New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15

great question whether the people Of the
United States are willing 10 30 BACK uIOu
their whole history for one hundred years
and give themselves away on great
question OF good faith as between Amer
lea ana other countries.
We have settled every difficulty that
has arisen with the other members OF
the English speakins race ~ arpltrauon,
or by treaty. and | think IL may IalTy
bc said that We have never failed 10 ar
bitratc question that ought To be ar
bltrated and have never broken treaty
We have made. | cannot remember any
and / consulted our great adversary. MT.
Bryce, and II an Englishman cannot re-
member any such default on the part OF
America, VINO can?
Now, that having been done. ana arol-
tratiOn and treaty making, and standing
by treaties having been the honor and the
glory and the boast OF ourselves and or
our ancestors since 1872. the question
arises whether the people OF the Uniteu
states are thus 10 20 back OF their rec
ord or 20 allow their servants at WASH
| lngton, In Whatever capacity they may
appear there. TO 80 back on the record 80
gloriously made BY our country
| feel perfectly sure they VIII not 20
back on that good faith, on that keeping
OF our promises. on that standing by
what we have agreed 10. which Is now an
established American doctrine at least
one hundred years old. and which will
continue 10 be so for not only one hun
dred years more. but many hundred years
yet TO come. And II any Of those who
| are put In position and enabled by their
position 10 betray ny do so, they VIII be
recalled and given back seats
] see that the mouths OF many Of my
AUDITORS are wide open, and some look
| hungry. hut / have done my share. ac-
cording To the programme. and | am
through al o'clock ] have no secret
letters written n hundred years ago 10
produce. But | thank YOU very much
and | rejoice with you in the presence OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryce
Mr. Adams "Blurts Out"
MI Adams. In the course OF his re-
marks, said
Last evening there WAS a large affair
a. the Hotel Astor. of which Mr. Bryce
Was the honored recipient. Nothing
pleased me more on mat occasion than
To see The species OF skill with which tho
various performers went through their
antics on the subject Of the Panama
canal toll question, and none OF them
seemed 10 have the courage or TO think
II was quite proper 10 20 directly 10 the
point. There Is reporter here, and /
request him not 10 put dOwn anything l
am about 10 say. But the others had
skated all around IL. and avoided falling
IN, and / propose to plump right In.
There Is this agltated question right
now on the subject OF the Panama Canal
toll. and, although Mr.. Bryce is here, |
propose 20 butt In and blurt out what !
think. There Is the question now agitat-
ing the Congress OF the United States,
particularly the Senate, as TO what posi-
ton this country should take, and
whether we are within our rights, whether
we own the canal. and what interpreta-
ton we should put upon our ownership.
IL then comes up that the Hay-Paunce-
tote treaty f. considered. and then the
Hague Tribunal, and around those sub
jects there was very skillul skating last
night.
have never Teen able Ia see why the
same rules of conduct which obtain with
the individual should not obtain with the
community. What is honest and right
and pure 10 us in our individual capacity
H., / think. right and honest and true
and pure in our aggregate capacity.
Now there is not one person here, man
or woman will venture 10 say. there
is not a single person here. man or wom-
an, who, when a question arises In which
they themselves are involved, where they
have made an agreement-it may have
been an unwise one, II may have been
III considered--but where they have said
they would do a thing. who do not regard
that they arc committed by that as a
person OF character. BY that inscrutable
thing known as character. 10 have their
word good as their bond
Therefore. when q question arises under
that agreement which we have individ- !
u3lly made az To which We are possible !
bcnefciaries. there il no person with Il
not say: This Is a perfectly simple mat
ter to solve. There are Just two courses
and only two courses: ! must either de-
eide this question against myself as a
beneficiary. or | must submit IL TO a
tribunal the impartiality OF which Is I'M
queS toned.
II they fail TO do ono ar the other they
can only pursue the impossible. and that
is to decide that they Will decide il in
favor Of themselves. Therefore. ! hold
that this question, as the rules which OBJ
tain between individuals in l!fe is per
fect'y easy OF solution: and unless you
are PREPARED 10 say. There being dis
pGted question, ] will decide In favor az /
myself unless YOU are prepared TO say
that, there Is but one alternate course
TO be pursued. You must say. Il must
decide Il against myself. or submit II -
am impartial tribunal. whose impartiality
cannot be questioned" Therefore. Mr..
Bryce / have expressed myself distinctly
this afternoon on this subject. which
many approached last night. and on
which ! have butted In this afternoon.
Mr.. Bryce. in replying TO the remarks
OF Mr.. Choato and Mr. Adams. said.
Your society applies caution and criti-
cism to the study Of pedigree. II sets a
standard of accuracy TO which IL Is TO
be desired that all those conducting such
inquiries in England should attain and
we give you thanks for your researches
and for establishing such standards and
establishing connections between the fam
flies OF this country and tNe families OF
England. Scotland and Ireland.
n Is TO us q great pleasure that that
friendship which exists between us, that
affection which exists between us and you
OF sentiment and tradition but also upon
the recognition Of how much English
blood can be shown 10 flow In the veins
OF many old families here. and how the