Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-20

what We wanted announced early IN nego-
tistlon what we were willing TO give and
allowed the other side TO accept or reject
our terms. During the time I'm which /
nave been prominently concerned In our
foreign relations I also say that we
nave been met by the representatives OF
other powers in the same spirit Of frank
ness and sincerity
Measure OF HE Success.
AS TO the measure of success which our
recent diplomacy has met with, II Is difi-
cult, IL not impossible, for me 20 speak.
There are two important lines OF human
endeavor In which men forbidden even
TO allude TO their success-affairs Of the
heart and diplomatic affairs
But II We are not permitted 10 boast
or what We have done we can at least say
word about what we have tried TO do
and the principles which have guiJcd our
action. The briefest expression OF our rule
OF conduct is, perhaps, the Monroe doc
trine and the golden rule. With this SIM
pie chart We can hardly go far wrong.
Il think L may say that our sister re-
publics to the south OF us are perfectly
convinced OF the sincerity OF our attitude
They know We desire the prosperity of
each of them and peace and harmony
among them. We no more want their ter
ritory than We covet the mountains OF the
moon. We are Rrieved and distressed
when there are differences among them:
but even then we should never think OF
trying to compose any of those differences
unless by the request of both parties to IL.
Not even our earnest desire for peace
among them will lead to any action
which might offend their national dignity
or their Just sense of independence We
owe them all the consideration which We
claim for ourselves.
Purposes for the Future.
las to what we have tried to do-what
we are stin trying to do-in the general
field Of diplomacy, there is no reason for
doubt on the one hand OF reticence on the
other. President Mckinley in his mes
sages during the last four years has made
the subject perfectly clear. We have
striven, on the lines laid down by Wash
ington, 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 independ-
ence is not Incompatible with relations in
volving not friendship alone, but concur
| rent action as well in important emer-
gencies. We have kept always in view
the fact that we are pre-eminently a peace
loving people; that our normal activities
are In the direction OF trade and COM
merce; that the vast development of our
industries imperatively demands that we
shall not only retain and confirm our hold
on our present markets, but seek con-
stantly, by all honorable means. to extend
our commercial interests in every practical
BILE direction. 1t is for this reason We have
| negotiated the treaties of reciprocity.
of them conceived in the traditional Amer
lean spirit OF protection to our own indus
tries, and yet mutually advantageous TO
ourselves and our neighbors In the same
spirit We have sought successfully to in
duce all the great powers to unite in a
recognition of the general principle of
equality of commercial access and oppor-
tunity in the markets of the orient. We
believe that "A fair field and no favor is
all we require, and with less than that
we cannot be satisfied. If we accept the
assurances We have received honest
and genuine, as / certainly do, that equal
fty will not be denied us. and the result
may safely be left to American genius and
energy.
I'VE consider our interests in the Pacific
ocean as great now as those of any other
power, and destined to indefinite develop
ment. 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 condominum In
which we were involved in Samoa, and
while abandoning none Of our commercial
rights in the entire group. we have estab-
liShed our flag and our authority in Tutuila,
which gives us the finest harbor in the
South seas. Next in order will come a Pa
cific cable. and an isthman canal for the
use of all well-disposed peoples, but under
exclusive American ownership and Ameri-
can cantrol-of both of which great enter
prises President Mckinley and President
Roosevelt have been the energetic and con-
sistent champions.
Quotation From Franklin.
THE attitude of our diplomacy may be
indicated in a text of Scripture which
Frankin-the first and greatest OF our dip
lomats-tells us passed through his mind
when he was presented at the court OF Yer
sailles. 1t was a text his father used to
quote to him in the old candle shop I'm Bos-
ton, when he was a boy: Seest thou a man
diligent in his business. he shall stand be-
fore kings Let us be diligent In our busi-
ness and we shall stand-stand, you see.
not crawl, nor swagger-stand. a friend
and equal, asking nothing putting up with
nothing but what is right and just. among
our peers. in the great democracy OF ma
TONS
After he had concluded Secretary Hay
was obliged several times to acknowledge
the applause accorded him by the diners.
Gov. Odell spoke to the toast, State or
New York; and Mayor-elect Low replied
to the toast, THE City of New York"
Joseph H. Choate, ambassador TO the
court of st. James, was next introduced
After the applause had subsidized, he spoke
with his usual eloQuence. dwelling mostly
on the sympathy that had been shown by
the British people at the time Of President
McKinley's death and said that not only
had sympathy been manifested almost
every hour for days after the event by
royalty. but that all classes were quite as
sorrowful. In view of these facts. Mr..
Choate thought this government justified In
thinking that England's grief was an ex-
preston OF natural sympathy.
Mr.. Choate was followed by Senator Nc
Laurin of South Carolina, who spoke to
Twentieth Century" The senator's address
very well received and he was FREE
quently applauded.