Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-09-10

III North Franklin s. s.
taken as a whole it constituted an.
admirable argument in favor 3 81 81
lpeace and good will between all q; ma !.
|tions, and particularly the three tn 'e'
English speaking nations, the Unit init
ed States, Great Britain and Canada.
Chief Justice White introduced
Lord Haldane. His short speech was
the most appropriate and the #hap p u
lest speech of the kind the writer
ever heard or ever expects to hear.
Our Chief Justice has reached the
|topmost round in the ladder Of Judi y
cial preference because he possesses ' 8
brain power of the first magnitude ma t'Hss
Lord Haldane commenced by read
ing message from the King Of Eng: Eng
Hand to the American Bar Associa-
ton. 1T was as follows: {. .
Il have given my; Lord Chancellor
Ipermission to cross the seas, so thai
he may address the meeting at Mon Non
ltreal have asked him to convey
from me to that great meeting Of
i the lawyers Of the United States and
Of Canada my best wishes fol. Its
4 success. entertain the hope, that
the deliberations Of the distinguish
ed men Of both countries who are to
assemble at Montreal may add yet
further, to the esteem and good Will
which the people Of the United States
and OF Canada and the United King
dom have for each other" 5$ ~
The, spirit and wisdom that was
|breathed through Lord Haldanes ad-
dress was more valuable to his
country than fleet Of war ships.
Such speech, coming from 81 man maj !
lin his position, must Of ecessi1ty
ltend ;to draw into loser harmony,
not alone the nations Of his own
race, hut all nations. Such speeches
Eare stepping I stones to an inlter1n y e.
itional group system undo which the
peace OF the world viii be guar:a q y
Iteed. It may not come during the
lives of those now living, but the
time will come when the broth
Of man and a parli Lament OF the world
/ will make war impossible. III
E The leading newspapers Of Great
Britain, without regard for party,
were extrayagant in their praise OF.
Haldane's speech. The only crit.
cism heard was from Germany.
Some Of the newspapers Of III that
country. were inclined to take issue
with this paragraph Of the, address :f
..In the8year which is hing, "a
century will have passed since the
United States and the people of Can
ada and Great Britain terminated q
great war On both sides the COM
batants felt that war to be unnatural
and one that should never have been
commenced Now We have lived for
nearly a hundred years not only in
peace but also, 7 think, in process
Of coming to a deepening and yet
more complete unders landing Of each
other and to the possession Of com
mon ends and ideals which are nat
ural to the Anglo Saxon group and
to that group alone. : }ss
st. Peter on the day OF Pentecost
spoke to many different peoples, who
in some mysterious way understood
language which was not their own.
But, without the aid OF cloven
tongues or mystery, Chancellor Hal
dane spoke to the people Of many
nations while addressing the Amer
lean Bar, Association in the metrop-
oils Of Canada. W
It is not possible in a newspaper
article to even briefly mention the
proceedings of one Of these bar
meetings. In an abbreviated form
they fill a large printed book. But
this report would be misleading if |
it made no mention of the social fes-
tivities of the occasion. Montreal is
a wealthy city, inhabited largely by
people of French origin. Their re-
ception Monday evening at the Art.
Gallery, to the visiting lawyers and
statesmen, was the best attended and
in some respects the most notable
social function Of the occasion. Ex-
President. Taft and Miss Haldane, the
sister Of the Chancellor, seemed the
most at home of any two who were
present. Notwithstanding her prob
ably two score years and ten, Miss
Haldane is still a beautiful woman,
and the gracious and informal man
ner in which she greeted and treat
ed everyone, could not have been
improved upon had she been in her
own home surrounded by her own
family and kindred.
The writer was reelected a mem
Der of the General Council, which
is the governing body of the Associ-
alton. There was no contest this
year worth mentioning, except over
he election of a president for the
ensuing year There were two can
lidates, Ex-President Taft and Pet
er w. Meldrim, of Savannah Georgia.
Mr.. Meldrim for more than score
If years has been one of the leaders
II the American Bar; and, although