolute success
with which you have re-establshed the
Union and erased all traces of the civil
war You have done it. What is the
reason? There is ! may say as has been