New-York tribune., 1909-11-04
NJ r. KNOX TO JAPAN
FELICITOUS SPEECH.
secretary Calls .4ttentiou to
Mutual Interests.

progress of the former country and the i'm
portance of bringing about a perfect com
nercial understanding between the two,
characterized the dinner given tonight by
the staff Of the Japanese embassy 10 the
visiting japanese Commercial Commission,
the members Of which are making tour
Of the country as the guest of the Pacific
Coast Chambers Of Commerce.
Tables were set for 1sO in the banquet
hall Of the New Willard Hotel, those pres
ent including. in addition to the guests OF
honor members Of the Cabinet and others
prominent in Washington.
In honor of the visitors the floral dec
orations were largely of chrysanthemums
of various colors with liberal sprnkling
OF American Beauty roses, while the ma
tional colors Of Japan were gracefully en-
twined with those of America. Toasts were
drunk To the President of the United States
and to the Emperor of Japan. Secretary of
State Knox. in proposing the toast to the
Emperor. remarked that it was most appro-
pirate this day of the Emperor's birth
and in the distinguished company of Jap
arese present.
Addresses were made by Secretaries Knox
and Ballinger, Mr.. Matsui the charge daft
fares Of the japanese Embassy; Baron
Shibusawa and District Commissioner Mac
Farland. Secretary Knox said
Baron Shibusawa and honorable com
II is my privilege and a great pleasure
10 welcome you to Washington on behalf
sincere hope that your journeylngs ana
observations and entertainments in this
be, comfortable and profitable and agree
able to you May health and kindly
courtesies and good cheer attend you
Wherever you go, and may your return
voyage across the seas to your own beau
uful country be safe and happy one.
mis- is an opportunity OF which I gladly
continued TO unite our Two nations in
amity and essential harmony ever since
tives first Of all You opened your doors
for the reciprocal exchange Of good will
and civilization and trade.
DEATH OF ITO.
We have learned from you, as you from
US We admire you for all of your ma
for those qualities in which you differ from
US. For the eminent qualities drawn from
a long and glorious past through which
you must teach and we must learn. Is
1t your word ''bushido" that expresses the
source and inspirat ton of much strength
and NOBILITY Thy Of the japanese temperIah- eIah
also looks back to lofty regions, learn
what Eastern bushido has, TO teach.
Because OF these ties between us We
sometimes share a common grief and
mourning. This country mOurns with
you the untimely, cruel death of the great
prince Ito, which 10 those among US like
the President, who knew him as a per-
sonal friend, was a deep personal loss.
He was justly hero of Japan-a great
man. a noble. self-sacrihcing patriot
statesman of mastery and constructive
ability. His career IS the history OF the
= tab,
one Of the great modern powers of the
world
A gifted Englishman of letters has told
Yoshida, whose pupil Prince Ito was, and.
describing YQshida' intensity OF patriotic
virtue, has used language which well de-
scribes Ito himself
He hoped. perhaps. TO get the good
OF other lands without their evil; to enable
barba rians and still keep her inviolate
with her own arts and virtues.
NJ ,b zoo lGGT j,d 10 o I sueh sue IL noPes pes
way OF realization? Japan has set herself
in that path and every friendly and gen.
erous heart believes she will keep the faith
and hopes she viii attain her goal.
LONG MUTUAL FRIENDSHIP
But you already have and viii expect
keen vet friendly rivalries which are only
gle toward excellence going on everywhere
at all times. Commerce, exchange. mar
ketS, traQe e&tenSlOnS-tleSe are the fields
In which the friendly commercial rivalry
now proceeding between the American and
japanese peoples finds expression.
Each, indeed. furnishes a wide market
for the other and beyond their respective
boundaries they engage in this friendly
traf- competition for the various markets
OF the world and Will continue so to en-
gage. 1t IS doubtless true that trade and
trade expansion are the foundation in
practical life OF most advances in civlliza-
ton.
But the great modern movements Of
accord and good understanding between
nations are. after all, the lofty achieve
ments and the crown Of all internal tional
relations. The controlling principle of these
movements is peaceful and beneficial in
settlement by arbitration Of differences
and controversies, extending that principle.
sible, to embrace an increasing number
and variety of disputes, and ultimately. by
voluntary international compacts, making
peaceful settlements Of all differences COM
pulsOry, or practically so.
I am confident that you Will agree that
II is altogether IN accordance with the
honorab Bile and enlightened attitude both
of Japan and the United Sta ties. and that
it should be the aim of true statesman
ship 10 continue to keep abreast of these
henefcent movements. in which they have
borne so DISTINGUISHED a part.
Thus the long and unbrOken friendship
of the United states and Japan. of which
your visit and the occasion are such happy
symbols, and the laudahle common pur-
pose of Japan and the United States 70
respect each others rights, and with
frankness. patience and good temper 10
ADJUST Such differences as inevitably arise,
even between nations OF sympathetic and
common purposes, will be eXemplars
which Will bear fruit ana aid in the grad
uai realization of the nobest ideals for
the unity; concord and prosperity OF the
world
IN his brief remarks Mr.. Matsui said that
his countrymen had been able to learn Of
the enormous potentialities of American
enterprise. and he hoped that tho meeting
between them and the business men Of
America would conduce to a better under
standing between Japan and the United
States
Secretary Bailinger declared that men
were born 70 be useful TO one another and
nations Likewise TO rc useful 10 one an
other, and SO he declared in the matter OF
International relations Japan could be use
ful 10 America and America 10 Japan He
dwet briefly on the importance Of bring
ing about between the two countries per
feet commercial understa nding which must
ultimately prevail, free from difficulty that
in any proper sense should be- allowed u
exist.
Especially appreciative Of the treatment
was Baron ShibusaWa. Life 10 them had
been perceptibly broadened by their visit
10 tine United States. he said
Japan he continued, wants 10 do the
best she can within her power 10 pay the
heavy debt she owes to America, and one
OF the most effective ways to do this. I
believe. is in promoting the trade rela-
tfCrs between the two countries That