Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-11-27
HAY ON OUR DIPLOMACY
lhe Secretary of State Enunciates the.
Governments Foreign Policy.
FRIENDSHIP OF POWERS SOUGHT
Our Rule OF Conduct. He Says, Is the y,r.
roe Doctrine and the Golden Rule-So
Wantonness of strength. lie Declares
Will Induce Us to Drive n Hnr.i Kar-
gain With Another Nation.

Wantonness of Strength, lie Deol.r.
Will Induce Us to Drive n HARD xar.
gain With Another Nation.
New York City.-The annual BANQUET
of the Chamber OF Commerce was held
Mt Delmonico's. Covers for 40 wore
laid. At the table OF honor We're Am
basSador Joseph IL. Cnoatc. John HAY
Secretary of State: Whitelaw Reid
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew. Andrew
Carnegie, Mayor Elect Seth Low. Lien.
tenantGeneral Nelson A. Miles I
Pierpont Morgan. Carl Schurz and GOV.
crnOr Odell.
In introducing Secretary Hay. Prcyi-
dent Jesup proposed toast 10 "Our
Dip!cmacy.' Secretary Hoy was
warmly welcomed by the guests ana
MS speech ut various FONTS met win
great enthusiasm. especially when he
mentioned the name OF William Nc
Ainley at the end the applause WIS
ueafening.
After paying special tribute to the
iaIe president, Secretary Hay took uo
the subject OF diplomacy. TO which he
WAS assigned. ard said in part:
mere was tille when diplomacy
was science of intrigue and false
hoou' OF traps and mines and counter
iiihes. IL may De another instance OF
'ilat credulity with which l have often
Deen charged hy European critics whpI
L say that L really believe The worjb
mas moved onward in diplomacy IS
i'll other matters. In my experience bf
diplomatic life, which now coyars
more years than l like TO look k,ck
upon ana In the far ErcaIer re ord
Oh american diplomacy, WHICH L rave
read ana studied, j can say Without
hesitation that we have genera. lyf told
squarely what we wanted, annoAnced
carry IN negotiation what we were
Wililng TO give, and allowed the other
SIDE to accept or reject our term But
III we are not permitted 10 b.ast OF
what we have done we can { least
say word about what we h5Ve tried
10 do' and the principles which have
guided our action. The br'.fest ex-
preston CT our rule of condlct is, per-
maps, The Monroe doctrine and the
golden rule. With that siI pie chart
we can hardly go far wron'.
we have strivcn. on the lines laid
dowL by Washington. I, cultivate
friendly relations Win all tJwers. but
"
groups or COZ binations arong them
y position of complete independence is
noY Incompatible with rela ions involv-
lnf not friendship alone, but concur
feht action as we'll in important eme.-
Sfnc!eS. We have keI, always IN
Hew the fact that We ar pre-eminent-
Y peacc-loving people that our nor
Jnal activities are in tie direction of
Irade and commerce.; jlat the vast de
\ jNeiopmcnt of our industries impera-
lively demands mat w; snail not only
/ retain and confirm cur hoid on our
present markets, but seek constantly,
10y all honorable me,Is, ID exten cur
commercial ntev %- il every practi-
cable direction.
We considerI,|ur interests in the
Pacific Ocean akI,reat now Ms those OF
any othe. povII and destined II in
definite develtL, ent. We have opened
our doors 10 people OF Hawaii. we
have accepteu - ne responsibility OF the
/ Philippines VI ch Providence imposed
upon us; wch ave put an end to the
embarrassin gcondominium il whicl.
we were invl' ,ed in Samoa. and. while
abandoning one of our commercial
rights in ~ group, we have estab-
! lishei our5nag and our authority in
1utuila, W iich gives lis the finest har-
bor in the Sou.h Seas. Next IN order
Will come a Pacific cable and an 18th
nian canal for the use OF all we'll dis
posed peoples. but under exclusive
Amerif an ownership and American
contrci There viii be no more SUI.
render of our rights than there viii be
violation of the rights OF others.
W. frankly confess we seek the
frieT 1ship OF all the powers; we want
TO I. ade witt all peoples; we are con-
SciouS of resources that will make our
commerce Il source of advantage 10
them and of profit to ourselves. But
no wantonness of strength Will ever
induce lis to driv" n hard bargain with
another nation because it is weak, nor
WI amy fear Cf iGnoble criticism
tempt us to insult or defy q grea
power because it is strong. or even
because it is friendly"
JPscph ii. Choate, Ambassador to
the Court of st. James, was next intro.
dPced. He spoke with his usual clc-
qhence, dwelling mostly on bhc reoen.
vlisit of the delegates OF theiNew Yorl,
Chamber OF Commerce to London. III
enlarged upon the sympathy that Lad
Jeen shown by the British pcoI lc 4,
che time OF President Mckinley
| ieiith. ana said that rot only had Inc
sympathy been manifested almost cv.
| cry hour for days after the event, Ly
Oyalty, but thar al .laskes were Cuit
sS sCrrC wfUl. In view of tIfese acts
Nr. Choate thought tAis GovcrnLIer
justified in thinking that EnglaEG'>
/ grief was an expression OF Ia.C1a
| ,ynipathy.