The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-20

told squarely what we wanted. announc-
ed early in negotiations what we were
willing to give and allowed the other side
to accept or reject our terms. L can also
say that we have been met by the rep
resentatives of other powers in the same
spirit of frankness and sincerity.
AS to the measure of success which
our recent diplomacy has met with, it is
difficult. if not impossible for us 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 diplomatic affairs.
II think | may say that our sister re-
publics to the south of us are perfectly
convinced of the sincerity of our atti-
perity of each of them. and peace and
harmony among them. We no more want
their territory than we covet the noun
tainS of tie moon.
LAS to what we have tried to do-what
We are still trying to do-in the general
field of diplomacy, there is no reason for
doubt on the one hand or reticence on
the other. We have always kept in view
the fact that We are pre-eminently a
peace loving people-that our normal ac-
tivities are in the direction of trade and
commerce; 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
constantly, by all honorable means, to
extend our commercial interests in every
practical direction. 1t is for this rea-
son we have negotiated the treaties OF
reciprocity which now await action of
the senate; all of them conceived in the
traditional American spirit of protection
to our industries, and yet mutually adj
vantageous to ourselves and our neigh
bors.
1--WE consider our interests in the Pa
cific ocean as great now as those of any
other power, and destined to indefinite
development. We have opened our doors
to the people of Hawaii; we have ac-
cepted the responsibility of the Philip
pines which Providence imposed upon
us. We frankly confess We seek the
friendship of all the powers; We want to
trade with all peoples; we are conscious
of resources that will make our COM
merce source of advantage to them and
also profit to ourselves. But no wan
tonneSS of strength will ever induce US
to drive a hard bargain with another ma
ton because it is weak, nor will any
fear of ignoble criticism tempt us to in
suit or defy great power because 1t IS
strong, or even because it is friendly.
"The attitude of our diplomacy may be
indicated in a text of Scripture which
Franklin-the first and greatest of our
diplomats-tells us passed through his
mind when he was presented at the court
of Versailles. 1t was a text his father
used to quote to him in the old candle
shop in Boston, when he was a boy,
'Seest thou a man dilgent in his bust
ness, he shall stand before kings Let
US De u1HSenC IN our business ana we
shall stand-stand, you see, not crawl,
nor swagger-stand, as friend and equal
asking nothing. putting up with nothing
but what is right and just, among our
peers, in the great democracy of nations"
Gov. Odell spoke to the toast, 1.-The
State of New York." and Mayor-elect
Low replied to the toast, 1.-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 most
ly on the recent visit of the delegates of
the New York Chamber of Commerce to
London. He enlarged on the sympathy
that had been shown by the British peo-
pie at the time of the death Of President
Mckinley, and said that not only had
the 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 MI
Choate thought this government justified
in thinking that England's grief was an
expression of natural sympathy.
Mr.. Choate was followed by Senator
McLaurin, of South Carolina, who spoke
to the toast of 1.-THE Monroe Doctrine
of the Twentieth Century, The sena-
tors address was very well received, and