Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07
FROM JEFFERSON, TO HAY
LECTURE BY GAILLARD HUNT ON
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY.
War of 1912 and PRONUNCIATION Of
Monroe Doctrine Epochs in This
Country's History.

Saturday evenings are devoted to lectures
at the University Club In addition to the
usual 10 o'clock spread, there Is always a
talk of some sort for the benefit of the
members, and last night it was delivered
by Gaillard Hunt of the State Department
under the title American Diplomacy, From
Jefferson to John Hay
1t was an exceedingly interesting lee
ture, that gathered large audience of the
club members. Mr. Hunt told the story
Of American diplomacy from the inside
He has been in the State Department for
two decades and was able to give personal
estimates of the secretaries of state from
the time of Secretary Bayard to Elihu
Root He spoke of the mission of the diplo-
mat as that of man who, however In
tellectual and original, has to merely trans
NIT the messages of other men and largely
stand or fall by their ability In conducting
international negotiations
Mr.. Hunt traced the growth OF national
sentiment in America from the time the
colonies threw off the yoke of the mother
country to the time they took real place as
a world power. He said that up to the
war of 1872 there were two principal
parties in America. those who were con-
sentative and English at heart. and those
France.
War of 1912.
The eve of the war of 1912, he said, was
a time when it was a question of whether
we should fight England or France, or both.
The issue was finally forced by President
Madison, who, contrary to general belief,
was the prime mover in the war OF 1877.
and sprang the declaration of war on the
House of Representatives when the House.
under the lead of the young American
party, was ready to receive it. 1t was a
war, he said, conducted with innumerable
plumbers as to the material results, the
of the army and navy, but with matchless
skill from diplomatic standpoint as max
ing out q case for this country before the
nations of the world.
The Monroe Doctrine.
The birth of the Monroe doctrine. he
said was the birth of the real American
national idea-or at least it was simultane-
Gus with that development Of national
character 1t mattered not, said the lee
turer. whether the Monroe doctrine was
the actual writing Of Monroe or Of John
Quincy Adams: 1t was the sign that the
American nation had found itself and had
taken it's place among the family of ma
lions and was ready to make itself felt
in the International counsels.
Mr.. Hunt then said the period from lS32
to the close OF the civil war presented nttle
that was important in international diplo-
macy, save in the inflexible front Of Sew
ard, who prevented foreign interference in
our internecine strife and allowed the army
and navy of the United States to do their
full duty.
Following the war he traced the history
of Blaine and Olney and John Hay from
personal observation, and said the master
mind of Olney had vanquished the best
endeavors of the English premier, Sails
bury, and forced the Venezuelan question
to arbitration. Mr.. Hunts appreciation of
John Hay was a notable tribute to the
of the first trained diplo-
mat the American nation had ever pos
sessed In the person of a Secretary of State,
and he closed with an able and apprecia-
tive summing UP of the ability and in
tegrity of the incumbent, Secretary Root.