New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-23

a few points. and when buying and selling fur;
sa the ws ony yo0P9 for an a
should be devised for making the wants OF each
as Pigeon English" chat is business English s)
came into extensive use. This Is neither hsh'
guages goes; but it has served a useful purpose. in
that it has enabled the Chinese and the foreigner
business as has brought them together for the last
present pres day. however. demands better and more
accurate vehicle of expression. transactions in
lectures but the rights and obligations of the par
ties must be defined in terms that convey clear
In ali the ports and Important centres of the East
the scaocl and in the counting house such no
other language can claim II IS spoken IN me
Kong. 1t is taught in the schools of Yokohama as
well in those Of Singapore, Chinese, Japanese.
of il in their business offices in their clubs and in
their family circles In short 1t may De caga e b Ine
wanting that point to its ultimate adoption as an
that l am particularly partial to the English Ian,
guage ! only wish to some language selected
to be used when peoples Of different tongues have
dealings with each other This would save great great
the time that is devoted to study of modern Ian
pIoyed in the acquisition of some useful branches
of knowledge.
POLICY IN NEW POSSESSIONS
The sudden possession of ana vast o territories
posed of thirty different races speaking as many
languages. presents problems OF a most serious Gus
utmost all the ingenuity which even statesmen OF
high order possess HherS your ba Tas
ment of so large an alien population IN an0ther part
Gus schemes for its government are proposed.
and the delay in coming to decision indicates your
With the intelligence and common sense OF the
American people have no dGu6t rg ie c stafes
man would be not to enact laws for the newly aco
local requirements and peculiar circumstances or
to extend the laws of the mother country, which
ritories. No unnecessary change in the existing
laws and customs should be madei no
one class against another; no step Shoulo
1aReh 10 te EXPENSE or to the detrment Of
another class; no race or class LEGISLATION should
should be strictly impartial fair and just; no hasty
aewed nness tbeV are cruel or INJURIOUS to good
morals Education Is great Teformer and II Tree
lie schools in this country great results may be eX-
pected.
she has acquired colonies ten thousand miles away,
sn edf h3ee e 10 cspeea in matters
of legislation and government with respect to an
might be very serious. 1t is no dis
grace to turn to those Powers for some Lessons
colonies. England and France have acquired pos
which are not far from the Philippines and having
had to solve problems similar TO those with which
TO those colonies to investigate the systems of gov
eminent in actual operation to study the e eXpe e
what legislative enactments have been found suit.
be able to learn some useful lessons and at least
to 49d making ing c 70 W corec
MONROE DOCTRINE FOR ASIA
The United States has now become important
factor in the Far East. not only on account Of her
newly acquired possessions there but also on &C
the nations in Asia. 1t behooves her to adopt
Of the situation Last December attended one of
the numerous exercises in commemoration Of the
vised the audience to read washingtons Farewell
per cen Of that audenee haze ever Seen that docu
ment. took the hint, and on my return from that
peruse the address. What struck me most was
the foresight and transcendenE wisdom exhibited
what can be ,grander than these words: observe
peace and harmony with all" These should be
written in gold and serve guide to every ma
confucius incuicated when he said let your
words be SINCERE ana truthful and y01r R96y hon
has been a potent factor in shaping the policy of
ments, When it becomes universally, known that
the policy Of this young RsPubG as
eultiva,ttiing peace and harmony With all nations
wide All nations perceived that this country was
pursuing just policy and did not dare to give the
seven years afterward. when President Monroe
tbs e against %sa on
in by all foreign Powers Why? Because it
not enfe doen but
Interpretation Of the sound principles laid down
the open door in China by the great Powers,
Government through the able Secretary of State is
not departure from, but continuation of. your
g.. The , question now arises whether 1t IS not time
Asia The Philippine Islands are situated on the
outskirts OF Asia. and may be said to be at the
President Monroe to declare any attempt to en-
GF9aeh amy portion of the american CONT
Alaska to Patagonia as dangerous to your peace
find that the mainland of Asia is not mofe than six
hundred miles distant from the Philippines? If it was
the islands this side Of Atlantic to pass into
y5s6 so look ok 9nY h fGTe POweT you'd it be
rn por Gn the WHICH Of Asia especially the
Puerto Rico to Florida? I do not apprehend any
ggncToaehmsnt will take place. But the Monroe
the Is that i should n HSu be aDpied
This policy is by no TINS se hsS
one but, have already remarked, IS rounded Hie
carried out it will tend greatly to the preseTyetoSS
of peace wherever it is enforced
The two days exercises were concluded 70
night with a dinner of six hundred covers at
Horticultural Hall, given by the Law Associa-
tten Of the Lawyers Club and the Bar Associa
ton of this city, in honor Of the special guests of
the university Invitations were also extended TO
the alumni of the Department of Law of the
university and to the members Of the Law Acad-
envy of this city. Samuel Dickson, president of
thee Lawyers Club, presided, and former Attor-
ney-General II. Hensel of Pennsylvania was
POSTMASTER. The following Were the toasts:
THE Memory Of Washington" which was
drunk in silence; The Judiciary" Judge George
Gray, of the United States Circuit Court for
the Third District; THE University Of Oxford"
Sir Charles Arthur Roe, of England: THE Uni
versity of Cambridge" G. B. Finch, A NJ, of
England; The University Of Pennsylvania"