The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-10

tual living deeds-and said that was
an evidence of the good relations which
ought to prevail between two such
countries as the United States and
Canada that the people of Chicago had
invited Canadians to participate in
their day of rejoicing.
After 1lattering reference to the
splendid energy and courage of the
city of Chicago, the Canadian premier
said
Wherever you meet courage you are
sure to meet justice and generosity.
Courage, justice and generosity always
so together, and therefore it is with
some degree of satisfaction that I ap-
prOach the toast to which ! have been
called to respond. Because 1 must say
that I feel that though relations be-
tween Canada and the United States
are good, though they are brotherly,
though they are steadfast, in my jEsg-
ment they are not as good as BROTH
erly, as satisfactory as they ought to
be- We are of the same stock. We
spring from the same races on one side
of the line as on the other. We speak
the same language. We have the same
literature and for more than thou
sand years we have had a common
history.
May I not say that while our rela-
tons are not always as brotherly as
they should have been, may / not ask,
Mr. President, on the part of Canada
and the part of the United States. are
we not sometimes too prone to stand
by the full conceptions of our rights
and exact all our rights to the last
pound of flesh? May l not ask if
there have not been too often between
us petty quarrels, which, happily. do
not wound the heart of the nation?
Retfer Relations
Il am proud to say, in the presence of
the chief executive of the United
States, that it Is the belief of the Can
adan government that we should make
a supreme effort to better our atoms
and make the government of President
Mckinley and the present government
of Canada. with the assent of Great
Britain, SO to work together as to re-
move all causes of dissension between
us. And, regarding the commission
which sat first in the old city of Que
bee and next in the city of Washing
ton, | am sorry to say the result has
not been commensurate with our ex-
pectations. Shall / speak my mind
(Cries of 'YesD. We met a stumbling
block in the question of the Alaska
frontier. Well, let me say here and now
that the commission could not settle
that question, and referred it to their
particular governments and they are
now dealing with it. May I be per-
mitted to say here and now that we do
not desire one inch of your land zap
plause), but if I state, however. that
we want to hold our land, though that
would not be an American sentiment
though it would not be British or
Canadian sentiment, I am here to say
above all, my fellow countrymen, that
we want not to stand upon the extrenie
limits of our rights. We are ready to
give and to take. We can afford to be
just; we can afford to be generous be-
cause we are strong. We have popu-
lation of 100000. I beg pardon, I an
mistaken, it is the reverse of that
GaughterD
But pardon my mistake Although
it is the reverse, | am sure the senti'
ment is the same. But though we have
many little chickering's of that kind,
speak my whole mind and l believe
speak the mind of all gentlemen Whel
I say that when after that when WI
| go down to the bottom of our hearts
| we will find that there Is between u
a true. genuine affection. applause.
| There are no two nations to-day or
the face of the globe so united as
Great Britain and the United States
| (Cheers). The secretary of state TOLD
us some months ago that there was M
treaty of alliance between Great Brit
| ain and the United States. 1t is yer!
| true there is between the United
States Of America and Great Britain
| to-day no treaty of alliance which the
| pen can write and which the pen car
unmake, but there is between Grea
Britain and the United States unity O.
| blood, of blood which is thicker thar
water (applause), and I appeal to re
cent history when I say that wheneve,
one nation has to face emergency
| greater emergency than usual-forth
with the ships of other nations go t.
their sister. (Applause). When las
| year you are suddenly engaged in wa
with Spain, though Spain was thu
weaker party, and though it is nat
ural that men should side with thu
weaker party, our sympathies went t.
| you for no other reason than that o
will agree with me that though our re
| perfection to which l would aspire
from that day a new page has beer
turned in the history of every coun
try. / was no unusual occurrence
| before the month of May, 1898, to reat
in the British press of American AFRO
| gance; neither was it an unusual oc
currence to read in the American pres
of British brutality. Since the month
| of May. 1898, these expressions hav,
| disappeared from view entirely.
War Criminal.
Sir an incident took place in TIL
| month of June last, which showed /
me, at all events, conclusively tina
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