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HAY ON OUR DIPLOMACY
heSecretary Of State Enunciates the
Governments Foreign Policy.
FRIENDSHIP OF POWERS SOUGHT


roe Doctrine and the Golden Rule-No
Wantonness OF Strength, He Declares
VIII Induce Us to Drive Hard Bar
gain With Another Nation.
New York City.-The annual banquet
of the Chamber of Commerce was held
at Delmonico's. Covers for 400 were
laid At the table of honor We're Am
bassador loseph H. Choate, John Hay,
Secretary of State; Whitelaw Reid.
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew, Andrew
Carnegie, Mayor-Elect Seth Low, Lieu
tenant General Nelson A. Miles, J.
Pierpont Morgan, Carl Schurz and Gov
ernor Odell.
In introducing Secretary Hay, Presi-
dent Jesup proposed a toast to "Our
Diplomacy" Secretary Hay was
warmly welcomed by the guests, and
his speech at various points met with
great enthusiasm, especially when he
mentioned the name of William Nc
Kinley at the end the applause was
deafening.
After paying a special tribute to the
late President Secretary Hay took up
the subject of diplomacy, to which he
was assigned. and said in part:
There was a time when diplomacy
was q science of intrigue and false
hood, of traps and mines and counter
mines. 1t may be another instance of
that credulity with which have often
been charged by European critics when
I say that really believe the world
has moved onward in diplomacy as
In other matters. In my experience Of
diplomatic life, which now covers
more years than I like to look back
upon, and in the far greater record
of American diplomacy, which have
read and studied. I can say without
hesitation that we have generally told
squarely what we wanted, announced
early in negotiation what we were
willing to give, and allowed the other
side to accept or reject our terms. But
If we are not permitted to boast of
what we have done we can at least
say q word about what we have tried
to do, and the principles which have
guided our action. The briefest eX-
preston Of our rule Of conduct Is, per-
haps, the Monroe doctrine and the
golden rule. With that simple chart
we can hardly 60 far wrong.
I'VE have striven, on the lines laid
down by Washington, to cultivate
friendly relations with all powers, but
not to take part in the formation OF
groups or combinations among them.
A position of complete independence is
not incompatible with relations involv-
ing H0t friendship alone, but concur
rent action as well in important emer-
gencies. We have kept always In
view the fact that we are pre-eminent-
Iy a peace-loving people; that our nor
NAL activities are in the direction OF
trade and commerce; that the vast de-
yelopment of our industries impera-
tiyay demands that we shall not only
retain and confirm our hold on our
present markets, but seek constantly,
BY all honorable means, to extend our
commercial interests in every practi-
cable direction.
1--WE consider our interests in the
Pacific Ocean as great now as those OF
any other power and destined to In
definite development. We have opened
our doors to the people Of Hawaii, we
have accepted the responsibility of the
Philippines which Providence imposed
upon us; we have put an end to the
embarrassing condominium in which
we were invc--ved in Samoa, and, while
abandoning none Of our commercial
rights in the group, we have estab-
Ished our flag and our authority in
Tutuila, which gives US the finest har-
Dor in the South Seas. Next In order
VIII come q Pacific cable and an 18th
mian canal for the use Of all well-dis-
posed peoples, but under exclusive
American ownership and American
control. There will be no more sur
render of our rights than there will be
violation of the rights of others.
I'VE frankly confess we seek the
friendship Of all the powers; we want
to trade with all peoples; We are con-
scious Of resources that will make our
commerce q source Of advantage to
them and of profit to ourselves. But
no wantonness Of strength viii ever
induce us to drive a hard bargain with
another nation because it is weak, nor
VII any fear Of ignoble criticism
tempt us to insult or defy a great
power because it is strong, or even
because it is friendly"
Joseph H. Choate, Ambassador to
the Court of st. James, was next intro
duced. He spoke with his usual elo-
quence, dwelling mostly on the recent
visit of the delegates of the New York
Chamber Of Commerce to London. He
enlarged upon the sympathy that had
been shown by the British people at
the time of President McKinley's
death, and said that not only had the
sympathy been manifested almost ev-
cry hour for days after the event, by
royalty, but that al classes were quite
rs sorrowful. In view Of these acts
Mr. Choate thought this Government
justified in thinking that England's
grief was an expression Of natural
sympathy.