Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-12
William I. R. Sends Greet
ings to Railway Congress.
REPLY FOR W AR DED
TOPICS DISCUSSED AT THE BAN
QUIET LAST NIGHT.
Ambassador Sternburg Among Speak
ers-Addresses by Postmaster Gen
eral Cortelyou and Others.


While there was no recurrence of the
livelyand interesting debating which marked
the banquet of the American Railway Asso-
citation Tuesday evening, the second part
of the function. held last evening in the
New Willard Hotel was not without i'm
portant features. Secretary Cortelyou spoke
on the relations between the postal serv-
ice and the railroads; J. y. Baldwin of the
legal department of the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy railroad discussed railroad
rates. and addresses were made by Sir
George Armytage Of England, Baron Speck
Won Sternburg. the German ambassador,
and others.
President Stuveysant Fish presided at
the table and introduced the speakers.
There were about three hundred persons
present, including Vice President Fair
banks NJ Kologrivoff, a member of the
Russian ministry; Sir Francis Mowatt,
Baron Moncheur the Belgian minister; Mr..
Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern
Railway Company; Mr.. r. Voorhees,. Mr..
W. +. Allen, secretary of the American see
ton of the congress; NJ. II. Stieltjes of Hol-
land and others.
Cablegram From Emperor William.
Mr.. Fish read the following cablegram
from Emperor William of Germany. which
had been received through the German am
bassador before the speeches were begun:
"HAPSBURG-I send my greetings to
the international railway congress. in which
for the first time German delegates are par
ticipatng. May the personal exchange of
ideas among the most prominent railroad
men of the world assembled in Washing
ton, be of lasting benefit to international
tfafhc, the prosperous development of
yurlat oh, 10 la E,ef
ing mutual understanding and the peaceful
bringing together of nations.
WILLIAM I. R."
The following cablegram has been sent to
Berlin In reply to Emperor Williams mes
sage:
The international railway congress
thanks his imperial majesty the kaiser
for his courteous message and wishes him
long life and happiness"
The Addresses.
Sir George Armytage of England who
made the opening address, said the pres
ent congress was the broadcast and most
progressive he had attended. He predicted
great development in the future in electric
traction postmaster Stuyvesant Fish read
a letter reviewing the development of rail-
ways in this country by Gen. Herman
Haupt.
Ambassador Speck Won Sternburg spoke
next.
At the outset the German ambassador
paid a glowing tribute to the United States
in its accomplishment of the past year in
fraterniZing the nations of the world. He
said:
1T has been frequently emphasized by
the leaders of nations that the chief thing
the world needs is to have its peoples know
each other. The great problem has been
and still is how TO bring them together and
how successfully TO interpret their national
characteristics. AS long as we fail in &C
complshng this, mutual suspicion and lat
ent dislike will continue and CIVILIZATION
will be the sufferer. The policy of two ma
tions has been compared with the attitude
of strangers in a dark forest. The moment
one touches his pocket the other answers
by cooking his pistol and, as the click OF
the hammer is heard. the first one blazes
away. The whole relations of nations must
be based on mutual confidence in the same
manner as that of individuals. This con-
fidence is a rare and most precious pos
session. II is the highest prize for which
nations and individuals can strive.
This wear stands out in history because
in no previous year has any country accom-
plished as much as the Cnteu States III
drawing the world more closely together.
scarcely has the great congress OF nations
c,ocad ar St Louis when the city OF WASH
ington opens its hospitable gates TO "ei
come more than a thousand delegates Vi
an nafions who have been invited to par
ticinate in this congress of railways.
He smoke Of the importance OF rairoaua
ord the general interest manifested III 'ile
congress and then took up the quesuo VI
government ownership, haFlhS III" ~
Public Ownership.
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