The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-03
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His Honor.
NOTABLE SPEECH.
Certain Facts About the
Peace Commission.

Canton, Jan. Judge William R.
Day, president of the peace commission
at Paris, and late secretary of state,
received a welcome home this evening
which took the form of a banquet at
the Barrett house, given by the Stark
County Bar Association. w. A. Lynch
was master of ceremonies. Judge G. e.
Baldwin, one of the Oldest practitioner
at the local bar delivered the welcom-
ing address, to which Judge Day re-
sDonded
Judge Day paid a high tribute to the
legal fraternity of Stark county, closing
with an eloquent reference to President
Mckinley. member of the association,
and reciting his devotion to the country
during the war and the incidents lead
ing thereto. He then spoke as follows
of the matters which took himself and
his colleagues to Paris:
Recognizing that there are certain
matters which may not be properly
discussed on an occasion of this kind,
/ think I may nevertheless say some
thing to my brethren of the bar of the
events which have occurred in the per-
iod of our separation.
IF l were called upon to state the
most gratifying circumstances of our
foreign relations during the war, it
would be in the uniformly cordial and
hearty friendship of the English be-
fore and during the struggle. Observ-
ing the obligations of neutrality and
never stepping outside the REQUIRE
ments of international law, we had the
sympathy and good will of that great
power. / do not believe either nation
seeks or would be benefited by formal
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 a fact
the potency of which can hardly be
overestimated.
Il have been asked about the work
of the commissioners viewed from a
lawyers standpoint. l think l may
say something to you about it. If in
excess of the proprietles of the occa-
SION L shall ask you to treat it in pro-
fessional confidence. On the 18th OF
August the protocol of Washington was
executed. 1t may be said to have been
the preliminary contract whose fnaieX-
ecution was to be embodied In the treaty
LAS to Cuba. Porto Rico, minor West
Indian Islands and an island in the La
drones, it was capable of execution by
simple deed of cession of these ISL
ands, except Cuba, where final relin-
quishment of Spanish sovereignty was
required.
GAS to the Philippine islands, their
disposition, government and control
was left for final determination in the
treaty. l have often been asked how
it was possible to make progress in a
commission having equal representa-
lions from the two nations
1eA IL,
fullest discussion, the United States
having made all the concessions which
1t believed just and fair, was obliged
TO insist that its terms be accepted. The
publication of the proceedings will
show that nothing can be farther from
the truth than to assume that the
United States adopted toward Spain a
policy of Stand and deliver'
The American commissioners had
heard with respect and andeavored tc
answer with firmness every position
s.dsanced by the Spanish commission
For better or for worse, the work OF
the commissioners is done, and needs
but the ratification of the president by
and with the consent of the Senate, tt
become the supreme law in the land
1t cannot be a matter Of regret to any
American that the rising sun of the
new year beholds the ensign of oul
glorious republic floating from the
walls of MORO, where for so many
years the royal banner of Spain has
looked down upon so much corruption
misery and shame.
Tonight not one foot of American
soil remains under Spanish domination
and the people so long oppressed are Il
have q new birth of freedom. This is
not the time nor place to discuss oui
policy in the far east. If this treaty
should be ratified, it brings to the
United States the title to the archipel.
ago, to be dealth with rs the American
people in their wisdom may see fit.
I'm one thing | take it, we are al
agreed, that when the line Of our duty
has been determined, it must be dis
charged as becomes a great, free anC
liberty-loving nation. Whether or no
we have so willed, the days of our in
ternational isolation are past. 1t doe
not follow that the advice of the i'm
mortal Washington to avoid entanglins
alliances is less potent today than wheI
the words were written
THE American citizen has a right t
go wherever trade and enterprise may
legitimately seek an outlet for the pro
duct Of American thrift and industry
and there must follow, if need be, tn
overshadowing protection of the flag.
Other addresses were delivered as fol
lows: american diplomacy" j. r
Brooks of Salem; 1.-THE President,
Judge I. Fl. Taylor Of Carrollton
Bench and Bar" Judge IT. T. McCar
ty; THE Army and Navy" Col. j. ]
Clark.