The San Francisco call., 1899-10-10

the United States good. though they are
brotheTly, though they are steadfast in my
judgment they are not as good, brotherly
as satisfactory as they ought to be. We
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 than a thousand
years we have had common history:
not always as brotherly as they should have
been, may not ask Mr. President. on the part
of Canada and on the part of the United States
are we not sometimes too prone TO stand by the
full conceptions of rights and exact all
our rights to the last pound of flesh? May |
tween US petty quarrels, which, happily do
not wound the heart of the nation?
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 supreme effort to better
relations, and make the Government of Presi-
dent Mckinley and the present Government of
Canada, with the assent of Great Britain,
to work together as to remove all causes of dis
cussion between US. And regarding the com
mission which sat first in the old city of Que
bee and sat next in the city of Washington
but whether sitting in Quebec or sitting in
Washington, l am sorry to say the result has
not been commensurate with our expectations
Shall / speak my mind? (Cries of Yes,
yes.') We met a stumbling block In the ques-
tion OF the Alaska frontier. Well. let me say
here and now that the commission could not
settle that question and referred to their par
t4cular Governments and they now dealing
with it. May | be permitted to say here and
now that we do not desire one inch of your
land (appiause), but if / state, however that
We want to mold our land, though that would
not be an American sentiment though it would
not be a British Canadian sentiment. l am
here to say above all. my fellow countrymen,
limits of rights. We ready to give
and to take. We can afford to be just; we
afford TO be generous because we are strong
We have a population of II 600 000-I beg par
don, mistaken it Is the reverse of that.
G-aughter) But pardon my mistake. AL
though it is the reverse l sure the senti-
ment is the same But though we have many
little chickering's of that kind. l speak my whole
iTl1 nTNn Hpl liGyrsl air,f IF .1f
gentlemen when l say that hereafter when
go down TO the bottom of our hearts we will
affection. (Applause.) There are no two ma
tions to-day the face of the globe so united
as Great Britain and the United States of
The Secretary Of State told us some few
months that there was treaty of ali-
ance between Great Britain and the United
States of America 1t is very true there is
between the United States of America and
Great Britain to-day no treaty which the pen
there is between Great Britain and the United
States of America unity of blood which is
peal TO recent history when | say that when
nation has to face emergency-a
greater emergency than usual-forthwith the
ships OF other nations go to their sister Gap
plause) When last year you suddenly
engaged in war with Spain though Spain was
the weaker party and though. it is natural that
men should side with the weaker party our
sympathies went to YOU for no other reason
than that of blood (applause) and I am SIRE
you will agree with me that though our re-
lations have not reached the degree of per
fection to which I would aspire from that
day new page has been turned in the his
tory of our country. 1t was no unusual oc-
currence before the month of May 1898 to
read in the British press of American AFRO
gance; neither was 1t an unusual occurrence to
read in the American press Of British brutality.
Since the month OF May, 1895 these expressions
have disappeared from the vocabulary
Sir, incident took place in the month Of
June last which showed to me at all events
conclusvely that there is between us a very
Gin
if l recall that instance because 1 have TO
speak of myself. In the month of June last
spoke on the floor Of the House of Commons of
Canada on the question of Alaska. and
enunciated the very obvious trusm that inter
national problems can be settled in one or two
ways only. either by arbitration or by war.
And although l proceeded to say that a war
between Great Britain and the United States
would be criminal and would not be thought of
for the moment, still the word war created
quite excitement in this country. For that
causeIess excitement. though l indirectly
the cause of it, l do not at this moment find
IIfe certainty that between your country and
my country the relations have reached that de-
eI,eo 80 word war is never 10 he men
toned in a British assembly or in an American
assembly. (Applause) I repeat what 1 then
stated, that war between Great Britain and
estimation and judgment. just criminal as
the civil which desolated your country
some thirty years ago.
The. welcome extended to Sir Wilfrid
Laurier was repeated when the next
speaker Vice President Mariscal of
Mexico. rose. He responded to the toast
1.-THE Republic of Mexico"
Secretary Long. who responded to The
Navy" received greeting that Will live
with him for many days. The Glories
of the. G. A. r. were dwelt upon by
Colonel D. r. Henderson of Dubuque,
Iowa. the next Speaker of the national
House of Representatives. The last ad-
dress on the regular programme by
General Thomas NJ. Anderson, L. s. A
J )pnaTtnnnt
Lakes. who responded to the toast The
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