Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-27

system ~ Institutions, political ira
ditions and above all love oi on
dered freedom which have spread on'
over the whole of the United states
have formed the character ~ its p"o'
pie, and are today common ihh'Ii-
tlncc on which the greatness and the
moral strength ~ your people ana "l
our people are based. II IL ~ th'H'
things that our uuity Hes. II Is from
this fountain heal that our flaiernaI
friendship must continue TO flow
Ties That Bind.
In that friendship there ought not
10 be anything exclusive. have h'N-
er suggested that y0u ana "" shoulh
make any sort of alliance against th'
rest of the world. We may useiulN
cooperate for many purposes ne
cause our aims and our spirits are
substantially the same. But Wh't WE
desire is that the ties OF frl'hdshlp
which bind the United states aho
Great Britain 10 one another sh"ulu
be extended to embrace other rouh-
tries also.
II know this is the feeling ~ inc
British people, believe IT is the reel
ing of your pcope also and say 50 NOT
merely from my observation hut
from what have observed in the or
rans Of public opinion. The Amerl-
can press as a whole has SHOWN III
these latter years fairness anu
friendlIness towards other nations
most perhaps. but not exclusively 10
Great Britain--a respect for interhat-
lonal obligatlons and a desire to iu'-
fiu them in straightforward ana
honorable way which, as | believe
represent the true and general senu-
ment OF the whole American people
Known by Its Heroes.
"A people is known by the heroes
il has produced. Your people VINO
produced and followed and loved ana
honored George Washington ana Ao-
raham Lincoln, has always been most
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-
ment."
'Thesa have been six eventful years
for the United States as well as tor
Europe" Mr.. Bryce continued. 'liere
too YOU have your difficulties. see
that they make among you ANXIOUS
for the future. In watching WIN
kcenest interest. | find for you TWO
strong grounds of hope. one Is tne
fact that YOU have standing between
and detached from those two classes
who seem to be everywhere In the
world now opposed to one another
and large capitalists and employers
on the one hand and organized labor
on the other. a third body, that large
body Of sensible and fair minded citi-
zens. especially among your rural
nopulation persons who own the lanu
they till and the houses they live IN.
Better standard.
"Such an element in "A nation gives
II strength and stability and 1t IS an
element larger here than anywhere
else in the world. The other fact Is
that the standard of civic duty among
ali your citizens is steadily rising
There is larger plopoi I'' " nv "
now In your cities who are resolved
to secure good government by work
ing for 1t. There is higher concep-
ton of the duty which the rich owe
to the poor and of that which we an
owe to secure Just and upright ad-
ministration.
we are all of us apt when we are
forming higher ideals to be more as
satisfied than we were before win
the contrast between ideals and prac-
tice But this is no reason Tor ues-
pondency. Let whoever begins to de-
spond look back and see how much
worse many things We're at FORMER
epochs of your history than they are
now. No country has shown greater
powers of overcoming difficulties ana
escaping from dangers than Ameri-