Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-04-29
JOINT DINNER OF AMERICAN
PRESS AND ASSOCIATED
PRESS.
bulletins READ TO GUESTS
WORD is RECEIVED By CABLE
FROM ALL PARTS OF CIVIL
lied WORLD.
Roosevelt Sends His Greetings-Mes.
saees Were Gathered and Trans.
mitted BY Representatives Of the
Associated Press Dinner Given
In Wa!dorf-Astoria.

49,
New York this evening of the AS
sociated Press and the American
Newspaper Publishers association
was the receipt in the banquet room
at the Waldorf-Astoria during the pro
gress of the dinner, of some twenty
five or thirty cablegrams of congratu
lation from all parts of the world.
These messages were sent by
crowned heads, presidents of republic,
prime ministers and prominent states
men from the four corners of the
globe, and expressed the sender's
views of the American Press. They
were obtained by the correspondents
of the Associated Press in the various
capitols; cabled to New York today
and copied in the banquet room from
telegraph wire Topped up with the
main submarine cables reaching the
city. They were read as fast as re-
ceived by the POSTMASTER, and then
displayed to the assembled diners on
cardboard sheets fifteen feet wide
and four feet deep, hung on one side
of the hall. Some of the messages
follow:
Brussels. April 2S.-To the Ameri-
can Press: Remembering with
pleasure the kind welcome l received
in the United States in former days.
l am glad to seize the opportunity of
expressing my sympathy to the Ame:'-
lean Press, as also for it's active con-
tribution to the progress of civiliiza-
ton. Signed, Albert, King of Ben
gians."
Christiania, April 2S.-To the Pub
4-shers of America: The arsenals of
the press are daily supplied weapons
from the great workshops of science
where the strongest and brightest
brains are necessarily working to
solve the problem of life and illumi-
nate all questions bearing upon the
growth and development of man.
kind. Signed Konow, Prime Minister
Of Norway.
Mexico City, April 2S.-To the
Publishers of America: Mexico's
greeting. The Associated Press is a
benefaction to nations and govern
ments. 1t is the instantaneous chal-
lenge to the transgressions which one
or the other may commit, by an au-
thorized by their acts. Signed, Por-
forio Diaz, President of Mexico.
Brussels, April 2S.-To the Ameri-
can Press: l send you my hearty re-
thing about the enormous power OF
the press, wise exercise whereof is
not only essential for the nation but
an essential to the perpetuity of the
press itself. With best wishes to
those upon whom rests the heavy re-
sponsibility of using that tremend-
GUS power Alright, l am sincerely
yours, Signed, Theodore Roosevelt.
Toxic, Japan, April 2S.-To the
American Press: What is most de-
sirable i'm the newspaper press of to-
day is absolute honesty, high intelli-
gence, true patriotism, regard for HUI
man rights and sincere desire for
the peace of the world. The respon-
sibility of newspaper publisher is
second to none. I regard the Asso-
ciated Press as an essential factor in
the progress of civilization. Signed,
Marquis Katsura, Prime Minister OF
Japan.
Stockholm, Sweden, April 2S.-To
the American Press, New York:
There is something great in the lead.
ing sentiments of nations toward no.
BILE ends and patriotic deeds, but
dreadful will be the judgment which
history will one day pronounce on
him who uses the power of the press
to undermine official and moral
strength of his country. Do not for
get that the duty of the press is to
lead opinion, and not to be led by it.
Signed, Arvid Lindman, Prime Min.
lister of Sweden.
Berne, Switzerland, April 28.-To
the American Press: I gladly send
greetings to the Associated Press.
The American Press exerts influence
on public opinion because it serves
the public interests. independently
and disinterestedly. The influence
will endure so long as this power is
not abused. Signed, Robert Com
Jesse, President of Switzerland.
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