New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-14
BRYCE WITH EMOTION
REGRETS BREAKING TIES
Tells Dinner Hosts It's a Wrench
for His Wife and Himself
to Leave Country.
AVOIDS CANAL DISPUTE
Joseph H. Choate, However,
Declares Peace Between Two
Peoples Depends on 0bserv-
ing Treaty in Good Faith.

TIL. voice OF Ambassador James Bryce
,rsn,bled as he spoke of breaking the Ties
,rbich bound him TO this country at the
a,rner given for him by the American
~omn,ittee for the celebration Of the one
t,,,dredth anniversary of peace among
che english speaking peoples at the Hotel
Aston last night.
# can't tell you" he said, what a
rrench II is to my wife and myself to
Leave the country in which we have re-
ceiyed such infinite goodness and kind
ress-kindness which has gone ON in
raising from year to year as our Friends
40 snread from the Atlantic TO the
Pacific"
Then allowing a smile 10 creep in
,,nder the snow white beard, the ambas-
sador said:
81 have lived for so long among you
that al times l have felt sorely tempted
10 give advice. sometimes where advice
perhaps was not asked. have so far
become one Of you that during the last
poItical campaign l was accorded the
highest honor which can be bestowed
mon an American citizen-1 was asked
20 contribute to the campaign funds OF
two political parties
Idea Of Concord Prevails.
when the laughter which greeted this
evidence of his thorough AmericaniZatio.i
had died away the Ambassador reminded
his hearers that he had said two parties,
in order TO show that he was not even
suspected of being a partisan. His hosts
were two hundred and fifty representative
American men and women. with hand
full of Canadians and visiting sons OF the
British Isles thrown in TO emphasize the
idea of concord.
Ambassador Bryce made no mention OF
the Panama Canal controversy, but 10
seph H. Choate. former Ambassador TO
Great Britain. spoke in emphatic terms
Of the duty OF this country 10 stand by
the terms Of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
Remarking facetiously that Mr.. Bryce
had spent seventy years in preparing HIM
self for the of1ce which he was about 10
give up, Mr.. Choate continued
II hone that Mr.. and Mrs. Bryce, II
they have departed from these shores.
will accept the invitation given here ana
now. 10 be with us on Christmas Eve
1914, when we actually celebrate the com
pletion Of one hundred years of peace.
There IS a rumor afoot that Mr.. Bryce
is staying here now to settle the Panama
Canal controversy, and II he stays untii
that is settled It looks as II he Would
not have 10 return. know that he and
President Taft are doing all they can 10
bring this controversy to close ana SO
far as il depends on them l am sure
that it will be done.
"Nov. how have these two peoples
maintained peace between themselves Tor
q hundred years? 1t is all very simple
After half a century Of disputes they
came to the conclusion that war was MOI
worth the price and that absolute IaitN
between them was the best way 10 pre-
vent it.
ut was decided that If dispute arose
between them II was to be settled OS
treaty and that the treaty should be Kep'
with absolute faith on both sides.
Good Faith Necessary.
"rIov. then. can we have another hun
drsd years of peace? Merely by the Cd
.eryance of good faith between the peo'
niles When we make promise let I'd
keen II and let US call, not only 10 orueI
but 70 punishment, any servants OF the
,aonle who break the faith OF the
people"
Though the guest of honor refrsined
from referring to the present unpleasant
ness between his immediate sovereign
and the United States, ne touched on Inc
matter of Canadian reciprocity in dis
cuasins the disputes which had been
se,tled by treaty and arbitration between
this country and the British Empire since
he came TO Washington. While opSerV-
ing that his only association with the
matter was as a mere intermediary be-
tween the governments. he said nc ad-
verted to it for the sake OF teIlihs
America. what he hoped she kne" az
ready. that Canada's refusal was not IN
any sense a mark OF unfriendhness
toward the United States.
Never before, ne said, was the feeling
between the two peoples closer than In
ybs last two years. 1t was a good thing
IN sec the two great countries lying next
10 each other, each with its own interests
each trying its own experiments in gov
ernment and legislation and yet with its
common border entirely unprotected on
either side.
Testimonial to Peace Cause.
That England and the United States
should be at peace, he held, was TO be
expected, but that Canada and the United
States, rival nations on the same CONT
nent. should have lived In concord for a
hundred years, was one OF the worlds
greatest testimonials 10 what had been
done In the cause Of international peace.
He went on:
I count It as high privilege as q
man can enjoy 10 have been permitted
To work for peace during these six years.
and not only for peace between our TWO
nations that OF the British Empire ana
that Of the United States, but also TOT
peace between all the nations of the
world You propose TO invite 10 your
celebration members and representative
Of other great peoples and races. Ihat
IL right There is nothing exclusive IN
the friendship that we OF the various Jus
branches OF the English stock nave TOT
one another Let your invitation Include
those other peoples-Gernans OF Wnonl
Vou have so many here excellent cltiZens,
Frencnrnen, with whom you nave anclent
ties OF regard: men from scandlnaWa
and Italy and Spain.
Let the celebration be the means OF
assuring an the great nations OF your
and our desire 20 be good frlends WIN
them no less than with one another anu
of our hope that the bonds or friendship
and the league OF peace VIII be EXTENDED