The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-02-02
INTERNATIONAL Comfy.
Rt. Hos. Arthur james BaifoaF Has Mere
Pretty rhiBgs 10 say Aboat
Falr Cotunbia.

London. Jan. li.--N. Hon. Arthur
Jamcs Raifour, first lord Of the treas
rry. and the leader Of the ministerial.
lists in the house OF commons. deliy.
cred his annual address last evening
To his constituents at Manchester. Af.
ter speaking of the "intrins,r difficulty
hich continental nations lind In an
derstaudlng Great Briiain's aims" hv
continued ~ follows:
oas Great Friendly Sstioa.
But there II surely one great
country. which by community Of
language, religions, blood. origin and
even institutions, II well fitted to un.
derstand us. and country which we
should be well tited TO understand.
Need say that the country to which
! refer is the United States some for.
cign critics. cynical by profession and
training, hold the view that the friend
ship ,row happily an'dEting bctweeu
the Engiish-spcaking people on both
sides of the Atlantic IL but the growth
Of the moment and depends upon
80: HISTORY s..i'';i'' ';i,,;s -: interests.
They affect to believe that when this
disappears friendship Viii also dissp-
pear. They hold that II British trade
should feel injured 10y some incon.
srnient tariff Immediately the senti-
ment 20 generally felt al this moment
In Great Britain toward America
would vanish like ihr leaves Of au-
tumn.
The World of Cynlcs Always wFoHE
according TO ms observations"
said Mr. llalfour. the world of cyHiCs
Is always wrong ! believe the cynicS
ars wrong in this ease, II our good ~.
lations really depended upon these
fortuitOus circumstances, while the
latter might be the foundation Of an
alliance. they could not be- the founda
tion of what IL infinitely more i'm.
portant Of that species Of friendship
which. IN season and out Of season.
through good report or ~ Is not TO he
shaken by mere personal circum,
stances.
FIrst Prediction af tnity.
at was In this hail, in 1896. that {
first spoke of the international rcla-
tions between the United States and
England In those dark days Of the
Venezuelan controversy, when public
feeling in America had been aroused
by the wholly unfouuded suspicion
that we had some designs ot empire
Ia South America. nnd when by
natural reaction We felt that our
brcthcrr on the other side Of the wa.
ter had neither judged nor treated MS
with knowledge and fairness, ! then
expressed nv firm faith that the time
would come when all speaking the I'm.
glish Language and sharing the Anglo
Saxon civilization would he united
with n sympathy which no mere poll.
tical divergence could permanently
disturb.
Fsit Like - Dreamer and Ideaiisi.
Il felt then. though ! spoke my In.
most convictions, that J must ian.
press my hearers as something Of "a
dreamer and an idrulisi or as
prophet only hoping FOR what he
himself can hardly expect Ia see real.
lied hut the three wears that have
elapsed since have wrought q marvel.
ous change IN their relations between
the two countries; change which ]
believe Is not destined to he reversed:
change which has brought back
th-se two great communities to their
normal relations. disturbed H. those
normal relations were by more than %
century Of unhappy discord change
which once made is % change thai
ought TO bc permanent. Tor Il l.
founded. rs ! hope, upon mutual syui-
pathy, mutual comprehension aud thr
mutual belief that each great and free
community desires 10 src the priyi-
legcS It enjoys extended fn. and wide
Ia oil continents and among all ne.
tiuna.
The Greatest Guaranty "f Fatars Peace,
And. II ! am right aud that com
mon sympathy isimplanicd deep in thc
breasts Of those two great nations.
there can not b. q greater guarantee
for future pence, freedom, progress
and civilization, not only Of this nr
that country or community alone, but