New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10
Secretary of State Delivers
Message from President Will
son at Dinner for Dele
oates to Conference.
is FOR UNIVERSAL AMITY
Joseph H. Choate Twits the
Nebraskap on His Grape Juice
and He Replies in Kind
Munsterberg Fears Ger
mans May Be Offended.

mans May Be Offended.
Fresh from his rather barren mis-
sion TO California in the cause of in
ternational amity. Secretary Bryan
last night pledged the administration
go the cause Of peace. i'm an address Z"
the peace conferrees at the Hotel As
tor He did not mention Japan or his
trip to the Coast. nor the negotiations
he has had with Niscount Chinda, TN.
japanese Ambassador. and yet, be
cause Of this background OF possible
trouble between the two nations. his
words had greater weight with the
diners
Joseph N. Choate presided. lie was
flanked on either side by foreign am
bassadors. come TO honor the delegates
from England. Canada. Australia and
the municipality Of Ghent for whom
the dinner was given by the American
committee for tae celebration OF tir
one hundredth anniversary OF peace
among English speaking peoples
WIS tne secretary.
H. Introducing the Secretary ~
State. Mr. Choate did not forbear 20
twit him a bit on the subject of his
famous grape juice dinner.
For more than ten years. said M.
! Choate. "he has been an earnest la
! borer i'm the vineyard Of peace--if h.
will allow me To call ii a vineyard.
! Mr.. Bryan joined heartily in the
/ laugh which followed this sally. And
! when his turn came little later be-
was at no loss for a reply to Mr..
! Choate.
Il doubt. said he. III can find
better example To- pattern Gfter in
prosecuting TIE work of diplomacy than
he furnishc~. AID / doubt If he him
self in all Lis illustrous career, has
ever given a more brilliant example OF
that tact which is necessary in di-
plomacy For what wcrd could he have
selected that would be so accurately
expressive Of the connecting link be-
tween himself and myself on the sub
iect to which h refers? Had he taken
any other word than vineyard. doubt
! if we could have come together.
But we both draw from the vine
yard. he his fermented. and | my un-
! fermented | presume that he was al
most forced into a Bible quotation.
although I do not mean to suggest that
| it requires coercion TO bring HIM TO it.
Pledged to Universal Peace.
! Il am glad to bring 10 this gather
| ing the greetings of our President"
Mr.. Bryan began, and To assur, vou
( that he is in most cordial Sympathy
with the purposes that have brought
/ YOU together | cannot hope 10 de-
more than to impress you. Ak his SUBJ
stitute as fully and deeply as he
could impress YOU by his presence. AZ
( a friend Of universal peace and Of aii
those influences that contribute tow
ard peace.
! Il am believer in peace. am
proud to he connected with an admil-
| istration that is an advocate and expo
nent of peace. And the President colld
not live up To the expectations Of this
nation or to the demands of this time
| if he were not whole-souled in his N
terest in this great cause.
| The Secretary Of State called to he
attention of the diners the conference
of foreign representatives, which he
at President Wilson's behest, called to-
/ gether i'm Washington two weeks ago
when he announced this country's in
, tontion TO recognize the Republic of
/ China.
/ on that occasion. Le POINTED out. the
President. through him. had expressed
/ his willingness 10 enter into agreement
with every other nation that no Waf
/ should be declared between the other
contracting nation and the United
states before the question in dispute
had been investigated by an interna
tional tribunal and its report made
/ known.
81 believe. my friends, said he, that
I this proposition is as long step III
! the UlTtClloH VI B'oN' 60 H''N ~'
proposed. IL does not mean 10 take the
place of arbitration treaties. Make all
YOU can; submit to arbitration every
question which you can agree 10 sub
nit; but when you are through you VIII
1nd-at least we have found thus far
that there are certain questions which
| are excepted
And they are so important that they
themselves become the cause of war.
IL is the purpose of this plan To close
the gap and To leave no question to be-
, come a cause of war.
How the Delegates Were Seated.
Not all the visiting delegates could be
accommodated at the speakers table. Lord
Weardale. head OF the English delegation.
and Sir Arthur Lawley, the Earl Stan
hope and Sir Herbert Maxwell. his asso-
, ciates, had their places there. as did Sir
Edmund Walker. head OF the Canadian
, contingent. and his colleague. Senator
Raoul Dandurand: Alderman c. de
Bruyne. representing Ghent Sir George
IIoustoun Reid, representing Australia.
and Eugene II. Outerbridge. representing
Newfoundland. The rest OF the foreign
conferrees were distributed among four
tables next To the platform.
on Mr.. Choate's right sat Senior da
l