New-York tribune., 1906-04-01


we'll as fhe vim " we shall have the sfrength; as
Of our Joint and spendg SS aSdSSmh the noble
Secretary Root of the state Department, spoke
on international Comfy
SECRETARY ROOTS SPEECH
He said he glad to welcome the guest in both f
his official and private capacities. He referred TO
the return of the Franklin portrait and said that
Ear Grey could not but have been influenced his
early years by having Franklin's portrait looking
down from his ancestral halls He said:
Our country is opposed to treaties with other
countries, but the sincere desire TO accomplish a !
contract. The progress the glory OF ENGLAND IS /
tat a every step is gain 70 every man who speaks
Canada can do it for genuine likeness for it's
think the American people should recognize that
great change has taken place on the other side
or the border 1t has changed the proposed or as
British Governor Of Ontario wrote that the ma
}TpIsd }TG1Its o nus people were more in favor Of the
wSr S5Pada fIn is 70 81 longer the outlying country in
The stirring Of national seatment S is felt ea7S We
ish Empire, they are growing UP and a per
Sonahty IN themselves In their relation TO they
| the little remnant our borders. they are a
Godspeed in doing this part for civilization
a The newspapers lev 81 have said that at this dinner it
United States and Canada had been settled wish
This can be said: We are going to try TO settle
them With sincere and earnest purpose We believe
9fiSaPPearng We are going to try to stop the
.sh IN lhe Great Lakes are being destroyed because
we have not had the international regulations
The Northeastern fisheries question has stin been
o0 0 " we r Shal al try try to & settle them again We
| tons. The Alaska boundary could have been set
| tied any time for number Of years. But Congress
was not willing to make appropriation for sur
bs' 1Jylhs' & &fne result was serious contr3veTsS;
nope, VIII disappear soon
Eighty years ago agreed 10 disarma-
Inent @ along the Great Lakes. Great cltes nave
grown up there as safe as If in the centre OF these
This condition will not continue. except by the
doing Of the things necessary to peace. Not gov
| ernments. but peoples to-day preserve peace, do
Justice. Governments can register the DEGREES OF
ders on another have the keeping peace in their
hand. Nations have souls and duties as well as
meet the same fate people of like tendencies in
ident at Washinston' and the Governor General in
Canada for feelings and rights is necessary. but
| Canada We must be just, Considerate. not grasp
States and Of Canada will act this way never viii
the Canadian frontier bristle with guns and our
Never will we have to blush for high ideals
Governor Higgins and General Horace Porter also
spoke. but briefly, owing to the lateness Of the
hour. The dinner closed with the drinking Of a
toast to 'the ladies'
! MESSAGES FROM ABSENT ONES
Several letters cable messages and teIegrans
message from Whitelaw Reid. American Ambassa-
dor at the Court of st. Janess. read:
Dslghted to get your message about your dinner
| pliment TO no one more sincerely sharing your
desire of preserving the best and most neighborly
| relations between our two countries
Bishop Potter wrote a letter from Rome He
| spoke of his disappointment at being absent and.
) | referring to Earl Grey. said:
I regard him in his discernment concerning some
large and difficult questions (Do De alarmed
1 know I thin ice) to be a of altogether
, exceptional vision 1t Is great thing TO have
Canada
Lord RobertS's message read
t warmest greetings Hope to welcome American
Pilgrims IN London May 9.
General Henry G Corbin. U. s A, sent mes
/ | sage from st. Louis.
j The ices were in the form Of Uncle Sam. John
y Bull and other figures emblematc Of the two coun
1 | tries The walters in procession carried them
| around the room while the diners cheered-
| The boxes were filed with women spectators
j Among them Countess Grey and her party
Those at the guests table were:
o Morris X Jesup Earl Grey. Governor Higgins
S Archbishop Farley, Horace Porter. Ellhu Itool
| Joseph H. Choate, Hon. Sir F: " Borden S2un
7 | Gleichen Robert Bacon, Robert Shaw OHver
d | Col1nel Hanbury Williams, Major General @ GranI
d | Lieutenant Governor Bruce, DR.; ). Wer MItchelt
It | ex-Mayor Low. Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke, Sanue
n | George c. Holt. Major General James F. Wade, TN
e Rev H NJ McCracken, Controller Metz, PoHc
F Darrell Provost Charles c. Harrison, st, George
g Society: Postmaster Wilcox, the Rev j. SILVER
o man Dr. John II. Finley and Robert Frater Munro
S | St Andrews Society.