New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-24

under hypnotic influence, told that he was the .
American Ambassador at the Cou OUR IInner
speech for a London banquet he pTonIpt.s 49,. ~
gan: Gentlemen, blood is thicker CIIoii - -.
On how We love our kinsfolk in the laIio OF oui
s 81. Hands across the sea. Common Ian
guage common blood, common htei W. o-e
supremacy OF the Anglo-Saxon9h a. TAI Kincr'
brothers ALL Three cheers Tor lhe nLIe W.
Well gentlemen, those are good pm i 49, eS
have heard them before. we may 80, no 800
some of them ourselyes-in fact thlnh nc
They we're right and there is no harm IN uSt I
them again. But means Tor peIsSauilis5 lii
,nao-la oF tine two countries TO mutual soou VIZ
49,, 80 eer,rad their purpose and have ceased
foSpv IN he a part OF the working TOOLS Oh W
rlomacv on either side of the AtIahtc. ~ ,,s
rs a time in our own history when Some ol uS
.,1@h. a Pbila6elphia arm in arm convention
a nseful object lesson. In that DAY anu uue
tbosa circumstances il did serve its puTposgI,
Bat nobody thinks it needfuI now 70 sc Iio+1
Carolina and Massachusetts, delegates waists I
arm in arm into national assempase, III o IL.
Il be convinced that they 1eel ana h1oM III III
belong 10 the same undissOlved and indissoluDIs
Union So nobody needs now 10 De tolu %
clasping hands across the seas, or OF coIi! L
bioo5 Or common literature. to know that
Great Britain and the United states III .ite
nature OF things, 10 inevitably sustain peoui itb
relations 10 each other not held by either Win
snv other nation, that they are now on very
good terms better than for over century, anu
that from this time the better they KNOW
each other and the more frequent ana NV
their intercourse the better and more ouIaoie
will be their good understanding. - 49, %
Some one spoke the other day OF the uGts VI
our Embassy as consisting merely IN JollyiIs
the English" In so far as this means thal
whenever an Ambassador has TO say any thlhs
he should say a friendly thing if he can, the re-
mark is well enough. Surely the meanest olspo-
sition in the world is that which grudges utter
ing the truth because ii may be pleasant u
But But there is duty OF an Ambassador more
important than promoting good wiil-high-
ly important We all consider that TO be. me
very people and government TO whom he is sent
would recognize the superior and lmpe5arlT ,s
sent to look after the interests of his olcn coni
tn Happy his lot if the interests of the country
that sends him and those of the country to
which he is sent are not conflicting. That is an
ideal stale very nearly approached in this case
this moment but not to be counted on any
where definitely as a permanence. If, unhap-
PLY these interests are ever found TO conflict
the most injurious and the most treacherOus
fault Ambassador can commit is TO sacrince
imperll the interests OF his own country
whether merely through a judgment warped by
The subtle influence of his foreign associations
or :n the deliberate and sordid hope OF remain
ing persona GTata in the country In which he
temporarily resides.
We are sometimes liable 10 a curious self-de,
Ception in such matters. We assume that a
man is necessarily succeeding when the coun-
try TO which he IS sent praises him. 1t is Of
course, most agreeable TO us TO hear such praise;
Yet we never base our estimate or any other
agents success in the agreements send him
10 make for Us entirely on the pleasure the other
side shows about his work Long ago one
heard Of diplomatic servants enshTned in the
popular regard At home because of a foreign
approval which found no echo in the secret rec
afford 10 lose sight of two facts about the real
business Of our Ambassadors-that their first
duty is 70 look after the interests of their own
country, and that the greatest of these interests
is, now and always. peace-the peace of Justice
WIN all our modern improvements our di-
ploFlacy has no better standards yet than those
set by John Jay and Charles Francis Adams.
Neither was exactly q 'jollier," and perhaps
neither at The moment eXuberantly pop
ular in the capital 10 which he accredited.
But they retired with the sincere respect of both
countries, deserve TO be honorably remembered
~ aaHc rF E-r.-f %1P
lasting names and the gratitude of coming gen.
erations in the land they served.
1t was happy and Illuminating phrase Of our
great Secretary of State when, in a humorous
vein. he told that our foreign policy consists
chiefly in the Golden Rule and the Monroe Doc
trine- It requires but another word, in fact, to
make 1t completely comprehensive To the
Golden Rule and the Monroe Doctrine need
only add the Dix Doctrine to sum up the whole
body OF State Department instructions for our
dealings with foreign nations. No one here no
7 New-Yorker no American ever foreets The DiS
Doctrine. If any man hauls down the Amer
lean flag, shoot him On the spot" Neither that
nor the Monroe Doctrine is International law
but both are sure TO remain, indefinitely, funda-
mental parts OF American international policy
and when you illumne both by the Golden Rule
you have set forth what firmly believe is the
sincere and Gcs cat wish Of the United States
with regard to al its foreign relations and the
work Of all its representatives in the diplomatic
service. Our use for the big stick is much the
same that of the quiet citizen-to keep off
footpads and the dogs. We covet no nations
lands or other possessions. We seek only to
sionate preference, manifested all suita BILE
occasions through more than half century. for
doing this whenever practicable by international
arbitration rather than by war. We sincerely
wish the prosperity and advancing freedom Of
all: and l fully believe we are to-day, from
Atlantic to Pacific, and from President to hum
blest citizen, as peace loving a nation as exists
tn the world.
SIR PERCY sANDBRSONs SPEECH.
Sir Percy said in part:
I thank Won for the onnorf,,,,i+,, &c zs,
few words from the British side as il were 70
those eloquent tributes of esteem from his own
countrymen which IpY friend Mr. WbitaIoIy
Reid. has already received. Mr. Reid has twice
VISITED england as Specia. Ambassador He is
alIsaay l.. u OF Cambridge and neithTr he nor
on can very Wen expect that after thiz term as
session. Po9
Treaties no doubt are necessary. but an evan
ing paper has lately reminded US that thew do
l'oi always carry out in their entirety the oh
9ects for which they were designed W. III
know Mr. Reds powers Perhaps hs would
nave managed better had he had a hand in Thar
ca treaty "hen the United States and GreaS
bur We would not have him with Us now
IN congratuiating him on his appointment we
may wen congratulate ourselves on ha1in, a.
ttIe @iHeilCau Ambassador representative Of
uldt BOND Of sympathy which is the outconoa
o. principles. ideals, interests, memories ali
held in common Gil
Speaking from an experience somewhat sim,
lar although in less exalted position 49,
-; ~ az I'd eNeIE reason 10 believe that while
on me other side ne VIII find himself at bor1a
aha mat when he comes to leave he VIII faei
maj ne mas established a seco,d home ,an,one-
the people over there Wyisbira, ~ y, 9l-ei4g
sla happiness. look forward to the 4ine VIA
Of he ny NEE again and no matter which side
our surroundings and in sympathy VIII i'm IN
WIN whom we are associated "''''' muse
SPEECH BY Mr. DEPEw.
IN his address, Senator Depew said.
,rst5o Ffesiaent and Gentlemen: It is ban ,,,,,.