The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-10
DAY ON WHICH GEN.
LEE SURRENDERED
Anniversary Celebrated by
Hamilton Club in Chicago.
TRIBUTES TO SOLDIERS
PRES. ANGELL REFERS TO CHI
NESE SITUATION.

Chicago. April e.-The anniversary OF the
surrender of General Lee at AppomattoX
was celebrated by the Hamilton club this
evening It an elaborate banquet 10 which
500 invitations were issued. and OF
which twO-thirds were accepted The
dinner, which was held at the Auditorium
hotel, was one of the most pretentlous
affairs ever given by the hamilton Grub
The chief speakers OF the evening We're
dent0Angeii Of the University OF Michi-
gan. President Angel spoke on General
Grant in the Orient, and Bishop Dudley
delivered the principal address of the
President Angel. in the course of his
speech. referred TO China and declared
that in his opinion the administration of
President Mckinley in dealing with China
has been following the same wise and
magnanimous, noble policy which Cen
eral Grant him eff would have followed
If he had been resident OF the United
states policy o. naSnauimity and JUS
Then speaking of the grievances of the
chinese. he said; No nation was ever
exposed to such provocations from the
great powers OF the world as China has
been during the last two years have
not time 10 go over the whole story. /
Will refer to but a single thing. and that
IS 70 the graspins of territory without
any jurisdiction whatever Maintain ~
YOU please, that any foreign power. or
any combination OF foreign powers should
nave come upon our soil and have seized.
other power should have taken the har-
Dor Of Boston, and a. third the harbOr of
8altimore and thesstates Of Maryland and
PennsylVania, with the great mining out
put; another power scheming what part
TO take OF Florida and Georgia, and an
other had California and the tforeign
press of all these countries preaching up
land down the earth that the partition of
our country was impending. Then, 1 ask
States?
Their Hands on China
When Russia first-came over to Man
churia and took part of that. and Great
Britain then, In compensation took the
port just opposite, and then Germany
came along and seized the best harbor
on the Pacific coast that of I<aiO Chou,
and also seized control of all the conces-
Stons In a great province containing 49,
c00Oyo Of inhabitants: and France then
came along for slice of southern China
of it.. and even little Italy called out for
part. and al the European press far
and wide proclaimed that the day had
come Tor the partition Of China between
these uationSI ask you if / have over
stated this when L say that no nation
thaL had a particle of Self-reSDect would
endure such an aggression as that"
Then. after complimenting Secretary
Hay for his conduct Of the affair Pro-
lessor Angel said: Il think the poIicv
which they are endeaVOring TO compel of
maintaining the present government in
that any other government that can be
put in power has so good a chance of
us own subjects as the present emperor
mas, II he is IEODeriy maintained and
not too much interfcred with BY foreign
powers.
y cannot but think if the great powers
undertake to divide China. there is great
CANCER OF a European war in the scram-
BILE for division and that would be a
calamity certainly very great. / doubt
very much whether they could govern
that country in peace If they tried
Think of Great Britain trying to gov
efn the Yang Use valley, with more than
-U9"S'oW inhabitants and 500 miles long
when we remember what Tnea s11re. Of enc,
cess she has had with the. little company
or people down in South Africa. Q.augh-
teri I doubt If she has much strenSth
Tor anything OF that kind now
therefore most profoundly trust that
the programme which our government
mas marked out may be successfully car
RED out l think il is the best hone for
the future OF China and of the world -
IL h&d been expected that Justice TTar-
ian of the United States supreme co11rt
would be one Of the speakers. as well az
S,9lls X r i1I traneis W Cushmau of
present. -