The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-11-10

country and the United States. l hope MT. Choate will forgive me II there IS any irregularity in my expression. IL is quite wrong for secretary or stale to make any observations With respect to the internal politics of another couh- try. but I am soon to give up my the foreign) office, and in view Of thls apan- donment, which is close at hand, nope MT. Choate will forgive me for express ine the supreme satisfaction with Whlch all of HIS have heard of what has recent 1y taken place in the United States
 MT. Choate, replying a few minutes later to the toast of the dlplomatlc corps. declared that Lord Salisbury had stated with such truth, simplicity ana earnestness the result of the electloh that he (Mr. Choate) would not attempt to add to it, although he would venture to congratulate the noble lord upon the fact that his remarks had been made after instead of before the electlon' (Laughter)
 Except in it's references to the united States the speech of the premier cast an extraordinary gloom over the gor- eeous hanuuet. Following directly at- fer the colonel commanding the Clty TmperiaI Volunteers, Lord Salisbury startled his hearers, who caught the drift of his remarks, by satirizing the war fever. although praising the cour- age of the soldiers, and declaring that the passionate admiration or military valor evinced by the populace must pro- duoe a change of attitude on the part of the outside world when viewing Eng fish character.
 Then with lowered voice and almost trembling accent he went on to speak of the price of victory and the raVages of death dealing especially with the o1een's bereavement in the loss or Prince Christian Victor. Finally, with bent head and hands clasped, he utter ed a hope, almost prayer, that Loru Poberts might be spared the sorrow now banging over him by reason of the critical condition of his daughter. Tears sprang to the eyes of women ana men moved uncomfortably in their seats. The silence and solemnity grew oppres- Sive
 Awakening from abstraction, the premier reviewed the events ot the last twelve months MT. Kruger and the E,nonress of China, he went on to say bad forced war upon Great Britain. lie ,,,.;n+ained that the British war o1hce deserved great credit for the way Tn which if had handled all these emergen- cies. .4
 "Dasnita nebulous and fictitious at +.olxs we should be glad to improve all the defects of the war oftlce' ne coh- +;vued "and our utmost efforts will De
 s,ly. htIt I GhnI1I0 ar deprecate any unnecessary eXalllla- tion into what has occurred. You Wlll
 o+ odd to the enthusiasm of your troops by so doing"
 He dilated upon the strengthened lies hetween the mother country anu tAe colonies during the year ana poheu AuAi at the delay consequent upon the huro- ,.aor concert when dealing with Chlna. r. was not appropriate for him, ne de- o1ored to comment upon negotiations while in progress, but he sald ne Woulu make an exception in the case or tle Anglo German compact. This he re- marked. 'represents the feeling of most if not all the powers allied. It is lmpos- sible to lay too much stress upon the ln- +eeritv of China and the open door, and think it matter of great ad- vantage that the powers should have expressed themselves in favor of these fundamental principles for, if they are achieved. the issue of the China prob lem need not concern us very anxious ly"
 He maintained earnestly that the idea of invading China with "our scanty force or of approaching the stupendous task of governing China instead of leaving it to be governed by the Chinese was most dangerous"
 Relapsing into pesstmism Lord Sal isbury admitted that the trend of recent events almost put an end to the hopes of the Russian emperor and others, who took part in the peace conference at The Hague. His extraordinary speech closed with fervid appeal to the peo- pie of England to maintain their de- lenses in such a perfect condition that we shall not be exposed to any sudden interruption of the peace upon which our prosperity depends.