The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-17
BY the Associated Press.


New York. Dec lG.--A mass meet.
cation of arbitration treaties recently
signed by the state department with
several Of the leading powers, was
held tonight q. Carnegie hall There
was very large attendance and the
speakers were repeatedly appauded.
John Crosby Brown, in an opening
address, expressed regret at the alb.
oence of Andrew Carnegie wno was
TO have opened the meeting but who,
he said, could not be present
Mayor Mcclellan Presides.
Mayor Mcclellan presided and
spoke briefly on The principles OF ar.
biration.
NJ Linn Bruce. lieutenant governor
elect. spoke against deciding differ
onces between nations by war and
was followed by Archbishop Ireland.
The archbishop spoke in part as fol
lows:
Archbishop lreland's Speech
"A great nation 1t is-this Amer
lea of ours. The three millions who
watched over her In her infancy are
now the eigh.y mill.ong. The latent
opulence of her soil and climate bios
SONS forth in richest profusicn, and
pours into her bosom unrivalled fruit
age. The native ingenuity of her sons,
quickened into feyerish activity by
magnificent opportunities, makes her
tho unchoIlay ood ouoau1 of ipa,tgtpv
and enterprise. Her commerce moves
triumphant across all oceans, over all
continents. And her power OF self
assertion is mighty; defiant ever of
subjugation, fitted ever for the aure.
ole of victory, however potent the op-
position.
At Last Knows Herself.
And now America is conscious of
the greatness into which she ha,
grown SO rapidly had she been
growing, so earnest had she been in
effort and life that no pause would
she make TO measure her stature and
for long she knew not the heights to
which she had been soaring. But the
revelation of herself has al la come
10 her The Spanish-Ameriean war
was the occasion: America was thrill
ei with the sense Of her mightiness; !
she heard the returning echoes Of her
world-embracing prestige and in.
fuence; she understood that great
she is at home, that great she is
abroad; she understood that no At |
lantic, no Pacific coast sets limit TO |
her name or to her work; and that tc |
be truthful TO herself and truthful
to humanity she must, wills she it or
wills she II not. hold herself to be
great and re- oluteiy as une and play |
amid earth's nations the role Of great |
ness.
A Leader of Nations.
by the very force of her great
ness a leadership in the affairs Of hu-
manlty is assigned to America; she
cannot refuse herself TO it. What shall
that leadership be- Be it worthy. we
pray. of Amcrical Be it such. we
pray. that humanity must bless the
day when the republic OF the west
rose into dignity and power and was
enthroned as queen amid the worlds
most oueenly nations.
what shall the leadership of Am
erica be? The announcement is made
by the chieftains of her people, Tho
presiden. of the republic and his sec
retary Of state nave spoken, and taei.
words have reached the uttermost
bounds Of the earh Addressing the
diplomatic officers of the United
States accredited TO the governments
OF signatories TO The Hague conven-
tio1. Inhn Hay wrote under date OF
Oct. 20, 1904: The president has
charged me to instruct you to aseer
tain whether the governmer TO Efieh
you are accredited is willing TO con.
clude with the government of the
United States an arbitration treaty
OF ike tenor to the arrangements con-
clpded betwean Franc anl Great
Britain On Oct. II 1903.
The leadership OF The American