The Republican journal., 1908-11-12

dered by a dozen bands. The preSSmen,
as the representatives of American news
papers are termed, were given recep-
ton by the New South Wales govern
ment, and a luncheon, when Admiral
Sperry was toasted and cheered and the
press was toasted and two of the Ameri-
can journalists made fitting responses.
And here is a local item which will inter-
est many of our readers:
ODD FELLOWS AND AMERICANS.
At the l. 0. o. F. Temple, Elizabeth
street. on Tuesday evening, the indie
| pendent Order of Odd Fellows entertain
ed brethren accompanying the American
fleet at smoke concert, the second OF
series of entertainments. There was
fair sprinkling of Jackies,- and the
.'smoke" proved a success. Brother K.
J. H. Bryant, Grand Master in New
South Wales, welcomed the visitors, and
later a well-arranged programme OF
music was rendered. Brothers }. K.
Tipping and P HEREFORD sang, and Serg;
Sergeant and Brothers Sid. Shipway and
! E. Wright amused with quaint humor,
while J. Baker and an orchestra, under
the direction of E. W. Graham, con-
tributed bright music. The Odd Eel
lows annual ball will be held in the same
/ hall this evening.
The leader in the Evening News OF
August 9th is captioned Some Con-
siderations' and is decidedly friendly
and eulogistic in tone. We quote as fol-
lows:
During the presence of the American
! fleet in our harbor the idea that was up
permost in the minds of the public, and
| that appeared most often in the speeches
made at the various functions, was Its
value as an element in maintaining peace
in the Pacific. Its appearance in this
ocean is a plain intimation that the
United States is prepared to maintain to
the full its dignity and its interests IN
Eastern Asia. and, SO far as the republic
sees that fair play is accorded to all, it
performs an important service for Aus
| tralia. This Commonwealth stands IN
/ much the same attitude towards Eastern
| Asia as does the United States. We are
there for business, and are therefore OPP
posed to the creation of special terri
torial privileges which would favor one
nation to the exclusion of others. We
want to see the integrity OF China re-
spected, for the simple reason that we
do not want any Power to set up barriers
to our commerce. The United States IS
in the same boat with US, and therefore
it's Fleet in performing her work does
ours as well. The doctrine of equal
rights in Eastern waters is an Imperial
one, and thus the kinship in race and
ideals, of which we have very rightly
heard so much about during the past
week, is reinforced by substantial con-
siderations of self-interest
The publishers of the Evening News
also publish an illustrated weekly, the
Town and Country Journal, and to cover
the events of the week the men perma-
nently employed on both papers literally
worked day and night, assisted by all the
outside help attainable, and had to snatch
sleep as best they could, and for short
periods, at long intervals. When the
battleships reached Sydney about 70
photographers We're on the lookout and
some magnificent pictures of the memo
war entering the Heads and passing up
/ the harbor were obtained. The same
up-to-date methods were employed after
the ships had anchored and the visitors
began their round of festivities. The
presses were run night and day, and the
output was record breaker in Austria
| liam journalism.