The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-09-22
RUSSIA AS AMERICAS FRIEND
CANE TO OUR AID WHEN
FRIENS WE'RE NEEDED.
Queen Catharine Refused EngIand's
Request, and Helped the
Economists.

CBy George Harvey. in proposing the
health OF the Car at the banquet
to Mr.. Wftte.)
The memory Of man is proverbiaIly
short Prosperity and cOntentment
induce oblivion in the very human
mind. Lest We forget: We, too, in
common with the great nation whose
distinguished representatives have
hOnored Us with their presence this
evening. have had our wars When
first we demanded our freedom we
we're not only comparatively helpless,
but we seemed TO be absolutely
friendless. The mother country, as
she was then and Is now in q mOdi-
fed degree, acting in cOnsOnance with
the custom Of the period, could see no
reason for splitting the blood Of her
own sons while mercenaries could be
had for hire. Instinctively her eyes
turned to the populated east, to
friendly Russia. which had at that
time, in the language OF her own
prime minister, a sufficient number Of
troops under arms and to spare TO
trampIe the rebelIiOus American col
onists under their feet. Never was
requisitiOn made by a king with a
feeling Of greater certainty Of full
dllment than that Of George III upon
the splendid monarchy Of eastern Eu-
rope, and never was there expert
enced more angry disappointment
than that Of the confident ruler when
ne received from the great Queen
Catharine the cold response that it
i'll became two powerful nations to
join forces TO quell a justihable revO-
luton unsupported by a foreign pow
er. Upon that rock of fairness, JUS
tice and humanity the great queen
planted the imperial banner, and
there il has remained In friendship,
| sympathy and helpfulness through all
/ the trials that have come upon our
| own beloved country to this very day.
Again, lest we forget: Whether OF
1 not the United States of America,
Il acting through her universally sup
l ported chief magistrate, has confer
| red a benefit upon Russia in fdcilitat-
/ ing peace at this time her effort was
| based upon a precedent, -SEich nj
| only justified its making bur shOuij
| and does stand forth in our recOllec'
| tiOn as a vivid illustration Of the con
tinuance OF the kindly feeling mani
tested in our war for independence
When, in 1913, the young republic
| was again harassed and all but over
/ whelmed in her second great strug
! gle for the preservation OF life ant
| freedom, there was in the who'll
/ world but one monarch willing &
| hold forth a helping hand, but on
| ruler ready 10 hazard the fortunes o
his own empire upon a proposal o
voluntary Intervention 1t was tn
| car OF Russia who, with equal cOur
age and determination, blazed tn
way for Theodore Roosevelt
Once more and finally, lest we for
Il n
, many around this board, when the re
public then become great, was tor
asunder by civil strife, and seemed
be at the point Of ACKNOWLEDGMENT an
likely prey for the vultUres Of envi
Gus nations, one splendid fleet Q
armOred vessels came sailing thrOug
| the Narrows to this threatened CITY
| while yet another was passing thrOug
the Golden Gate to San francisco
. Those ships were the messengers O
Russia to America. Their missiO
bore no faint Of selfishness. Sympath
friendship and if need were, practice
assistance. were the cargoes consign
ed in those vessels by the Russian EN-
pire to the American republic
Can we hope ever to repay thOs
| mighty obIigatfOns2 Probably no
But there do come times when "
may at least indicate our apprecia
ton. and this is one Of those times
! We are hOnOred tonight by the pres
ence Of the representatives Of tina
! great empire whose fidelity to our in
terests has never wavered, and, pleas
/ God, may be everlasting It would no
be seemly in US now to venture judg
meut upon the merits Of the terribl
| controversy which has just reache
its conclusion, but we may go so faI
and the whole American people s
COMPREHENSIVE represented in thi
I room tonight will go so far, as to as
sert that the parchment upon whicl
/ secret dust ages before the fires o
| deepest gratitude and true fraternit
can be extinguished in American
| hearts.
To your excellencies, greeting
| Greeting from the great white nation
Of the west to the great white nation
Of the east. Gentlemen, his majesty
/ the earl