New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-22

ROer. found here an 1nStdnt IcoPch
request for the benefits OF our receh. rdsryies
cnce American surgeons American orus ta,v
and trained nurses sprang 1orWalu ~ o.rS,aI
York as ready and eager 20 equip h sns little
skip for South Africa as they had pesI tty
while before for a similar service TO hufh""'
among their own people at Manila l., ,not
Long ago Thomas Jefferson remarkea ma
~ all the nations OF the earth. Great britan
could do us the most harm. and therefore, we
should sedulously cultivate coraih, ihnaSn
chip with her. These later days nave s G,s.,
maj m all the nations OF the earth Great
Britain and the United states can give ea az
other the most cheer and do each otnei .n s
most good There is a nobler motive, OH oo.ii
sides for the same sedulous cultivation OIL the
same cordial friendship. -,
In the lamentabe wars In which both are
for the moment unhappy involved. the utmost
either need do ia 10 hope for the other, as for
itself an honorable and a speedy end 10 cohnctS
which neither began. Few thinking people se,i-
ously suppose either war can have any but the
ono obvious and inevitable result The heavier
battaons will win. For the rest whatever
may be the natural sympatiies aroused Tor tne
feeber side In either war. and whatever may De
urged in partial justification of the attacks by
which they precipitated hostties. the dispas
sionate observer VIII not doubt that, IN poth
ccses. the end which IS thus foreseen IRON sne
beginning will be best for the security OF per
sonal rights for the ordered liberty ana the
advancing civilization Of the world 49,,
We cannot but regret that In one case, ',s
victory will bring some natural pahgs 10 90
noble n race az dwes In Europe;-the race tha'
stood like rock when the flood OF Spanish az
erosion threatened TO overflow the contlnehe::
the race that gave to England WllhaiI, W
Orange. and to America the city Of New-foTk.
But Dutch sympathy with illusory AHihanusi
aspirations will breed no blood ieuo. - ro,a-
while IL cannot prevent the return OF goou ieIa
tions between the two peoples or tne wolIu
nearest to ourselves in origin. aims anu in. .a
ests the two great Indo-Germanic peopiee ant
from London and Berlin That Is al N 90
monentous in the worlds history. ausplclous loi
US and suspicious for the solution oil tne So
ern problems in which we must no" peat 10
If
friendlv relations with all peoples; and they
may be right who say that IN genera "" W.. or" ,o,,
seek no special relations with any pu' 80
cannot override the forces or NaluIe' y, 49,.
With tbe parchment Of diplomatists the nlouen
and irresistible influences or blood anu his .S.oa
| say without hesitation that II there are ~.
great Nations in the world that God ana Naluls
Saaant Tor eternal peace and amty with eacn
other those three are Great britain Te .ar y
and the United States. There Is obviously sEo.y
reason why England and Germany sho 9 e.atas
he friends Yet more should the United states
welcome and prize the growing lrlelita srtppr6
each We are rivals in trade just as YOU ,ais an
Nv merchants of New-York are all rivals III
trade Rut we are also Indispensable customers
m each other and we have common lhteie''
in the East-the interest Of the open Door. A..
"yYbere a certain country plants coIohy,.
so,S q Epronean statesman once In moment
~ uneusrded candor you may as well MARI
that region off the commercial map or the "o III,
1t no longer exists" No man - even ap Anoerican
of an English or German or an AIneitos
colony: and il Is to the interest or all th,ee ~
us that no nation shall be apie 10 mar ~
Farther East off the commercial map VI ''
world. go .,oord.nt
voice. declaring that the United States canhos
do what 1t committed itself to In the Ireai 49, ~
Paris-maintain the policy Of the open door
in its Eastern possessions. But TINS is hotloi
based upon confusion as 70 the dille[eIlt Us. u.u'
of the term "the United states III the Con'. -.
zion No use of II justiies the contention tnat
territory or other property is necessarily an IN
tegral part of the United States; ana the un-
broken line OF decisions by the highest courts
for over half q century sustalns tne ausoiu'o
right of our country to acquire such territory
anywhere and govern it as we please. w NAY
pledged the Open Door In the PhlHpplnes "
Spain by document when is now tne Supi on S
law of the land as well as the Constitution ana
what we give TO Spain we shall not refuse 10 me
most favored Nations. The Phiippines ,neh
are. through our possession anueu W ZIG t - -
mercaI map of the world, and / venture 10
think that in the century that Is daWnlng they
will fll a large space upon IT,
Does any one in this company OF great mer,
chants ask what good our trade with tnem VIII
he m ms ~ thew are open to everybody? Let
me answer by asking what GOOD our trace 70
Great Britain is to us? 1t Is open 10 everybody,
Or our trade with France, or with Germany
Does any one believe that, with the political
control and with the Pacific ocean IN our
hands, we must still be such feeble competitors
in Eastern markets that we cannot command
trade? I have not thus rated the enterprise or
the ability Of my countrymen
SO we welcome to the East all the world and
are sure that those we shall see oftenest there
will be our English and our German friends.
Together we shall enter the vast. awakins un-
known where dwell one-fourth the people OF
the world; and together in peaceful rivalry we
must bear our respective shares Of the White
Mans burden In the dark places Of the earth.
Before the company separated the toast OF
"The Army and Navy" was honored on the
suggestion Of Mr.. Jesup.
Among the many visitors who listened to the
speeches from the gallery was George Goodwin
Dewey, the son Of Admiral Dewey. who acted as
escort to two young women.