The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-12
OUR FSELATIONS WITH ENGLAND

OUR RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND
A Formal Alliance ia Not Wanted
Judge Day Tells About the Work
of the Peace Commission,
Judge William r. Day, president OF
the peace commission at Paris and late
secretary of state, received q warm
welcome to his home In Canton, Ohio,
which took the form Of banquet
given by the Stark County bar asso-
oiation.
Hon. w. A. Lynch, who was Judge
Days law partner in their younger
days, but who now devotes his time
principally to railroad homogeneous,
was master Of ceremonies. Judge
George e. Baldwin, one OF the Oldest
practitioners at the local bar and very
intimate friend of the guest Of honor,
delivered the welcoming address, to
which Judge Day responded, and he
paid q high tribute to the legal frater.
nifty of Stark County, closing with an
eloquent reference to President Nc
Kiuley, a member of the association,
reciting his devoting to the country
during the war and the Incidents lead
ing thereto.
He then spoke as follows of the mat
ters which took himself and his col
leagues to Paris:
Recognizing that there are certain
matters which may not properly be
discussed on an occasion OF this kind,
thing may nevertheless say something
to my brethren of the bar Of the events
which have occurred In the period of
our separation.
eff I were called upon to state the
most gratifying circumstances Of our
foreign relations during the war, 1t
would be in the uniformly cordial and
hearty friendship Of the English before
and during the struggle. Observing
the obligations of neutrality and never
stepping outside of the requirements
of international law, we had the sym
pathy and good will of that great
power. don't believe either nation
seeks or would be benefited by for
mai alliance.
Nevertheless, the existence of COR
dial relations between people kindred
by blood, speaking the same language
and having the same ideals of civil
liberty and good government is fact
the potency Of which can hardly be
overestimated.
81 have been asked about the work
of the commissioners viewed from
lawyers standpoint. think l may say
something to you about it. II in excess
of the proprieties of the occasion 1
small ask you to treat it in q profes.
sional confidence. On the 18th of Au
gust the protocol Of Washington was
executed. 1t may be said to have been
the preliminary contract whose final
execution was to be embodied in the
treaty.
CAS- to Cuba, Puerto Rico, minor
West Indian islands and an island in
the Ladrones, it was capable of execu-
tion by q simple deed Of cession of these
linquishment of Spanish sovereignty
was required.
AS to the Philippine islands, their
disposition, government and control
Was left for final determination il the
treaty. 1 have often been asked how
1t was possible to make progress in a
commission haaing equal representa-
tives from the,twO nations.
whilst this fact did not prevent
the fullest discussion, the United States
having made all the concessions which
1t believed just and fair, was obliged
to insist that It's terms be accepted.
The publications of the proceedings
will show that nothing can be farther
from the truth than to assume that the
United States adopted towards Spain q
| pOllCy BbhnQ anu uollVoF.
"The American commissioners heard
with respect and endeavored to answer
with hrmness every position ad 0anced
by the Spanish commission. For better,
for worse, the work Of the commission
ers is done, and needs but the ratifica-
tion of the president by and with the
consent OF the behate, to become the
supreme law in the land. 1t cannot be
o matter of regret to any America n
hat the rising sun of the new year be-
holds the ensign Of our glorious re-
public floating from the walls of Moro,
where for 30 many years the royal ban.
ner of Spain has looked down upon &c
much corruption, misery and shame.
Tonight not one foot of American soil
remains under Spanish domination,
and the people so long oppressed are
to have new birth OF freedom. This
is not the time nor place to discuss our
policy In the far east. II this treaty
should be ratified. it brings to the
United States title to the archipelago
to be dealt with as the American peo-
| pie in their wisdom may see fit. In
| one thing | think we are Oil agreed
that when the line OF our duty has beer
| determined, 1t must be discharged q,
becomes o great, free and liberty-lov
| ing nation. Whether or no, we have
80 willed, the days of our internationa
isolation are past. 1t does not follow
that the advice Of the immortal Wash
ington to avoid entangling alliances il
less potent today than when the word
were written.
"The American citizen has o righ
to 60 wherever trade and enterpris,
may legitimately seek an outlet 70
the product Of American thrift ant
industry, and there must follow, If neet
be, the overshadowing protection O
the flag"
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