New-York tribune., 1908-02-20

and advancing civilization around the world
You probably know already. but still the as
surance will not be unweicome, that every iiiiie
in the relations between the two couhHISs les 10 10
now substantially as you would nave IT, ln1ao me
are no serious complications. Business reld
tions extend, intercourse is more Irequena rqini s
intimate good will toward seems universal universal
There is no distinction of parties in it. Ihal
was the condition under Mr.. Arthur t5aIlouI
and Lord Lansdowne it is the same uncer on on
Henry Campbell-Bennerman and Sir bqMai"
Grey Cooperation has become easy ana nat
ural in most international movements in Whlch
both countries concerned:-as Tor eNalipi0
in promoting efforts for peace or in humanl-
tartan movements for better conditions IN the
! Congo. or for the restriction of the Immoral
opium traffic. Points long in dispute peslh 20
disappear. The oldest outstanding souree OF
irritation between the two countries, a constant
danger for a century and quarter. Is IN tne
course of peaceful adjustment In spite 3iaI "a .
late declaration in the conference OF Coioniol
Premiers, that there was nothing IN the lsheiS
question that could properly be referred TO ar
bitraticn. the two countries, upon the pIop'sI
of the United States, have agreed 10 TeIer out
differences about II to The hague IFlpunat'
DO YOU realize that this is the matter WnlcH
was held by the first Adams as OF such con-
sequence that he refused 10 sign the treaty az
the close of the Revolutionary War till our nsn m
cry rights written into it, or that the sec
ond Adams, after the War OF 1Sl2- TeIusto -
close up that record till these rights were VIII
ten again into another Treaty! IL Is tiie olu.''
the most delicate. and in Its possibilities ul0
most important one vet referred 10 1he r1dsue;;
In thus dwelling our peaceful and cor - -
| relations l am forgetting the nonsense you
have read in the sensational press dpou' he
obligations Of Great Britain 10 sustain japan ~
war against the United States. Ii ali thal
ignorant and foolish talk We're not InlscnleVous
YOU might dismiss it as merely ahothtT oit ~ %
y-aIloVr Inoonshjne For first there is no war,
and not the ghost of a probability OF war WIN WIN
Japan any more than there is or war wiz,
Russia or with ThiDet, or with PARAGUAY ai-o i
Patagonia. We have every reason 10 tnlilh IN tLe
Japanese sincerely our friends. as we are thelIs-
If they are not there Is one thlhe you may - ~
sure about, they certainly are not fools; ana
v-ou have Ia think them entirely without COM
mon sense before you can Imagine theIa ,a caPa
bic of seeking with poWerIuI ana liieItais
nation. half way around the gIobe' 5pSollIta5S 5p5
without grievance or motive. ana, SeIOLIu Ir,
ly, the treaty between Great Britain ano pa @
| simply provides that IN case ol ass -
JaDar's recognized territorial rights IN the East
Great Britain would sustain her. NOW. "IIot
grown man. outside a lunatic asylum. dreams
that we have such a hunger for more lanG that
are going cross the Paclnc anu ciS -
rob one of our oldest and trEest friends in the
farther East-the very land introduced to
the Western world and TO which we certainly
| tried to be useful in helping TO bring the Iate
Iamentable struggle TO a close
You are right. doubt. TO blame the sensa-
tionaI press for its unpatriotic eagerness to
make dirty halfpennies by i1venting and spread
ing this mischievous folly. But Deg OF you:
be just, and blame still more that sectIoh OF
the American people, inconsiderabe IN , lnIuence
and I must think not considerable IN numbers:
who appear still provincial. so creduIous ana
so careless. as TO gup down such stuff; open
mouthed like half grown backWoods ny-gop-
blers. and really seem 10 relish it
We do have little list of other matters un-
| adjusted between our two countries. They
late chiefly to Canada. Peoples who have large
interests along three thousand miles Of frontier.
as well as around the globe. must constantly
| have outstanding questions. But we rely upon
| the fairness of our Canadian friends, headed by
the accomplished statesman whose services they
enjoy as Premier, Sir Wilfrid LauI1er, TO get
! most Of them equitably adjusted between our
selves: and what cannot settle The Hague
Conference surely can
simple. For that matter all American foreign
policy is simple old P2Ionlms haa Da,f me he ~Ioe nor
Beware Of entrance 10 quarrel, but
/ being in, bear thyself that thine adversary
NAV beware Of thee" That requires two
branches in our foreign service, of equal i'm
portance each vital. The one eXhausts all
means of peace-the other backs our position
with our armed power. May l add that who
ever at home either wantOnly or in mere
thoughtlessness. seeks to cripple man at ms
post in either branch Of this foreign service is
/ really acting like the bastard who shoots MS
] sentry in the back
/ We are all watching with pride one branch Of
| this foreign service nOW-the stately process
/ sion Of warships. bearing the flag of the coun-
/ try peacefully around the Western Hemisphere
! heraIded by the ioy-bells of every sister Re-
/ nnhIic if approaches and followed by the ac-
! Carnations of their free and independent peo-
/ MOS That fleet revives friendships. stimulates
J intercourse puts to shame the maIgners OF the
NAVY and Of the President, carries cheer TO
T stricken but gallantly courageous San iran
cisco and the Pacific Coast, and recalls 70 our
Nation its commanding position, not merely on
the Atlantic, but also on the ocean that IS to
/ carry the commerce Of the Twentieth Century.
/ Gentlemen, I have detained you far TOO long
Lei me repeat my best thanks TO you all for
this most generous demonstration. and assure
You OF nv hope that as many of you pos
sible Will give me the opportunity the other
side TO show that I have not forgotten it,
Mr Howard spoke on the friendship between
England and America.
Are not the Pilgrims building up this friend
ship and good wi1l?' he asked. And what
architect Is there in this work who equals Mr..
Bryce? No EngIishman is better fitted for such
work