New-York tribune., 1909-02-27

not only it has direct & bearing o on bn bme
question peace, but because Mr. Eiin1 Fo15
self had trying experience WIN t IAb betVaen the
nited States and Japan and stood OUT agaif' NJ ~ =
constant uproar To-day we are happy to see thaf
lie DubIic has become convinced with the IoiE oI
propagation of that Impossible STORY
Baron Takahira said that any one was al
lowed to claim the right TO crittcise the work OF
q statesman or a diplomat. even when he almeo
with precision and worked with skill. addins
1t may be due to the reason that when ~ tiere Is
news OF international Importance II often napReSS
that the statesman diplomat was not ton
before the public is made alarmed Oy PuOiO
interesting view advanced at certain gl gathering g
artrihuting the cause of rumor 0I war SOM naT,Te
j. Is opined that the average class or PeoPIe
nTcifabIe even dangerous than it loes in the dis
cussion of sober or truly interesting topics - ,o+
very deult to infer why the % sensatGnal d Ppo PTess
finds much larger scale than the s3psr mH fforts
o. a statesman a diplomat to expound an ana
II occurs to me therefore that some measures
may be devised to meet and eounteract the exef
noon Investigation it should be proved to exist
among certain class of people
TRIBUTE TO MR.. CARNEGIE
Right here the Japanese Ambassador paid a
high tribute to Mr.. Carnegie, saying his philan-
thropic deeds formed a subject of HISTORICAL I'M
portance for future generations One source OF
information the speaker said, placed the aggre-
gate amount of Mr.. Carnegie's benefactions al
S15OOO0OOO He referred to the libraries
founded by Mr.. Carnegie and added:
There is however, thing suggesting itseII,
and that is the Of benefit TO be so derive
free and easy access to libraries Is gu oT p
classical literature already published: am there
entirely on q beneficiary basis but not as a com
nercial venture, libraries or bureaus Ior me Ine on @
and reliable nature In regard to TO- Gurren1 cb
libraries would be equally immense
Baron Takahira said that a busy man in the
West a few weeks ago spoke to him about
the so-caIled war scare" saying that people
there were generally too busily occupied to pay
sufficient attention TO the condition of interna-
tional politics There was a necessity, he
thought. for protection from misleading news
and continued:
Where there is a danger OF mischief making
there should be some measure at least TO furnish
sible to lead the public sentiment ma IN @ rlsHI 1t
ton, and l hope such measure Will not oe eIto-
i1exhaustible source of the required information IN
such great statesman as Mr. Elhu Root whose 9
unexceIled ability clear foresight and sound Judg
nent have been amply proved by his innumeraole
G[gms 6 Of gf@ a rsTee @ eereary Of STATE and
admired and praised by all those VINO We're 1ortu-
nate enough to be brought in contact with him
II day another great Phanthr9Pis@t @ IKE E, Nh
would
equally generous manner GGntrDul9 10 tl,e EJI ETse,
peace and repose of the public mind by establishing
thing OF the like nature venture to think that he
would afford the means OF rescuing the pubic from
fairs which would otherwise prove detrimental TO
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large amount OF international MISUNDERSTANDING
and friction would be removed
Ambassador Takahra was followed by Am
bassador Nabuco. who told of the splendid work
F-Fs.- 1claf :,
between the United States and the Latin
American republics.
rules les @hc5 AIsi'S 5e himself did not so formulate or
group together. but which the substance OF his
lending public moral support TO the cause OF
american nations; second. in abstainIng from tax
ing sides in their internal strife: third, in in
the friendship and the disinterestedness of this
country I do not think Mr.. Root entered the state
department with that preconceived policy be-
eye 1t grew upon him from hS daily Is tasK "a sS he
and impartial mediation
Frank II. Hitchcock and George w. Wicker
sham who are TO be In Mr. Taft's Cabinet, were
At the dinner.
Among others present were President Nicholas
Murray Butler Of Columbia. Cornelius y. Bliss
Robert G. Clowry, r. Fulton Cutting. Mr. and
Mrs Henry Clews. Samuel L Clemens. Charles
r Flint. Mr. and Mrs Richard Watson Glider
ex-Judge and Mrs. f. Il Gary Mr.. and Mrs
George J. Gould Colonel George Harvey. Otto
H. Kahn. Hart Lyman. ex-Mayor Seth Low, ex-
Governor Levi 2. Morton. Robert g Ogden. Lady
PaCet George Foster Peabody, ex-Judge and Mrs
Alton B. Parker. General Horace Porter, Mr.. and
Mrs George w. Perkins. Mr.. and Mrs. Oren Root
Thomas r Ryan, Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Ronalds
Nathan Straus, Mr. and Mrs. James Speyer
Louis Stern. Jacob II. SChiff. ex-senator John c.
Spooner Dr. and Mrs. Albert Shaw. Mr. and Mrs
W. n Truesdale. DR.. and Mrs J. Takamine Mrs
". K. Vanderbilt. jr., Commissioner and Mrs W.
r. Wilcox and Timothy l. Woodruff.