New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-03

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your kind attention.
Morris X Jesup. speaking on behalf of the
chamber of Commerce. said it was safe for
commerce to follow religion. He recounted the
instances in which China had extended to the
United States the hand of brotherhood-"Con-
fucius shaking hands with Christianity" He
told of the translation by one of the visiting
commissioners of a tablet that had been sent by
the Chinese in acknowledgment of the help sent
by American merchants at the time of the
famine in China 1t was the motto. There
may be many different races-there exists uni
versal brotherhood"
I'VE have broken faith-we are dishonored"
said Mr. Jesup, in our treatment Of the Chi
nese people," and then asked: Are we not
going to demand of Congress that it shall do
what is true and fair. and uphold the Presi-
dent in his effort to effect a fair and honest
arrangement with China that shall last for all
time?"
Bishop Greer urged upon the guests who are
studying the manners and methods of this the
newest among the peoples of the world the fact
that it is the land of a free church in a free
State
President Nicholas Murray Butler of Column
and American educational problems. He said
in part:
We find ourselves welcoming with cordially and and
gladness these ambassadors of peace and good Will
from China our mem may er naton
the broad waters of the Pacific an apology tor tne
offered 10 their scholars their merchants and the
men of light and leading who have wished to visit
ing wiser and kinder now and the best sentiment ber
of the American people demands mat these par
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Following PRECEDENT Butler. the Rev. Dr. Man
cius H. Hutton spoke. He said, in part:
The Chinese nation. as can testify from personal
and great capabilities of wise and strong govern
erTand declare SO WISE step in ADVANCE that it
may well be that your mission and the effective
ieaven among an awakening people. may mark an
era in the history Of the globe
The Rev. DR.. Frank D. GameweI, who was
professor in Picking University. and had
part in resisting the siege of the legation at the
time of the Boxer uprising in 1900, intro
duced a militant minister. He paid tribute
to the loyalty of the Chinese in the ancient
capital, including his excellency Viceroy Tuan.
who had aided in saving the lives Of the
beleaguered foreigners. China" said he, "is in
a nascent state-susceptibe to combinations for
good. There is bloodIess war in progress in
the empire. and the Chinese temples of Picking
being given over 10 schools and institutions
of learning
He then INDUCED in few words OF greeting
to the guests of honor in their native tongue.
Toastmaster Foster in presenting the Chinese
Minister Chentung Liang Chang, said:
should say we had saved the best wine until the
last but we have had no wine.
The Chinese Minister said
1t has been a fervent wish that China would
awake from her sleep and join in the march OF
modern progress. The day OF her awakening is at
hand The unrest of people proves 1t. Large
bodies move slowly. but when they begin to move
tfev gain momentum. and when China gets started
in the channels of progress il will be impossible TO
stop her She has always looked TO the United
States in every crisis Of her national career have
no doubt that the result OF the coming of the I'M
perial Commission will bring the two countries into
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