The record-union., 1899-10-10

sorry to say the result hes not been
commensurate with our expectations.
Shall I speak my mind? (Cries of yes,
yesD We met a stumbling block in
the question IF the Alaskan frontier.
Well, let me say here and now that the
commission could not settle that cues
tion and referred to their particular
Governments, ami they are now deal
ing with it. May@I ioe permitted to say
here and now that we do not desire one
inch of your land sApplause) hut if
/ state, however, that we want to hold
our land, though that would not be an
American sentiment. though it would
not be a British or Canadian sent timent,
l am here to say abo. all. my fellow
countrymen, that We want not to stand
upon the extreme limits of our rights
We are ready to give and to take We
can afford to be just; we can afford to
be generous because we are strong.
There are no two nations to-day on
the face of the globe so united as
Great Britain and the United States of
America (Cheers.) The Secretary of
State told us some months ago that
there was no treaty of alliance 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 can write and which the
pen can unmake but there is between
Great Britain and the United States
of America unity of blood, of blood
which is thicker than water, (Ap-
plause) I repeat what / have before
stated, that war between Great Brit
ain and the United States would be
criminal in my estimation and judg-
ment, just as criminal as the Civil War
which desolated your country some
thirty years ago"
The welcome extended to Sir Will
fried Laur1er was repeated when the
next speaker, Vice President Maris-
| cal of Mexico, rose. He spoke as fol-
lows, answering the toast of THE Re-
public Of Mexico"
Il rise principally to thank you very
cordially for the toast proposed and
drunk in honor of Mexico and it's
President. l believe / should venture
some few brief remarks in order to
express the feeling of President Diaz
and the Mexican Government toward
the United States. Mexico, gentlemen,
as you know, has twice fought for in
dependence. The first time was at
the beginning of this century, and dur
ing eleven years, when no nation could
or wished to give us any assistance.
The second time, less than forty years
ago, we had to battle against Ma
poleonic intervention, and in spite Of
our heroic resistance, prolonged for
five long years, we might have sue
cumbed, yielding to force, had it not
been for the powerful influence of the
United States, which promptly settled
| matters in our favor. That historical
fact has not been forgotten by any
true Mexican, and we all keep it en-
graved in our hearts
Mexico is developing her natural re-
sources by means of domestic and for
eign capital, chiefly American, invest
ed In railroads and other great i'm
provements. The Mexican Govern
| ment welcomes that capital as well as
American industry, and all kinds of
traffic and honest immigration. 1t is
not only vicinity that binds us to-
gether. We have adopted your insti-
tutions; we have shaped our political
being after your model, and the very
symbol of our nationality is almost
identical with yours-both are the fa-
nous bird of Jove, an eagle. May.
then, these two eagles soar forever.
nylng along parallel lines-the Amer
lean guiding, the Mexican following,