The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-20
HAY AND M'LAURIN
10th SPEAK AT CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE BANQUET.
MONROE DOCTRINE UPHELD.
MeLAURIN ExPATIATEs ON TWEN-
TIETH CENTURY TYPE.

He Calls HIS new treeu the "Mch IN
ley Doctrine" and Declares Ii to
BE Our ''Chart and Compass Cntn
we Complete Another Cycle in
National Life"-An Eloquent ana
PoIished Address by Mr. Hay ON
american DipIomacy"-AmbaS
dor Choate Tells of Britain's SYM
pathy in Our bereavement.
New York, Nov. 19.-The 133rd an
nual banquet of the Chamber of Com
merce was held at Delmonicos this
evening. Covers for 450 were laid In
the main banquet room, which was
simply, though effectively decorated.
chiefly with American flags.
At the table of honor presided over
by President Morris K. Jesup, were
Ambassador Joseph H. Choate, John
Hay, Secretary of State; Senator John
L. McLaurin of South Carolina, White
law Reid; Governor-elect Albert B.
Cummins of Iowa, Senator Chauncey
M. Depew, the Rev. DR.. Mcdonald s.
Mckay, Andrew Carnegie, Mayor-elect
Seth Low, Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles.
]. Pierpont Morgan, William E. Dodge.
Samuel D. Babcock, Maj. Gen. John
s. Brooke, Carl Schurz, Alex E. Orr,
Gov. Odell, Rear Admiral Albert S.
Barker and w. B. Ridgely. The pro-
fessional and business circles of the
city were we'll represented in the list
of other guests.
The speechmaking was opened by
President Jesup in a very few words
He then proposed toast to the men,
ory of William Mckinley. 1t was
drunk in silence and with all standing.
President Roosevelt's health was then
toasted while the orchestra played, and
at the next toast that of King Ed
ward of England, the British national
anthem was played.
In introducing Secretary Hay, Presi-
dent Jesup proposed a toast to "Our
Diplomacy" The Secretary was warm
ly welcomed by the guests and his
speech at various points met with
great enthusiasm.
American Diplomacy.
After an eloquent tribute to the mem
ory of President Mckinley, Mr.. Hay
said:
II dare to come to you because you
have asked me, and he would have
wished it, for he held that our per-
sonal feelings should never be consid-
cred when they confiicted with pub
lie duty. And if 1 fall immeasurably
below the standard to which he has ac-
customed you, the very comparisons
you draw will be a tribute to his men,
orV.
There was a time when diplomacy
was a science of intrigue and false
hood, of traps and mines and counter
mines. 1t may be another instance or
that credulity with which l have often
been charged by European critics when
l say that l really believe the world
has moved onward in diplomacy as in
many other matters. In my expert
ence of diplomatic life, which now COW
erS more years than / like to look
upon, and in the far greater record
of American diplomacy, which / have
read and studied, 1 can say without
hesitation that we have generally told
squarely what we wanted, announced
early in negotiation what we were will
ing to give and allowed the other side
to accept or reject our terms. Dur
ing the time in which 1 have been
prominently concerned in our foreign
relations 1 can also say that we have
been met by the representatives OF
other Powers in the same spirit OF
frankness and sincerity.
our recent diplomacy has met with, it
is difficult if not impossible, for me
to speak. There are two important
lines of human endeavor in which men
are forbidden even to allude to their
success-affairs of the heart and diplo-
matte affairs.
But If we are not permitted to
boast of what we have done, we can
at least say a word about what we
have tried to do and the principles
which have guided our action. The
briefest expression of our rule of con-
duct is perhaps the Monroe doctrine
and the Golden Rule. With this sim
pie chart we can hardly go far wrong.
AS to Our Sister Republics.
II think I may say that our sister
republics to the south of us are per-
fectly 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 territory than we covet the
mountains of the moon. We are grfev-
ed and distressed when there are differ
ences among them, but even then we
should never think of trying to COM
pose any of those differences unless by
the request of both parties to it. Not
even our Garnet desire for peace among
them will lead us to any action Whlch
might offend their national dignity OF
their just sense of independence. We
owe them all the consideration which
we claim for ourselves.
AS to what we have tried to do
what we are still trying to do-in the
general field of diplomacy, there is nc
reason for doubt on the one hand OF
reticence on the other. President Nc
Kinley in his messages during the last I
years has made the subject perfectly
clear. We have striven, on the linei
aid down by Washington, to cultivate
friendly relations with all Powers, bu
not 10 take part in the formation OF
groups or combinations among them
A position OF complete independence
ls not incompatible with relations in
Yolvlng not friendship alone, but con
current action as well in importan
emergencies. We hsve kept always II
View the fact that we are pre-emi
nently a peace-loving people; that Ou
normal activities are IN the direction
oi trade snd commerce; that the vas
1eyelopment OF our industries impera
lively demands that we shall not Onil
ietnln and confirm our hold on Ou
Ifesent markets, but seek constantly
Nf nN honorable means, 20 extend ou
PWmercial Interests IN every pracu
PIE direction, N IL for this reas0l
nave negotiated the treaties Of rec
fpelty which nov await the ectoi
ne Senate al ~ them eonceiyei
me Traditional American spirit o
.ieefion 20 our own industries an'