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breadth from the straight path Of justice.
II may b. we'll made 10 include active m-
tsrvention TO secure for our msrchandiSe
and Ocr capitalists opportunity for prOnt-
able investment which shall lnure TO the
bsnoat Of both countries oOnoarnsd
To call such diplomacy dollar dlDlomACy
and thus apply 20 Il what u deemed by the
authors Of the phrase sn expression Of
contempt IL 10 ignore entirely q most Useful
once 70 he performed bv a Government IN
L. dealing with foreign Governments.
such diplomacy gives 20 the merchant :
% ether countries Ia the rosnpstitsoa for
the trade OF the world an advantage which
their own Governments ara only too glad
% Ofer 20 them. and which our Govern
ment ought not 20 deny to her own msT-
merchants. manufacturers and capitalists.
Secretary KnoK has advanced a proposal
By which capitalists Of Russia, Japan and
other nations. including the United States,
should Join IN advancing TO China the sum
necessary 70 enable that Government 10
take over the railroads of Mauchuria and
10 manage them upon a business basis free
from al suspicion Of Interior political mo-
tives or Of discriminat ions. This proposal
has not met with the approval Of ell the
nations 10 whom u was made. but that n
may ultimately b. the basis for assuring the
peace Of the orient We have not lost hope.
The conception OF Manchuria a. a buffer
State In which the railways should be under
the control oT representatives of all the
nations. and not Doliced b. the armies Of
anv, i cert aInlv most useful. and one which
II IL could b. realized would he fruitful of
permanent peace
The policy Of the open door was IN
Augurated bv this Government While John
llav vas Secretary Of state. and had its
inception In note circulated among the
Powers by him. II has been the intention
and purpO-" of this Administrai ION 10 con
serve aud maintain that policy a. fer a.
possible and We cannot look with sa'isfac.
tion on or duistly acduiescr in silent defeat
| Of thHt policy in the tual measures adopted
hY any ~ hr Governments Interested IN the
Orient
Senator Borah Of Idaho was the orator
who told the Americu- club something
about Grant He said
II matters little where Grant vas horn
SeaUhing for the secret of his power Se
derive no aid from the study Of his hoyhoOd
lie was born neither 10 wealth nor want
his parentaEe was neither Industrious nOE
/ ignOble. AL the DAYS Of biz youth Were
commonplace His traits Of character and
! trend Of mind were without siGniacance.
, In no part Of his early life IL there tho
, falniesi suggest ion Of hs future greatness.
/ For thirty-elght wears his career Was I'M
/ interesting and uReyentful. and ! do not
| forget the Mexican var
Long alter the age At which Nsvandsr
had ronutie raj the y,orIl and dIad ~ which
Hannibal had shaken TO is foundations
the republic of Rome. a. which Charles Nll.
had won the battle Of Narva. a. which
Napoleon had startled Europa bv his cam
paiRn In Italy. Grant was a mos, humble
citizen in a Western village obscure even
among those with whom he lived
The cOnnict Of iSsO found nation un.
prepared. h was unbelievable that II
Would come From among the unknown
and humble came not only the rank and
Me Of that great army but also the two
great leaders Of men. Ulysses Grant and
Abraham Lincoln