Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-27

Mentioning tnat more tuau " uo"e'A
important treaties between his gov.
eminent and the United States nag
been concluded In the past six years
Mr., Bryce said he had come to admire
not only the brilliant gifts OF or
mer Secretary Root, but his fairness
OF mind and his genuine love OF
peace" He added that he felt sure
that Mr.. Bryan would show no less
earnest wish to work for accord and
good will. and Mr.. Bryan, indeed, mas
given evidence Of this"
Mr.. Bryce thanked the Pilgrims for
their farewell, declaring that If posi-
bic he ap. reciated it even more than
he had appreciated their welcome
six years ago.
my MISSION" he said, has been
not merely to represent my sovereign
and government for diplomatic pur-
poses, but also to bear a message OF
friendship from the British to the
American people. We two peoples in
the world are so called upon, n
might say, so appointed by Provi-
dence, to be friends to n another.
1t is not merely that the original
stock of those who founded this great
republic came from England to Vir
Fginia and New England, for many
new elements that are neither Eng
lish nor British have been subsequent
ly added. 1t IS that their first set
tiers brought with them a language,
la literature, a system of institutions,
political TRADITIONS and, above all. "a
love of ordered freedom. which have
spread ,%outUover. the whole Of the
United States, have formed the char
qcter, Of ~,.s@pcople and today are =
COMMON inheritance on which the
greatness, the moral strength Of your
people and OF III people are based.
1t is in these things that our unity
lies; 1t is from this fountain head
that our fraternal friendship must
continue to flow.
"In that friendship there is not and
there ought not to be anything ex-
elusive, have never suggested that
you and we should make any sort OF
alliance against the rest Of the world.
We may usefully cooperate for many
purposes, because our aims and our
spirits are substantially the sane
But what we desire is that the ties
of friendship which bind the United
States and Great Britain to one an.
other should be extended to embrace
other countries also. .
II know this is the feeling of the
British people, l believe it is the feel.
ing Of your people also, and say so
not merely from my personal obser.
walton, but from what l have observ.
ed in the organs of public opinion.
The American Press as a whole has
shown in their later years a fairness
and friendliness towards other ma.
tions--most perhaps, but not exclus-
lively to Great Britain-a respect for
international obligations and a desire
to fulfill them in a Straightforward
and honorable way, which, as I be-
l1eve, represent the true and general
sentiment of the whole American PEG
pie. -
"A people is known by the heroes It
has produced. Your people. who pro.
duced and followed and loved and
uonored George Washington and Alb.
raham Lincoln, has always 0een mos,
truly represented by those statesmen
and writer's who have had the spirit
and have tried to walk in the steps
Of those two heroes, who loved peace
and justice and in whose minds no
bitter or selfish thoughts found lodg.
:nent." -,
These have been six eventful years
for tho United States as we'll as for
Europe Mr.. Bryce continued. Here
too, you have your difficulties. see
that they made some among you anx.
ious for the future. In watching
with keenest interest l find for you
two strong grounds of hope. One is
the fact that You have standing be.
tween land detached from those two
Glasses WlOHseem to be everywhere in
thel. world now opposed to one anoth.
er, tthe large capitalists and employ.
erS"on the one hand and organized Ia
Dor on the"other,' a third body, that
large" body1of sensible and fair.mlnde,d
citizens, especially among your rural
population, persons who own the land
they till and the houses they live in.
Such an element in a nation gives it
strength and stability and its an sele>
ment larger than anywhere else in
the world. The other fact is that. the
standard OF civic duty among all your
citizens is steadily rising. There Is
a larger proportion of men now in
your cities who are resolved to secure
good government by working for II.
There is a higher conception of the
duty which the rich owe to the poor.
and OF which We all owe to secure
Just and upright administration, I'VE
are all OF us. apt when we arc form.
ing higher ideals TO be more dissatis.
ned than We we're before with The
contrast between ideals and practice,
But This Is now reason for desponden.
cy. Let whoever begins to despond
look back and G how much worse
many things were at former. epochs
OF your hlStory than they are low,
No conntr:' has shown greater powers
OF overcoming difficulties and escap.
ing from dangers than America has
DONE"
Her Peer Taste.
docs your husband ever tell You
you have poor taste" ~