The San Francisco call., 1901-11-20
UNCLE SAM
WILL NEVER
BE A BULLY
Secretary Hay Speaks Of
Diplomacy Of the
Present.
! Says America Is Not in the
Business Of Driving Hard
Bargains.
Outlines the Friendship Of Southern
Republics and Shows the Neces-
sity Of an Isthmian Canal
and Pacific Gable.

NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-The one hundred
and thirty-third annual banquet of the
Chamber Of Commerce was held at Del
mOnicos this evening. Covers for $50
were laid in the main banquet-room.
which was decorated principally with
American flags.
At the table Of honor. presided over by
President Norris K Jessup. were Embas-
sador Joseph H Choate. John Hay CSec-
retary Of State), Senator McLaurin of
South Carolina, Whitelaw Reid, Governor
elect CUmmins Of Iowa, Senator c. M De-
pew, Rev. DR.. Donald Sage Mackay, An
drew Carnegie, Mayor-elect Seth Low,
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, J.
Pierpont Morgan, William z. Dodge, Ma
jOr General John r Brooke, Carl Schurz,
Alexander E. Orr, Governor Odeu and
Rear Admiral Albert S. Barker. The pro-
fessional and business circles of the city
were well represented in the list Of the
other guests.
The speech-making was opened by Pres
ident Jessup in a very few words. He
then proposed a toast to the memory OF
William Mckinley. It was drunk with
all standing and in silence. President
ROosevelt's health was then toasted, while
the orchestra played. and at the next
toast. that Of King Edward of England,
the British national anthem was played.
Toast to "our Diplomacy.
In introducing Secretary Hay President
Jessup proposed a toast to ''Our Diplom-
acy." The Secretary was warmly well
coined by the guests and his speech at
various points met with great enthusiasm,
especially when he mentioned the name
Of President Mckinley. The speech OBJ
tained rapt attention and the applause
was deafening when in his peroration he
said:
NO wantonness Of strength will ever
induce US to drive a hard bargain with
another nation because it is weak, nor
viii any fear Of ignoble criticism tempt
US to insult or defy great power be-
cause it is strong. or even because it is
friendly"
After an eloquent tribute to the men,
Ory OF President Mckinley Secretary Hay
said:
II dare to come to you because you
have asked ne, and he would have wished
II. for he held that our personal feelings
should never be considered when they
conhicted with a public duty And if I
fall immeasurably below the standard to
which he has accustomed you the very
comparisons you draw will be tribute to
his memory.
4 am asked to say something about our
diplomacy. You want from me nothing
but the truth, and yet, if I confne myself
10 the truth I cannot help feeling that 1
shall do my profession a. wrong in the
minds Of those who have been in the
habit Of considering diplomacy an occult
science, as mysterious as alchemy and
as dangerous TO morals as municipal poll
tics. 1t must be admitted that this con-
ception Of the Diplomatic function is not
without a certain historical foundation.
: Not Science Of Intrigue.
There was a time when diplomacy was
a science Of intrigue and falsehood, of
traps and mines and counter-mines. It
may be another instance Of that creduIity
with which I have often been charged by
European critics when I say that 1 really
believe the world has moved onward in
diplomacy as in many other matters In
my experience Of diplomatic life, which
now covers more years than I like to look
back upon, as 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 negotia-
tions what we were willing to give, and
allowed the other side to accept or reject
our terms. During the time in which [
have been prominently concerned in our
foreign relations. can say that we have
been met by the representatives Of other
powers by the same spirit of frankness
and sincerity.
LAS to the measure Of success which
lpur recent diplomacy has met with, it is
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