The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1906-10-12
FORTNIGHTLY AFTERNOON.

Pickett, to listen to a paper on
International Issues by Mrs. Lucy
Hubbard of Chicago. Mrs. Hub
bard, with her kindly face framed
in curls of snow white hair, was
a personality who nermeated the
whole subject with a tolerance,
Justice and kindness which lin,
gered long after her discourse was
finished. The naDer was read
few years ago before the Chicago
FortnightIy and rehearsed the
history of our past brushes with
foreion diplomats. The need of a
study of our country was clearly
set forth and this study, if not too
superficial, cannot help being a
liberal education. Our early his
tory is so filled with herOism, and
it's character is so replete with
honesty, justice and the sturdy
virtues that it is a tonic to know
of it. She made a reasonable plea
for tolerance in our judgment OF
our officials, believing that men
who are honest and God fearing in
their private life will not turn
about and be monsters in their
public life, of course some are
thieves in private life, then they
will not turn about and be honest
with their wider opportunity for
robbery. Yet we are constantly
showing the proofs of evolution in
our public as well as our private
life. The purchase of Alaska
from the Russian government and
that governments patient waiting
nine months for the purchase
money from this country was
touched upon as showing how that
that government trusted us as
friend trusts friend. The friend
ship of Russia as shown by the
dispatching of the fleets to our
shores in our time of civil war was
instanced as showing a continued
friendship for US; and the fact
that Russia is the only country
with which this country has had
no trouble was cited to show that
Russia's government can deal in
an honorable, just and loyal man
ner. The opening of the Japan
csc ports by Commodore Perry
was spoken of as a triumph of our
special brand of diplomacy and
our return of a part of the in
demnity, eXacted by the three
powers who forced Japan to re-
open her ports, was another high
water mark of just dealing with
smaller nations, and has secured
us Japan's friendship. The early
treaty negotiations were taken up
and showed plainly the dividing
line between the old world and
new world dinlomacv; frankness
and honesty against subtelry and
deceit. The forceful diplomacy
with the Barbary states which
stopped their piracy for all time;
the Denmark sound tribute ad-
justed by our straightforward |
diplomacy, which makes the
sound between the Baltic and
North seas free to shipping; the
Monroe Doctrine, which acts for
the protection of the American
hemispheres and reacts so that we
have never interfered in the pure
ly private disputes and troubles
of the Eastern hemisphere; and |
the working out of the Monroe
Doctrine in the Macmillan and |
the Venezuelan boundary dis
putes, the abrogatiOn of the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty, which gave us
the undisputed right to build the
Isthmus canal through the Hay
PauncefOrt treaty; the Pan Amer
leans Congresses and their work |
of Qnifying the interest of all the
American states; the Peace Con
ferences at the Hague; and our
diplomacy in China were all de-
veloped to show our prOwess in
the settlement of some of our in
ternational issues and the triumph |
of the diplomacy, which, starting
out in a courageous, frank, indie
pendent course told at once what |
we wanted, what we would give,
and then gave the other side a
chance to decide if they would ac-
cept or reject. 1t was broad and
deep and should be great stimu-
lus for the clubs course of study |
this winter. At the close of the
paper, punch and waters were
served by the social committee
and a successful afternoon was
ended.
INDIGESTION A CRIME.
DON'T YOU WANT A KEEN APPETITE |
AND PERFECT HEALTH ONCE MORE.
1t is a positive crime to suffer
with the ills of Indigestion, such |
as headache. backache, SleeDless- |